Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-30
THIRD DEATH MARS
CHICAGO AIR RACES
AS PILOT CRASHES
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important requirements of aviation to-
day, is being demonstrated by planes
appearing here at the national air races.
The fight for higher speeds and great
er safety has been waged with greater
vigor than ever before during the past
tw years. These races indicate that
rea. results a.e being obtained in both
fields.
Airplanes that will ny at speeds of
$50 miles per hour or more with full
load in regular service and planes which
land AMI take of inside 150-foot cir
Gle are flying here every day.
types used by Col. Charles A. Lind
bergh, Mai. Jimmy Doolittle and Capt
Frank Hawks in their recent record
breaking flights are type patterns for
many of the new models. These IA
nous flyers have brought their planes
here and Capt. Hawks and Maj. Doo-
little have taken active part in the
daily programs, their little planes fash
ing over the speed course at rate of
more than 230 miles per hour or rolling
through the skies In death taking aero
battles.
Lindberghs Draw Crowds.
Col. and Mrs. Lindbergh did nothing
in an aerial way beyond flying in, land
ing, taking Of and flying away. Their
little bit, however, attracted more at
tention than any Of the rest of the
really fine flying done here, popular
interest in the young couple showing
not the slightest indication of being on
the wane, though other famous flyers,
among them Rear Admiral Richard e.
Byrd, have failed to stir up more than
furry OF applause.
One of the new planes which ap-
peared here yesterday afternoon was
six-place cabin monoplane fresh from
demonstration to the United States
Army at Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio
This plane, q beautiful ship of gleam-
ing silver, every inch of the wing, fuse
lage and tail being of highly FURNISHED
metal, has cruising speed OF $50 miles
per hour and top speed of $50 miles.
It can fly 600 miles without stopping
for fuel with full passenger load. The
plane, a Northrup, is powered with a
450-horsepower Wasp radial air-cooled
engine.
Another visitor was a Boeing mono
mail. powered with S75-horsepower
Horner, which also has been demon
strated to the Army and Navy. 1t car
ries 1900 pounds of mail at a cruising
speed of l40 miles per hour or a top
speed of 15B miles per hour AS a pas
Senger plane 1t will carry six persons |
and mail cargo Of TOO pounds.
Plane Shaped Like w.
One of the most peculiar looking
airbus, which is rated for IL paSSen-
gers on single Curtiss conqueror- |
geared engine Of 900 horsepower. This |
plane cruises at 146 miles per hour. |
The lower wing is built in the shape |
of the letter w, the wheels being set |
into the two lower angles. Mail COM
partmentS are let into the wings.
A huge l8-passenger Burnelli air. |
liner, with a passenger salon IL feet |
wide by twice that long, equipped with |
sofas, tables and luxurious chairs, ar |
rived here Yesterday afternoon. It Is
powered with two geared Packard 300
horsepower engines, which are accessible |
In flight.
Among the airplanes which incorpo-
rate new safety factors is, the McDon-
nell entry in the Guggenheim safe air.
plane contest, plane which lands and
within q l50-foot circle. It
has wing slots and q variable chamber
wing for slow landing and controllability |
ut low speeds.
Three of the autogiro planes, using
rotating wings or "windmills" in place
Of the conventional wings, have been
flying here during the week and have
been demonstrated in maneuverS in /
Tended to illustrate the safety of these
aerial oddities in the hands Of unskilled
pilots.
Has FLEXIBLE Wing"
There is q flexible v'ing' plane, in
which the landing gear is set solidly
against the wings, which hex under
anding strains, shock absorbing devices
being installed between wings and
'uselage. The wing angle may be al
cred in flight for increased speed.
There is another monoplane type which
'ests on the ground in flying position,
With q wheel set out In front of the
lose and no tail skid.
Woman pilots at the races have been
10 match for the men In the precision
contests. They have failed woefully to
measure up to male pilots in the dead
stick landing contests, especially. In
,heSe contests the motors are stopped
high above the field, the planes landing
%. q mark. The one approaching the
mark most closely wins. In the con-
est for women pilots Mildred Morgan
Won, with q distance of lie feet. Nancy
Hopkins, q National Capital girl, was
econd, with 212 feet. Betty Lund, who
wears shorts and socks habitually, could
10 no better than $50 feet for q third !
place.
In the mems contest, Art Chester
Won with Q distance OF feet 9is
inches. Il. b. Heath was second, at 3
eet even, and j. II. Livingston placed
hat this Is a result of the unwilling !
less OF the average woman pilot to 60 ]
through the hard work necessary to
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