Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-08-13
MEXICO NAMES WATER BOARD
Death Again Takes
Toll From List of
Dole Flight Entries

OAKLAND, Calf. Aug. l5-tPl--
Navigation tests remained today as
the main hurdle which may prevent
five airplanes entering IN the James
Dole S55.O00 prize tMght from OBJ
tanning official approval as starters
! in the 2,400 mile aerial derby 20
the Isle Of Oahu. scheduled To start
Tuesday noon. Four Of nine en-
trants who. have planes here have
qualified.
Dezth crossed another entry from
the list Of starters yesterday when
Captain Arthur " Rogers, flying
his tandem engined monoplane. was
killed on a t-ial flight AT his home
hangar near Los Angeles. He jumped
with a parachute after his engine
| stopped. The parachute failed 70
open and Captain Rogers fell $50
feet, landing about 200 feet from
the spot where he plans nose dived
into the earth.
Wife and Baby Look On
Mrs. Rogers stoon on the field,
her baby IN her arms, and witnessed
her husbands death. Rogers was
known as an experienced pilot, but
the plane he was flying was Of new
design.
The tragedy yesterday brings the
total flight entrants killed to three.
Lieutenants George D.. Covell and
Richard 5. Waggener having crashed
near San Diego Tuesday as they
were heading for San Francisco Bay.
With this spectre of death facing
them the pilots and navigators on
the ground here showed no inclina-
tion 10 quit the race. Instead. they
complained about the severity Of
tests imposed by department of com
merce inspectors, who were insist
ent that pilots display more than or
dinary skill before being certified.
-Four Planes Qualify
Lieutenant Ben Wyatt. naval avi-
ator. who is an authority on naviga-
tion and in charge of navigation
tests for the entrants. has insisted
on an actual demonstration Of abil-
ity to fly over q prescribed course
without being more than ten per
cent inaccurate. Onlv four have
passed this test. They are:
/ The Travelair monorlane. COX
lahoma." Bennett r. Griffin pilot and
Al Henty navigator.
2.-The monoplane. "El Encanto,
Of San Diego. Norman A. Goddard
pilot and Lieutenant n. &. Hswkins,
navigator
3.-Ihe Breese monoplane. Pacific
Flyer in which Livingston q. Berk-
ley. will hop off without q navi-
| gator.
4. The monoplane. Golden Eagle. Z
entry of the San Francisco Exam
iner. piloted by Jack Frost with
Gordon Scott navigator.
Wom=n's Plane Tested
The monoplaae in which Hiss Mil
died Doran. 22-year-old Michigan
school teacher Will ride to Hawaii,
stood q fair chance Of winning ap-
proval as the fifth starter today. J.
A. Pedlar.. the pilot. switched nSi-
| gators yesterday ard il was expect
\ ed that Lieutenant NilesE ope would
pass the navigation test easily.
Captain William P. Erwin flying
the Dallas Spirit" was ready for his
half-load test today. He abandoned
] his original plan TO fly alone and has
engaged 4. H. Eiehwaldt 27-year-old
navigator. who knows the Pacific
ocean from his experience on vessels.
The "City of Peoria" a tiny BIZ
plane 70 be flown By Charles VI.
Parkhurst. was o. the compass test
iRF table and plans were made for
the haif-load tests. Ralph Loves.
navigator. has the tests Of Lieuten-
ant Wyatt before him also
Captain Frederick Giles. British
army flyer during the World War. is
TIE only official entrant left who
has been unable "a reach the start
ing point. He hoped TO hop from
Detroit today.