Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-19
Trouble Follows
Women Flyers
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the holder of the men S solo endur-
ance flight record We're the pilots
who failed to reach this control.
A possibility existed that Miss
Rasehe and Mrs. Fahy might get
back into the race but Miss Trout
appeared to be out for good
Miss Trout crashed in Mexico near
Algodones after she had passed over
Calexico, California, and was en-
route here. When she was forced to
land in a ploughed field her plane
turned over on its nose and then on
its back. Miss Trout was not in
iured but the landing gear and wing
of her plane were damaged.
Miss Trout came here, assembled
a crew and returned to her plane to
make desperate effort to get it
.into shape. She said she was forced
to land by motor trouble.
YUMA, Ariz., Aug. 19.-(U.R--
Amelia Earhart, America s fore
most women flyer, narrowly es-
capped injury here today when her
plane nosed over as she arrived
from San Bernardino, Calf, on a
leg of the women's derby of the ma
tional air races.
Miss Earhart did not suffer any
injury but the propeller on her
plane was twisted badly. An i'm
perfect stabilizer was said to be
responsible for the accident.
preparations were maed immedi-
ately to install new propeller and
she was expected to continue to
Phoenix with other entrants IN the
race.
Miss Earhart finished first at this
control. She reached here at
S:54:30. Other leaders were
Gladys O'Donnell, Florence Barnes
and Louise Thaden.
The IS pilots in the race
declined to land at Calexico, stat
ing that fast landing and slow ris-
ing ships, like the one Miss Earhart
in flying, would have difficulty
getting on and off the field.
The women refused to continue
with the race unless the stopover
between San Bernardino and Phoe-
nix was Yuma instead of Calexico.
SAN BERNARDINO, Calf, Aug.
10. UP)-Roaring away into the
dawn from Federal Airport here, the
flyers in the women s Santa Monica
to-Cleveland air derby headed their
planes toward the high peaks of the
San Bernardino range, slipped
through San Gorgonio pass, and out
over the desert on their long hop
to Yuma, Ariz., their first stopping
place.
First off was Vera Dawn Walker
in Curtiss Robin, who took off
at G:10 a. m., Pacific Standard
Time. She was followed by Mrs.
Keith Miller at 6:l2 a. m. in Il
Fleet airplane; Neva Pars n an
other Curtiss Robin at 6:l4,
Amelia Earhart, TRANSATLANTIC
flyer, in a Lockheed Vega mono-
plane at GIG and Opal Kunz, in her
Travelair at 6:lS.
Miss Kunz, whorbroke fitting on
her landing gear yesterday was off
to a good start today, after mechan-
les had worked most of the night to
prepare her ship for the desert
flight
Tonight's S stop-over will be made
at Phoenix, Ariz. -
Margaret Perry in her Sparton
plane flashed across the line at 6:20,
followed at two minute intervals by
Ruth Elder, Edith Foltz, Gladys
O'Donrell, Thea Rasehe, Blanche
Noyes. Mrs. Clair Fahy, Mrs. Louise
Thaden, and Marvel Crosson.
Mrs. Florence Lowe Barnes, wife
of South Pasadena (Calif) min
lister and winner of yesterdays
race for the large ships, took in
her Travelair at GAO, followed by
Bobbie Trout at GAP. Z
Mrs. Phoebe Omlie, of Memphis,
Tenn, who nosed out Miss Trout for
first honors in the Santa Monica
San Bernardino hop was last off,
heading for Arizona at 6:44 in her
tiny Monocoupe.
One Woman Out
Cloudless skies and cool morning
breezes made perfect conditions for
the mornings business. The Is
ships lined up and tookoff in per-
feet order at two minute intervals,
banking steeply under full motor as
they cut loose toward the mountains
and the desert.
While Calexico, Calf, has been
eliminated as control point, due to
strenuous disagreement of the fly
ers, the eastbound ships should pass
over the desert town about 1880 on
their way to Yuma, where they make
a short stop before flying to
Phoenix for the night.
Miss Mary E. Won Mack, wealthy
Detroit sportswoman who lost her
direction in yesterdays flight and
landed at Vail Field, Montebello,
will probably continue with the
racers, flying solo and not in the
competition. according to reports
today she lost nearly an hour yes
terday trying to reach San Bernar-
dino.
Miss May Haizlip, Of Tulsa, Okla,
who is waiting for her plane at
Clover Field, will probably take-off
from Santa Monica today if she
can get the consent of the women
flyers to allow her to join the
race.
CITY JUDGE KILLED
SANTA MARIA Calf. Aug. l9.