Evening star., 1923-10-06
SPEEDIEST U. S. PLANES
WILL COMPETE TODAY
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by Lieut.. Leslie p. Arnold Of Boiling
Field; Lieut.. Leigh Wade of McCook
Field: Capt. E. c. Black. Langley
Field. and Lieut.. fallenberg. all in
Martin bothbers.s Hasty comparisons
Of the ships as they took the air
las planes. Several minutes later the
horizon to the west was dotted, then
another dot: in few seconds a
Douglas plane swerved around the
home Pylon. 1t was Boatswain Re-
ber. second to start and in the lead
or Lieut.. Schur. who followed closely
in his Douglas.
The official timers said he averaged
1883 miles for the first lap. while
the other Navy plane averaged only
106.54. Not far In the rear, however,
was this light yellow Martin bomber.
"at full gun" and the timers said he
was flying at 1885 miles. No other
ship was within ten miles of the
speed Lieut.. George was making.
Time elapsed and the monotony Of
the wait was suddenly broken when a
what the crowd had expected flew to-
ward the field. 1t was the Martin
bomber. ~
Control Trouble Blamed.
The announcer stated the Douglas
flown by Boatswain Reber had fallen.
Later reports said IL fell near the
second pylon, Just north of the Mis-
souri, river. due to control trouble.
The plane was undamaged ana the
pilot unhurt. As Lieut.. George bank
ed around the Pylon. much In the
same manner as followed yesterday
by Lieut.. H. X. Ramey in that he did
ed up in the distance. The Army plane
was flying at 114.62 miles average for
the two laps; the Navy ship could
moments later. Lieut.. Hallenberg.
only turn over 107.10. Just a few
who had started eighth. finished fifth
on the first lap. beating out the other
for third place in the second lap. =,
At this time the positions occupied
by the three ships, Army. Navy and
Marine Corps, were maintained
throughout the race, the same planes
finishing in one. two and three order.
Never once was each threatened for
his position. The throttles were open
ed as wide as possible; the planes
had to do the rest. Lieut.. Wade, re-
garded as a possible winner left his
course JUST as Hc luThcu thC
pylon at the end of the third lap. he
few in the direction of the HELD and
one motor could be heard sputtering
or cutting out"
The trouble apparently was cor
,rected and he returned to the race.
but a few minutes later reports were
received at the judges stand that he
was down at the third pylon- An
exceptional pilot, Lieut. Wade. set
the huge bomber down in a field with
no damage to the plane.
Flies with Central Broken.
Aside from this incident. the only
other feature of the race was the
consistent speed maintained by Lieut..
crocker In the T-2. Throughout the
1ss 4a-mile course he averaged a
speed OF "a and a fraction miles
the fraction varying only slightly.
This was the steadiest speed ever
recorded, so the judges believed.
Lieut.. Crocker distinguished himseIf
few months ago by flying from the
Gulf of Mexico to the Canadian bor-
der without q stop. using De aavi-
land plane.
AS with the winner yesterday in
the Liberty engine builders race for
observations. the same situation
that of following a Navy ship be-
lieved to be far in the lead, but actu-
ally out OF the rae rsseMobtainea ,yina wi1n
over the 31.07-mile course were Gov.
cred by the Aberdeen pilot. who all
the while was looking for the TORPEDO
plane numbered 49," On landing
Lieut.. George outlapped Lieut.. Crock
ulated by Gen. Patrick. chief of the
air service, who also feiicitated Sergt
Pete Ceccata, the assistant pilot of
the bomber. Lieut.. George declared
that a control wire for the verticle
fin broke on the third lap which
the race.
Lieut.. Schur overflow the course by
one lap. missounding the number Of
times he had travelled around the
AS Lieut.. Hallenberg's Martin bomb
er few across the finishing line at an
attitude Of twenty feet 1t zoomed
circled and landed. He was surround
ed by Marine Corps and Navy officers
and r9r the cans., go0a ace
left motor gave Lieut.. Hallenberg
trouble and II soon became necessary
for him to fly II at $50 revolutions
less than the right engine. The
Quantico pilot declared he could not
radiator leaked the entire afternoon.
Plane Flies $50. 900 Miles.
Lieut.. Georges bomber was the
oldest on the field, being one OF the
first types put out by the. manrfac-
turefs. 1t holds a record OF more
than 250.000 miles; was once used as
a mail plane; took part In the bomb
ii,g of the Ostfriesland two years ago
and the Virginia and New Jersey IN
August. Has been used to train
cadets and now Is engaged In con-
ducting experimental bombing work
at Aberdeen. Although FIVE years old,
in appearance 1t Is brand new.
Lieut.. Hallenberg's bomber is three
Years old and not long ago was hown
from San Diego to Quantfco. 1t has
never seen the inside Of g hanger,
weathering rain, snow and hail since
the time Of its construction.
Prior to the merchants' exchange
race civilian planes few for the Avi-
alton Country Club of Detroit trophy.
seven starting and three finishing. f..
+, Allen Of Washington, d. c.. who
was to fly the Henry A. Berlinger
entry. A. B. A. 8. monoplane, did not
nut in appearance. The race was won
by ]. L. Burns in Lepere biplarie.
Lieut.. Harold n. Harris Of McCeok
Field, pilot Of the Barling bomber,
turned civilian for the morning and
entered as pilot Of the Petrol model
1. for the Hun Dalland company. He,
however, YVES forced down on the
first lap, as were three others. None
of the planes was damaged or the
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