Evening star., 1928-05-20

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Squadrons. Scouting Fleet. Hampton
Roads. as victor In the Laening am
plaibsan general purpose" class. at
speed Of 1880 miles per hour. and to
Lieut. D. " Gallery. also from Hamp-
ton Roads. for winning the Martin
T3M-2 torpedo and bombing plane
group. at speed Of l05.62 miles per
hour
But Mai Lutz was the hero of the
day and his brilliant performance
brought wards Of connendation from
Secretary Of the Navy Wilbur, who pre-
scented the handsome curtiss trophy,
and Mr. Warner, donor 0f the cup
bearing his name and who also pre-
sented The Stars awards He was
rcundlg eheered by throng that
rushed to the waters edge in front of
the seaplane hangers as be TAXED his
little CurttsS Hawk" pursuit plane up
TO the apron" after having gIeefulig
r0ared across the finishing line far IN
advance of the other IA entrants left
out of field Of i7 starters. pulled up
into a climbing turn and made a neat
landing on the Anacnstia River.
The veteran of many Marine Corps
expedition bean1ed as the honorS were
showered upon him. not because he was
the victor. but because he had made
good his promise 70 the kids" in the
race that he would trim them" Ever
since he became al entrant--just three
days ago--the major has been waging a
one-nan campaign in favor of hts
speedy hawk wi1icsr is assigned 10 him
for his official duties. That ship Is the
fastest one In America" he told the less
optimistic pilots. 1T can lick anything.
On wheels it's streak Of lightning. and
1t is mt very much slower with floats !"
Then he would watch for the effect,
laugh heartily and walk away.
Flew Consistent Race.
Truly, the major had the other con-
testants for the first honors worried
Their ships we're fast the pilots had
confidence in their ability to hold to the
course and conserve speed on the turns.
But they couldn't quite reconcile the
position of this officer whom. they
Thought, would look better in an execu-
tive capacity and at the head OF mill
tary organization than IN the race with
that slick little pursuit ship.
From start 10 finish, MAJ. Lutz flew a
remarkably consistent race. even though
the 20-mile course between the War
College and Fort Hunt was clogged
up from time TO time With 6low-nying
planes. The speed for the ilrst lap WAS
1874 miles per hour; :aI the second
the speed was averaged WIZ the nrst 10
give 1870: for the third IL was aver
aged with the first and second 10 give
1851: for the fourth the average was
1873 and for the fifth 4 vas 1890.
The exact lapse Of time was 50 minutes
four and two -tentn6 seconds.
Close on the winning po!it's rudder
was Lieut. Conadr. A G., Miles OF the
flight test section, Naval AR station
AracostAa, who In another CnrtisS
Hawk" covered the distance ~ an
average speed of i54.f0 miles per hour
cant Harold G. Major, u S. M c.,
az the Bureau Of Aeronautics, also IN
4 "Hawk." few third nj an average
gpeed of i5i u miles per hour Both
al the runner r-ups" had Pratt ~
whitney Wasp" air-cooied engines OF
400 horsepower. while the majors
shIu had q CurtiHS D-i2 Water~cooied
mower plant Of like power.
RANKING next in speed to the single
| sesfevg were the two Vonght "Corsatf
| fseet- snotterg, also equipped with
| oWagp' air~cooled engines. Lieut.
/ Corndr. Harrin was fourth In the order
Of flnlsh and Lieut.. Comdr. ralph
Dawson OF the tSuIehA W CPSASahiai's'
| NAVY Department, was NTH, with q
gneed OF l45,43 miles per hour Both
planes had just emerged from the fae-
| tovv and their engines had had only
| 2iL, h0lrs in the air before entering the
| race Neither pilot ran at fnll throttle
| far the entire race. although at times
| they were thrown wide open.
Amphibian Class.
| Lieut., Grow IN the atnphlbian class
! was sixth; Lieut.. C0ndT George Chap
| line. Bureau Of Aer0nauticS, Was sew
| enth. at 1854 miles per hour. and
Lieut.. DeIsong Mills of the Naval Air
| station, Lakehurst. N. j., was eighth
al 1890 miles per hour The Other
sntrant IN this class, Lieut. III, e.
Eugbg, u. S. NJ. g., OF Brown Field
1uaniie0, Va, flying = Liberty-engined
Looming amphibian, left the race oI
the third lap with engine trouble.
! Lieut., Gallery, Ia the torpedo and
bombing plane class, Was ninth; Lieut.
w. j fsiattery was tenth at i04A7 mtlef
Der hour, and Lieut. II. w, d. Woods
| eleventh at l0l 30 miles per hour
flaItefy and Woods are from Hampton
r0ade Air Station.
The slow training planes drew nI
the rear Lieut.. T0iniinsan leading the
group for twelfth place Ia the order
Of finish, Lieut., M III Browning taking
= thirteenth place at 9229 miles uel
hour, segenstenthg Of Iails behlnN hl