Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-12-02
ENDURANCE RECORD.
HOTLY CONTESTED.
United States Completes
Against Germany and Italy
for Air Honors.

The three cornered race between the
United States, Germany and Italy for
world supremacy in endurance flying
has been carried to California, where
the unsuccessful attempt during the
past week of Lee Schoenair and John
Guglielmetti to break the world record
of IS hours and IS minutes has ushered
in series of similar efforts.
In view of the California preparations,
the years most spectacular international
aeronautics contest cannot be called
closed until New Year day.
Schoenair and GuglielmetE made
their attempt in an Albatross B.1, pow
cred with a Wright Whirlwinc 1hotor
and carrying GAG gallons of gssoline
and 40 gallons of oil. When they land
ed, still far short of the German record,
however, examination of the tanks
showed they could not have Continued
in flight long enough to match the
German mark, even had they been able
to fly to the last drop of fuel.
While this pair were making their
attempt at the record, Capt. Roscoe
Turner was making ready to continue
his attempts at Oakland. No less than
score of aspirants to the world air.
plane endurance crown have carried on
their battles against fatigue and faulty
since January !, while dozens have
made attempts abroad, principally in
Germany and Italy.
u. S., Italy and Germany Win.
The United States, Italy and Ger
many have each tasted victory within
the year, but the American and Italian
records were both short lived. Eddie
Stinson and George Haldeman opened
o1,o Nf a.
tory late in March by Snatching the
world record from Edzard and Risztics
of Germany, who had remained aloft
SO hours % minutes and 81 seconds in
August of 1927. The Stinson- Halde-
man record of So hours SO minutes and
80 seconds, made at Jacksonville, Fla,
eclipsed the German mark by a safe
margin.
Two months later the international
contest took on the aspect of a three
cornered race when Arturo Ferrarin
and Carlo Del Prete of Italy bettered
the Americans record by almost five
hours The Italians, flying the great
Savoia Marchetti plane which later car
ried them from Rome to Brazil, set a
new mark of So hours and "a minutes
at Casale Del Prete, Italy, May 81,
June / and 2.
AI6FIIdIlJ again CdIklC bdCh W AACA pOoA~
ton of supremacy in the race when
Johann Risztics and Wilhelm thinner
man, flying sister ship to the trans
atlantic Bremen, set the present world
duration mark of IS hours and IS
minutes over Dessau, Germany, early
in July.
Brock and Schlee Close.
William Brock and Edward Schlee,
who first sprung into the limelight
through their spectacular flight from
Detroit to Japan, made valiant at
tempt to bring the duration honors
back to America, but were forced to
descend on october l after setting
new American record of SO hours 10
minutes and Is seconds, at San Diego.
Calf. A faulty gas line forced descent
after the plane appeared to be droning
its way to new world mark.
While the season for Notwithstanding
attempts in Germany is practically at
close, Italy, favored with warm cli-
mate, is continuing her trials to break
the German record, while the United
States must rely upon the several pro-
jected flights beneath CALIFORNIA; sunny
skies.