The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-10-15
VAUGHAN SMASHES SPEED RECORDS IN BRILLIANT FLIGH I
Aviator Was Often Uncon- scious, Due to Terrific
 Speed--Races Are Very Thrilling

l Mount Clemens, MIcn., October 1 < l Unconscious at times due to the ter I rifle speed. and during hls conscious ], moments haunted by fears for the condition of his wife, who expects 10 become . mother, Lieut. R. L. Maughan. an army aviator flying su
 army Curtiss high speed pursuit plane. won the Pulitzer trophy aerial l race today. He travelled the 160 miles
 at an average speed of 20s miles an
 hour.
 The race. run in three flights and replete with sensational achieve
 ments resulted in the smashing of
 world records for 50. 100 and 200 kiI- ometer courses.
 | Lieut.. L4 J. Maitland. piiotins S
 sister ship, was second, but his hons OTIS in that respect were overshad4 owed by the terrific speed he at. 1 tained on one lap of 50 kilometers.
 He covered the distance at 21s.t
 miles an hour--faster than any ons ever flew fin a race.
 | For the 100 kilometer course during
 the race he averaged 207.3 miles. ana
 other world record. His plane Is ths l one that made worlds record of 220
 miles and hour over a one kilometer course at Garden City,, Long Island. Records Shattered
 | Seven fliers. two Sf them United States navy entries, the remainder
 representative of the army. shattered | the worlds record for 200 kilcmeters or more when they exceeded l7s.7
 miles an hour. the mark established September 24 in France by Kirsch. l Lieut.. S. J. Brown. in Curtiss navy racer, won third place with au
 average speed of 1882 miles an hour,
 Maitland's speed for the entire
 course was 2o3 miles an hour. One plane. the navy mystery ship" pi- loted by Lieut.. l.. IT. Sanderson. of during the fourth lap by engine trouble. Sanderson plunged with hia 1 plane into Lake St. Clair, but ex- capped unhurt- Capt. St. Clair Street landed, his verville- -Sperry between l two trees mile from Selfridgs
 field. A wing was torn off the plane.
 When he brought his plane down. Lieutenant Vaughan was exhausted.
 Maj Gen Mason M Patrick. chlef
 of the army afr service; Read Admiral l ". A. Moffetf, chief of the naval 1 bureau of aeronautics, and Secretary l Denby rushed to him. Secretary Denby was so overcome he burst into | tears. | s"All the time during the race I was thinking about telegram had been eAPcftAHs eHliounclHB lne Dlrtn or q child to Mrs. Vaughan" the flisr
 said T was lost four times in the haze. and was stunned more or less
 at each of the 15 turns. My worst i moments, however, were at one turn
 when 1 lost confidence and then be- came unconscious. On the straight-
 away I came to. Another trouble |
 had was with my feet going to sleep"
 1 Used Hand Pump
 l The terrific speed told on Lsuten-
 ant Maitland. After the lap in which he made 2161 miles an hour. his air pressure. feeding gasoline to his
 motor. broke down and he was 1 forced to use an emergency hand punip. Throughout the last four laps. with his plane going in excess of 1 200 miles an hour. he was obliged
 to pump first with one hand and then the other
 1 Ensign A J Williams, IT,. had a
 thrilling experience when . fire ex- | tinguisher in his plane broke, a
 piece of it Knocking his helmet off. He had great difficulty in arranx- 1 ing the helmet. Fumes from the l broken extinguisher sickened him.
 In setting worlds record for the l 50 kilometer course, Lieutenant Malt 1 land turned at the pylons so fast that 1 his ship was almost upside down and he was so close to the Rround l that the plane skinned the grass
 Lieutenant Maughans ship has .
 600 hoarsepower Curtiss engine. The | lieutenant Is 2s years old. He
 He officially credited with having brought down four enemy planss in
 France. He wears the dtstinSuished
 Aerytc> medal.