Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-20
WOMAN DERBYIST
INJURED IN CRASH
IN SOUTH CAROLINA
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flyers from the Capital to Chicago by
way of the South and the Mississippi
River Valley, but announced she would
remain in Greenwood with Mrs. Haizlip.
The race, one of the major cross
country events of the National Air
Races opening a. Curtiss- Wright Rey-
nolds Airport, Chicago, Saturday, Is at
tracing some of the foremost woman
flyers in the country, including one
Washington girl, Miss Nancy Hopkins.
The entry list today held seven
names, including Miss Hopkins Mrs.
Haizlip and Miss Walker. Others are
Mrs. Phoebe Omlie of Memphis, Mrs.
Charity Langdon of Norfolk, Miss
Laura ingalls, of st. Louis and "mys-
terry ship" entered by Miss Van Mack,
who has not arrived in the Capital
Mrs. Omlie's ship, small monoplane,
is the fastest entered in the race and
is favored by Washington observers for
victory in the race. 1t Is capable of
top speed Of 140 miles an hour, a
speed far in excess of the rating of the
ships of most of the other entries.
other Entries Expected.
Several other entries are expected be-
fore starting time of the race, IL o'clock
Friday morning. The entries will be re-
ceived as long as officials of the Ma
tional Aeronautic Association. sponsors
OF the race, have time to make the
necessary inspections and qualify ship
and pilot.
Friday mornings program at Wash
ington Airport, scene of the start, is as
follows:
Gathering of the pilots and machines
on the starting line at Washington Air.
port at 8 o'clock, for news photograph
ers; breakfast at the airport at $50
o'clock; inspection of ships and in
struction of pilots at 10 o'clock by race
ofhcials; warming up of motors at 10:45
O'Clock and starting at IL O'Clock. The
planes will be sent of at one minute in
tervals, starting with Mrs. Omlie's plane.
Mrs. Haizlip had been given the No.
place. Next to start will be Mrs Lang
don's plane, followed by Miss ingalls,,
Miss Van Mack and Miss Hopkins
Others entrants will be given their
number as their entries are officially
sanctioned.
Jack Wynne, manager Of Hoover
Field, will be the timer as the planes
are started and the general arrange
ments for the race are in the hands of
A. K. Barta, president of the Aero Club
OF Washington and Thomas Carroll,
vice president of Washington Airport.
Throughout the day, there will be stunt
ing, balloon bursting and spot landing
contests by pilots of the airport and
visiting flyers.
Tomorrow night the derby flyers will
be the guests of honor at an aviation
banquet to be given at the Willard Hotel
by the Women's City Club. Mrs. Omlie
will present diplomas to the ground
school graduates Of the Eagle Wings
Flying Club, section of the Women's
City Club. Following the banquet
there will be reception for the woman
flyers.
The derby flyers will make Rich
mond their first stop, for luncheon, and
then fly on TO Raleigh. N. c., the first
overnight control point. From there
they will go to Columbia, S. c., for
luncheon, to Atlanta overnight, Bir-
mingham for luncheon, Memphis over
night, st. Louis for luncheon, Spring
field, Ill., overnight, to Elgin, Ill, for
luncheon and on to Curtis Wright
Reynolds Airport for the finish of the
race.