Evening star., 1922-10-15
SPEED OF 2o6 MILES >
4 AN HOUR sTUNS FLYER
/ IN AERIAL RACE
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States Navy entries. the remainder
| representatives Of the Army, shat
tered the worlds record for. 200 kilo-
meters or more when they, exceeded
| 1871 miles an hour, the mark estab-
lished September "a in France by
Kirsch:
| iLieut. Maughan had the best speed
Tor the distance, a rate of 206 miles
an hour. his average speed for the
| entire course.
Lieut.. H. J. Brow, in Curtiss
| Navy racer, won third place in the
Pulitzer competition, going the 100
miles at an average speed of 1892
! miles an hour. Maitland's speed for
the entire course was at the rate OF
2o3 miles an hour
| 'Mystery Ship" Scratches.
The race was unmarried by serious
accident. One plane. the Navy "mys-
terry ship" piloted by Lieut.. L. H. San
! derson OF the Marine Corps, was
forced out of the race during the
fourth lap. by engine trouble. San-
derson plunged with his plane into
Lake St. Clair. over which a part
of the course extended. but escaped
unhurt. Capt. St. Clair Street landed
his Verville-Sperry between two
trees mile from Selfridge Field. He
was not hurt, but wing was torn
| off the plane.
J When he brought his plane to
earth Lieut.. Maughan was SO ex-
hausted that he leaned against the
ship for several minutes until he re-
vived. Mai Gen. Mason NJ. Patrick
chief of the Army air service: Rear
Admiral w. A. Moffett. chief Of the
naval bureau Of aeronautics. and
4 nf ia
! rushed to him. Maj. Gen. Patrick
ipatted the lieutenant on the head and
Secretary DENLY was so overcome
he burst into tears.
Feet Go to Sleep.
"All the time during the race / was
thinking about telegram 1 had been
expecting, announcing the birth of a
child to Mrs. Vaughan" the win.
ming airman, said when he was able
to talk. II was lost four times ir
the haze and was stunned more OF
less at each of the fifteen turns
My worst moments, however, were al
ohe turn when l lost confidence and
then became unconscious. On the
straightaway I came to. Another
trouble had was with my feet going
to sleep"
The terrific speed told on Lieut.
Maitland. After the lap in which hi
made 216.1 miles an hour his all
pressure feeding gasoline to his mo.
tor broke down, and he was forced
to use. an emergency hand pump
Throughout the last four laps. with
his plane hurtling through the air al
a speed in excess of 200 miles al
hour. Maitland was obliged to pump
away. first with one hand and theI
with the other. When he finished
L.. owl,
ed that it was necessary to take him
to his quarters before he could be
revived.
Ensign A. J. Williams. jr. had q
thrilling experience when a fire eX-
tinguisher in his plane broke. piece
great difficulty in arranging the he'll
met while plunging on at more thar
three miles a minute.
sickened by Fumes.
Fumes from the broken eXtinguish.
er sickened him. In setting worlds
record for the 50-kilometer course
Lieut.. Maitland turned at the pylons
so fast that his ship was almost up
/ side down and he was SO close to the
ground that the plane skinned the
grass.
The crowd of 10000 persons who
! witnessed the race was kept IN
frenzy of excitement as one recort
after another was smashed. The shil
with which Lieut.. Maughan won Is
powered with a 4Oo-horsepowel
Curtiss engine. The Lieutenant is
twHntysnine years old and is a native
of Logan, Utah. He is officially
credited with having brought dowr
four enemy planes while serving in
the Army Air Service in France. He
wears the distinguished service med
al, His post is at Mather Field, Cali
fornia.
Lieut.. Maitland is attached to Boil.
ling Field, Anacostia, D. c.
Lieut.. Brow is a native of Provi-
dence, r. I. He is flight superin-
tendent at the Naval Air Station