Evening star., 1932-09-11

August 7-Von Gronau landed at MIL
waukee on his flight around the world.
His plane was the staunch old Dornler
in which he had previously crossed the
North Atlantic three times.
August 8-General interline air eX-
press service was inaugurated by seven
major American airlines; step re-
garded as one Of the most important OF
the year for American air tranSporta-
ton. The volume of air express bust
ness has been increasing by leaps and
bounds during the month.
August Bob Buck, 18-year-old
junior flying champion, took off from
Newark, N. j., on round-trip flight to
Mexico City, which he completed later
in the month to set a new junior dis
tance record.
August 11-Pan-American Airways
announced the Purchase of Alaskan
Anyways from American Airways. This
purchase later led to the consolidation
under Pan-American of all American
airlines outside the borders of the con-
tinental United States. The great Pam
American system, now the largest in the
world, covers $4,000 miles of airways
extending from the Arctic Circle to the
southern end of South America. Its
lines serve 80 countries and colonies in
the Western Hemisphere.
August 12-John D. Brock. Kansas
City flying physician" few on his
thousandth consecutive day. For three
years, rain, shine, snow or storm, DR..
Brock has never missed his daily flight.
During that time he has visited virtually
every large city in the country and has
become ore of the worlds best known
private pilots.
Capitals "Air Week" Begins.
August 15-The National Capitals
greatest air week began with the arri-
val of the first contestant in he Cord
Cup race. The weeks program included
a two-day flying meet eliminating in
the start Of % planes in the derby the
annual convention of the National Aero
nautic Association and the aviation
celebration of the George Washington
Bicentennial Commission.
August 18-Prof. Auguste Picard and
Max Cosyns landed at Lake Gardo,
Italy, after a balloon ascension into
tude of 54,776 feet, or more than 10
miles, by far the greatest height ever
attained by man. The flight had for
its chief purpose study of the cosmic
ray and its results from that stand
point have not yet been published. 1t
was the second record-breaking flight
for Picard, his first stratosphere fight,
last year, taking him to 51,793 feet.
The airplane altitude record, held by
Lieut. Apollo Soucek. U. S. N, was made
over the National Capital to an altitude
of 43,166 feet.
August l8-James A. Mollison, noted
British pilot, took of from Portmar-
mock, Irish Free State, In light cabin
and on the following day
landed at Pennfield Ridge, New Bruns-
wick, completing the first solo flight
across the Atlantic from East to West.
His flight was the fastest ever made
from land to land westward across the
Atlantic.
August 22-Frances Harrell Marsalis
and Louise McPhetridge Thaden landed
at Roosevelt Field, N. Y, with the new
world endurance record for women.
They had been in the air 1876 hours
ond, exceeding the previous women's
record by IS hours On the same day
Won Gronau landed at Juneau, Alaska,
on his world flight.
Three Ocean Flights Attempted.
August 23-Three transatlantic flights
started. Thor Solberg and Carl Peter
son took of from Floyd Bennett Air
port, New York; Clyde A. Lee and
John Bochkon from Barre, VT, and
George Hutchinson and his flying
family" from Floyd Bennett. Solberg
and Peterson later crashed at Darbys
Harbor, Lee and Bochkon we're lost at
sea and the Hutchinsons are proceeding
by leisurely stages across the North
Atlantic.
August 24-Amelia Earhart Putnam,
first woman to fly the Atlantic as a
passenger and first to fly it alone, added
to her laurels by being the first woman
to span the United States in a nom
stop fight. Taking off from Los An
geles, she landed at New York 10 hours
4 minutes and 6 seconds later. Her
flight gave her new world distance
record for women of 2,435 miles.
August 27-The National Air Races
opened at Cleveland with the arrival of
planes competing In three derby races
The 1882 classic, which closed on Labor
Gay, proved to be one of the most bril-
liant air meets the world has known.
August 29-The Bendix Trophy race
q feature Of the Cleveland races, result
ed in the smashing of the transconti-
mental speed record twice in a day.
Jimmy Haizlip, winner of the Bendix
when he flashed across the line at
Cleveland, continued on to New York
where he landed just 10 hours 10 min
uteS and At seconds after leaving Los
Angeles. Roscoe Turner, who finished
third in the BendiX, reached New York
10 hours and 81 minutes after taking
OF in Los Angeles. The previous record
Of IL hours 16 minutes and 10 seconds
was set in the Bendix race year age
by Maj. James H. Doolittle.
DoolittIe Robbed of Record.
August 31-Jimmy Doolittle unofi-
cially broke the American all-time speed
record and the world landplane speed
record by averaging 292.193 miles per
hour in four laps of a 3-kilometel
course at Cleveland Failure to carry q
Paragraph robbed him of official recog-
milton.
September 2-Mrs. Marie McMillin
25-year-old mother, set an unofficia
world parachute jumping record al
Cleveland when she dropped 10000 feet
Doolittle set a new official American
speed record Of 2820672 miles per hour
but fell short by 778 mile per hour Of
the speed necessary to break ofhc1ally
the 1924 landplane speed record held BY
Warrant Officer Bennett Of France.
September 3-Doolittle, on his thirc
attempt, set new world landplane rec.
ord and an all-time American speed
record at Cleveland. His average speed
over four laps of the 3-kilometel
course was 296 .287 miles per hour. ex'
ceeding the eight year -old French recore
by 17807 miles per hour. His best laI
was flown at speed of 309040 miles
per hour. On the same day Mrs. Mat
Haizlip smashed all speed records fol
women with an average speed of 23l SO!
miles per hour, but was disqualified fol
missing a pylon on the speed course
Won Gronau on this day arrived in Ne
muro, Japan, after flying the Northern
Pacific. completing his fourth oceaI
flight.
September 5-Mrs. Haizlip estab
lished q new Official world speed rec
ord for women on the Cleveland three