Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-14
FIVE MAKE GRADE
FOR DOLE FLIGHT.
Five More Must Qualify by
Monday to Enter Hop
to Honolulu.

OAKLAND, Calf, August 10 (R.--
The approved list of starters today
reached five iii the Dole $4,000 aerial
derby to the Island of Oahu next
Tuesday, while Federal inspectors
awaited word of readiness from the
remaining five entrants.
Spurred on by the additional time
| allotted them to prepare for the hlgnt
| through the postponement from Fri
dav, the latter five worked hard to
make ready for navigation and other
tests before their entrance is given
| the official stamp Of approval by the
| inspectors.
Dead Line Monday.
Anv flyer who is not in the APP
proved list before 10 am. next Mon.
da,. must quit the race in line with
| the "gentlemens agreement" among
| the pilots.
Adhering to their rigid policy OF
qualifying the flyers, Department OF
| Commerce inspectors issued an u!tl'
matum saying that any flyer, VINO
| took the Honolulu hop without Fed
eral approval, would be barred for
ever from flying in the United states
or it's possessions. Already, misfor-
tune has struck three out OF the race
in fatal airplane crashes.
Today's ultimatum was teiesrapiiees
nv clarence Young, director OF
~ of the Department OF
Con,merce. to Lieut.. Ben FL. Wyatt,
in charge of navigation tests.
Miss Mildred Doran, the 22-year'oid
,f;cbioan school teacher, was 'denhlte
w assured the distinction OF being tne
only woman in the derby Wnen hel
mononlane, the Miss Doran' re-
ceiyed official permission to start. me
qualification of J. A. Pedlar, ner pliol'
and Lieut.. v. r. Knope, navigator,
removed the last obstacle In the way
of the Detroit entrant.
Oklahoma Is First.
The order of take-off by the tive
oualitiers in the 2,400-mlle air cruise
was fixed as follows: 49,.
Bennett Griffin, plotting the
monoplane Oklahoma. >.
norman Goddard, San Dlego'
| living the monoplane Encanto.
At Livingston G.. Irving, berkeley
e,,;rg tho Breeze monoplane, Pacific
i Jack Frost of New York, who
| will take the San Francisco Exam
| iner's cigar.shaped Golden Eagle lito
| the race.
S. The Miss Doran, monoplane'
| piloted by j. "A. PedIaf. , =.
Among the five not quallned IS
Capt. Frederick A. Giles, VINO must
vet span the distance to Oakland from
| Detroit. Mich, his home hangar.
Lieut.. Wyatt today continued ms
| rounds of the air port ready to check
| the course of any unqualified navlga-
tor who wished to take test night.
| ONLY the Mis- Doran appeared In
tho air for qualification.
Goebel is Behind.
Art Goebel, Hollywood stunt flyer,
had much ahead of him before his
final tests He still has to install his
radio and repair his earth-inductor
compass before he can have them
swung and make his navigation tests.
Martin Jensen, Honolulus entry
after three days of work, finally COM
pleted installation of the three gaso-
line tanks that were ordered In place
! of the original Al 5-gallon cans he
planned to carry and then took the
air on a test flight. Landing, he went
on the compass rack to swing his
compasses and make ready for the
navigation tests.
The City of Peoria entry, flown by
Capt. Charles w. Parkhurst, after re-
ceiving a thorough check was ready
for the navigation and load tests, but
the Spirit of Dallas, flown by Capt.
William P. Edwin, was being fitted out
with new earth inductor and mariner
compasses in preparation for naviga-
ton tests tomorrow.
The ideal way to start the race
would be on runway miles
square, giving each entrant no advan-
tage at the barrier. it was pointed out,
1T. rhxy
conducted on a runway permitting
only one plane to get away at time.
No time allowance will be given to
the last starter over the first. The
first man to land on Wheeler Field.
Oahu wins.