Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-03
PACIFIC AIR RACE
PLANS COMPLETED
Entry List Numbers 10 for
$35,O00-Prize Flight
August II.

By the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO. Angus 3.-The
die was cast today for the first trans
oceanic airplane race in history. WIN
II official and 4 unofficial entries FOR
the James u. Dole $4,000 prizes Tor
the first and second aviators to NY
from the North American continent
to Honolulu August II.
The official list of entries was left
jncomplete when the hour for It's
closing last nicht-arrlved.
The committee in charge of the ar
rangements announced that all entries
postmarked before that hour would
be accepted when received,
Two Women i'm Race.
A wide assortment Of aviators. naNl-
gators and aviation enthusiasts make
up the list which will enter in the
2.400.mile dash across half OF the Pa
cific Ocean. Two women are among
the official entries-Mrs. William p.
Erwin, wife of the Dallas, Tex, en-
trant, and Miss Mildred Doran, Flint,
Mich. school teacher, who will make
the trip with John Augie Pedlar. the
Flint entry. Several Army and Navy
aviators will participate.
The San Francisco Bay region Will
he the starting point for nearly all
the flyers. The sole exception, to
date, is Mai G. O. osborne, Canada *
only entry. who has stated that he
will take off from Vancouver, British
Columbia. 1t is figured that those
who start from either Mills Field. the
San Francisco airport, or Bay Farm
Island. Oakland's airport. will have
more than 100 miles advantage over
any who take off from any other part
of the mainland,
Mrs. Erwin is an experienced pilot
and will alternate with her husband
at the control stick of their plane.
The Erwin family plans to make the
Honolulu hop the first in their flight
to Hongkong, in quest of the $2o,o00
prize offered by William Il. Easter
wood of Dallas for flight from Dallas
to Hongkong.
All entrants in the Dole race have
been instructed to be here by Mon
day, August s. On that date they
must appear before the rules COM
mittee to present their credentials,
and these will be granted after the
planes are inspected by Federal air
craft inspectors here. Each pilot
must hold a Federation Aeronautique
lnternationale certificate.
On August 3 the entrants will draw
lots for starting positions, and en-
trants must be on the starting line in
the order indicated by the drawing
and must start within one minute
after the signal is given by the official
starter or retire to the end of the line.
List of Starters.
The following is a list of official and
unofficial entries: Arthur &. Goebel.
Santa Monica. Calf: Maj. Livingston
Irving, Berkeley, Calf; John Augie
Pedler and Miss Mildred Doran, Flint,
Mich; r. A. Giles and Manley X. Law
ing, Detroit: Charles w. Parkhurst,
Lomax. H.; Lieut.. n. A Goddard. u.
S. n, and Lieut.. X. c. Hawkins, San
Diego, Calf: Arthur Y. Clark and Lee
land A. Bryant, Los Angeles; John w.
Frost and Gordon Scott. San Francis
co. Bennett Griffin and Al Henley.
Bartlesville. Okla; Robert Fowler.
San Francisco; Capt. j. l.. Giffin and
Theodore Lundgren, Long Beach.
Calf; Capt. and Mrs. William p. Err
win, Dallas. Tex; w. r. Garrett, Los
Angeles. and George ID. Covell, San
Diego, Calf.
rnofficial--Artin Jensen, Honolulu;
Robert Horsley, Sarasota, Fla; Maj.
G. osborne, Vancouver. British Co
lumbia, and Clair Vance, San Fran
cisco.