The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1922-10-15
New Record
Is Made in
Air Classic
Lieut.. Maugllan, Flying Cur.
tiss Pursuit Plane, Averages
200 Miles an Hour in
Pulitzer Trophy Race.
Lieut.. Maitland Is Second
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Selfridge Field. Nj. Clemens. Mich
Oct. li.--Liout. H. l.. Muughan. flying
a curtIss high speed pursuit plane. nm
army entry, won the Pulitzer trophy
hero IN race IN which all worlds
records. official and unofficial, were
broken for 30. 100 and 200 kilometer
courses.
Tho fastest lap IN the race, which
was flown In three flights. was made
by Llont. l.. j. Maitland. who flew
u sister ship 10 Maughan's aud also
an army entry He made the first lap
NJ a speed of 2l6t miles an hour
Maitland finished second IN tho race.
ManghnnH average speed for the
Ave laps was 20G miles nn hour.
Huge Crowd Sees Race.
The triumph ~ the army flyers who
brought To the United States the
world's premier honofs for the great
est speed ever Travelled by human
beings, was witnessed by II crowd nf
80, 900 who literally went Wild as tho
aviators made the hazardous turns al
the pylon IN front Of the grundsland
with their planes almost upside down.
In the Spectacular race, repleto with
thrills, two planes were forced down.
The navy's mystery ship was forced
10 the ground by motor trouble and
Capt. 81. clnire Street, In an army
entry. was forced down near Mt
clemons. Neither flyer was hurt.
The winning planes In each event
were said to be as good ns new when
they finished, testimony to the ex
cellence OF their makers.
Exhausted by Race.
Lieut.. Maughan was exhausted By
his race and leaned against his plane
for few minutes until he revived
Then he told how all through the
rnce he had been thinking Of tele.
gram he was expecting at any mo
ment announcing the birth Of child
to his wife.
II got lost four times IN the haze"
said Maughan. II was stunned more
or less at each OF the Is turns. My
worst moments. however. were at the
turn at Gauklons Point. lost conf.
dence, which good aviator ought
not % do, and then became uncon.
scious. On the straight away ! came
to- Another trouble ! had was my
feet go>ig TO sleep"
Maughan thought he was making
220 miles an hour on one Of the laps,
he said.
1t was Lieut.. Maitland, who estab.
lished the new worlds records for
the so kilometers when he made his
first lap at 216.1 miles an hour. Both
Lieut.. Maitland and Lieut.. Maughan
exceeded the last worlds speed rec.
ord for 100 kilometers, which was
made by Sadi Leconite at Paris
September 26, 1922.
Other Records Broken.
Seven flyers. tow OF them United
States navy entries, and the other
five army men broke the worlds rec.
ord for 200 kilometers, when they ex
ceeded the 174.s.mile.an. hour mark
established October ], 1921, by Brack
Papa In a 700horse power Fiat in
France.
The worlds record for 200 lsiIometers
was made by Lieut.. Maughan with
an average speed of 205.9 miles an
hour. The other fliers who broke
the old records are:
Lieut.. Maitland, army, 203.6 miles
an hour; Lieut.. Brow, navy, 1897
miles an hour: Ensign Williams. ma.
Wy. 1884 miles an hour: LieIt. Barks.
dale, army 1903 miles an hour; Lieut..
Moseley, army, 1913 miles an hour.
hour The other flyers who broke
an hour.