Evening star., 1932-09-01
FOUR FLYERS SEEK
/ RECORD FOR SPEED
DooIittIe Sets Unofficial Mark
in T.st, Hopes to Make 800
Miles Today.
b, the Associated Press.

B. the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND, September IA flying
quartet challenged France for the
speed supremacy of the world today and
jolted American sporting aviation out
Of nearly a decade of the doldrums.
The four-Maj. James H. Doohttle,
James @. Haizlip, Roscoe Turner and
James r. wedell-took to the starting
line four of the fastest racing ships of
the country for an official try at the
S-year- old mark of 278 miles an hour
set in 1924 by Warrant Ofacer Bonnet
of France. >,, y.
Turner qualified for the 1901 mile high
speed event this morning by flying
twice each way over the 3-kilometer
course for an unofficial average OF
26l4l4 miles an hour.
Father Time received his first jounc-
ing at the National Air Races yester-
day when Doolittle rocketed his super
charged 300 horsepower low-wing mon
oplane over a measured 3-kilometer
course for an unofficial record Of 293.193
miles an hour.
Carried No Barograph.
Doolittle's spectacular straightaway
dash, although the fastest ever flown
in land plane, will not be recognized
by the Federation Aeronautic Interna-
tionale because he did not carry baro-
graph or file formal notice in advance
of his flight.
Today however, he had installed two
paragraphs in his ship and made formal
notice Of his oficial attempt upon the
world record.
Likewise filing notice were Jim"
HaiZlip, who Tuesday set new trans
continental speed record. and James r.
Wedell, veteran pilot and designer, of
Patterson, La.
Doolittle said before his official dash
that he expected to extract 300-mile-
en-hour speed from his little racer.
Last night he changed the propeller
as a means of gaining the extra 40 or
Is miles an hour" he believed the plane
would do. No other adjustments were
made since the plane handled well in
the practice hop
Uses Boardman's Plane.
Jimmy Wedell and Haizlip are flying
ships designed and built by Wedell, one
Of them the plane in which Haizlip
crossed the continent. Both are low
winged jobs and supercharged for
racing.
Doolittle's plane is the one turned
over to him by Russell Boardman OF
Springfield, Mass, after Boardman was
injured In the course of a test flight
and forced to withdraw from racing this
year.
Swooping low over the course in the
semi-dusk of the suns eclipse, Doolit-
ties tiny barrel-shaped racer was
hardly more than a blurr OF red and
white when it passed the stands on the
first lap at a speed of 294 miles an
hour. The return dash was clocked
at 2e6 miles an hour. while the re-
manning two laps were done in 2sl and
290 miles an hour.
The four dashes qualified the flyer
for the free-for r-all speed classic to be
flown here Labor day.
Miss Florence Klingensmith OF Min
neapolis, Mimi, qualified for by the
wonan's 50-mile high speed trophy race
today by sliding her clip-winged mono
plane around the pylons at an average
of 1851 miles an hour.
Miss Klingensnith was plotting the
yellow ship of John r. Livingston OF
Aurora, Ill. Her fastest run was 2O6.549
miles an hour The slowest was 190.8lO
miles an hour. This average was under
the world record speed of 2l0 miles an
hour set by Miss Ruth NICHOLS, at Carl
ton, Mich.
Leads Amateur Event.
William A. Warrick of Cleveland took
an early lead in an amateurs closed
course event of 81 miles for planes
rated at 10 miles an hour or less and
won handily. Paul S. Bloom of Daven-
port. Iowa. won second. Warrick's aver
age was 102 miles an hour.
Winston Kratz of East st. Louis won
today's precision landing contest. He
missed the flag just feet and inches.
MOrJrSoN SORRY HE MUST SAIL.