Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-19
Is SHIPS TO MAKE
NATIONAL AIR TOUR
Planes of Many Types viii
Compete in 1000. Mile
American Trip.
By the Associated Press.


DETROIT, June 1S.-At least 25
airplanes of types varying from the
single-seated one.passenger to the
multi-motored 10.passenger machine
and possibly including The Pride of
San Diego, sister ship of the plane
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh piloted
from New York to Paris, are expected
to participate in the national air tour
which starts here on June q.
The tour Of 1000 miles will take
the participants to the Atlantic coast.
by way of Omaha and Chicago with
"a stops en- route. The schedule calls
for the return to Detroit on July IL.
When the time for filing Of entries
expired today the tour committee an
nounced 20 entries were on hand and
that several others had been placed
in the mail. The 20 definitely &C.
cepted are shown in the following list
with the tour number, sponsor, city
represented, pilot and plane name:
1-Buhl Aircraft Co., Detroit; Louis
G. Meister. Bull Airsedan.
2-Hamilton Metal Plane Co., Mil
waukee; Randolph G. Page. Hamilton
Metal Plane.
3-Alexander Aircraft Co., Denver:
Floyd p. Clevenger. Alexander Eagle
Rock.
Alexander Aircraft Co., Denver:
Paul r. Braniff; Alexander Eagle
Rock.
Sc. P. Hurd Co., Detroit; Rodney
5. Lamont, Hurd monoplane.
6--Pitcairn Aviation Co., Philadel.
phla; James Ray; Pitcairn.
7-Aerial Service Corporation, Ham.
mondsport, N. Y; H. c. Mumnnert:
Mercury.
S-Cleveland Pneumatic Tool Co..
Cleveland; E. w. Cleveland; Waco.
9-Advance Aircraft Co., Troy, Ohio:
Richard Pears: Waco.
10-Advance Aircraft Co., Troy,
Ohio; Douglas HI. Davis: Waco.
11-Advance Aircraft Co., Troy,
Ohio; John P. Wood; Waco.
12-Advance Aircraft Co., Troy,
Ohio; John Paul Riddle; Waco.
1S-Stinson Aircraft Corporation,
Detroit; Leonard s. Flo; Stinson
14-stinson Aircraft Corporation,
Detroit; pilot unknown): Stinson
Detroiter.
15-National Always System, 10.
16-American Eagle Aircraft Cor.
poration; Kansas City; Larry D. Ruch;
American Eagle.
17-Irwin Aircraft Co., Sacramento,
Calf; Jack Irwin; Irwin meteorplane.
18-Krieder-R iser Aircraft Co., Inc,
Hage-stown, Md; A. III. Krieder;
Challenger.
Wright Aero Syndicate.
Detroit; Carl Milkriet; Curtiss. Wright
sportser.
2o-Curtiss. Wright Aero Syndicate.
Detroit; Chever Cameron, Curtiss.
Wright air coach.
The committee was advised that
entry notices for The Pride of San
Diego and for a new three.engined
Ford plane are in the mail.
The tour, which had its inception in
Detroit in 1925, originally was known
reliability tour, for q trophy offered
by Edsel Ford. The title was
changed this year to the national air
tour as more betting the scope of
the event.
The tour committee emphasized to.
day that while speed will be an i'm
portant factor in determining the
winner, the tour. is primarily a re.
liability and efficiency contest.
In addition to the Edsel Ford
trophy, cash prizes ranging from
$1,000 for first place to $500 for tenth
place have been posted, and there will
be cash prizes and trophies offered
by some of the cities on the itinerary
for the plane that arrives first. the
plane that carries the greatest mum.
Der or passengers and the plane that
makes the best speed on a particular
leg of the flight.
The Ford trophy is open to the field
this year, the Travel Air Manufactur.
ing Co. Of Wichita, which won in 1928
and 1926, having no entry this year.