Evening star., 1932-09-02
AIR SPEED STARS
PLAN new DASHES
DooIittIe to Try Again for
Record After Haizlip and
WedeII Make Attempt.
BY the Associated Press.

confident than ever today that the
world land-plane speed record will be
broken before the national air races
end Monday.
A large part of their encouragement
came from spectacular performance
yesterday by Maj. James H. Doolittle.
Flying a stubby, high-powered mono
plane, the major made one dash over
a three -kilometer course at a speed of
301. LOG miles an hour.
Although the world record. made by
the late Adjt. Bonnet Of France, is
only 27847 miles an hour, Doolittle was
not credited with breaking it, because
his 301-mile speed was partly due to
tail wind.
On four laps. two with the wind and
two against it, Doolittle averaged 282.672
miles an hour. His slowest time was
261.834.
viii Use Old Propeller.
The previous day, Doolittle used an
other propeller and made an unofhcial
time of 293 miles an hour, and that will
be the one he will use for MS next as
sault on the record.
With the propeller changed back and
his motor tuned again, the major ex-
poets to beat the present world speed
mark by at least five-mile margin.
He was hopeful of making the new at
tempt tomorrow.
Two other speed kings planned to
seek the record today. Jimmie Halzllp,
new holder of the transcontinental rec
ord, and James r. Wedel had thelr
fast planes ready to go, both expecting
275 miles an hour and possibly more.
Capt. Roscoe Turner, who averaged
26l. Ala in an attempt at the record
yesterday, also probably will try again
before the race meet closes.
Girl Goes 1873 M.P.H.
With the men fastening their eyes on
a 300-mile- hour goal, Miss Florence
Klingensmith, young Minneapolis flyer,
yesterday borrowed the chpped wing
mcnoplane owned by John H. Living
ston of Aurora. Ill, and was timed in
four laps over the straightaway at
1851 miles an hour.
Her fastest run was 206.549 miles an
hour, indicating the annual womens
high-speed classic to be run SUNDAY
may mark a new record for the event.
It was won last year by Mrs. Maude
TAFT Moriarity of Springfield, Mass,
with an average speed of 187.574 miles
s. j. Whitman of Oshkosh, Wis, took
the measure of Ben 0. Howard, Chi
cago-Kansas City mail pilot, in free.
for-all race for planes with engines OF
$50 cubic inch displacement. whitman
averaged l32246 miles an hour to win
$3.50. Howard averaged 127 BAT miles
an hour to win 5000 and Roger Don
Rae of Cleveland won third prize money
of sl20 by averaging 107.724 miles an
hour
Wins in Commercial Plane.
Doug Davis Of Atlanta. Ga. won $27o
by averaging 127.47' miles an hour IN
a commercial plane race. He was fol-
lowed by Art Davis Of East Lansing,
Mich, and L. w. Zelcer of New York
City.
In a sportsman pilot race. William
A. Warrick, jr.. Of Cleveland, averaged
102.014 miles an hour to win. Paui .:
Bloom of Davenport, Iowa, finished
second. followed by K. G.. Olderman Of
Cleveland.
Art Davis, beaten in one race, came
back to lead a field of commercial
planes with an average speed Of 120.481
miles an hour. Jack Morris OF Pitts
burgh. Pa, finished second and Marcel
lus King of Fairmont. Mimi, third.
An Italian youth. with wholesome
smile is the stunting sensation of the
national air races.
He is Lieut.. Andrea Zotti, whose
stunts begin, end, or are wholly made
up of maneuvers with his plane upside
down.
Commands Stunt Battalion.
In his native country the 25-year-old
lieutenant, who has been flying for
only four years, is commander of the
Escadrille Folle, squadron that special
ICES in inverted aerial acrobatics.
This is only what we do in the line
Of duty" he said through an interpre-
ter, for he speaks no English. These
are not what you call stunts for the
sake of showmanship- for the sake
of training.
1--WE practice so all the time. I can
fly for 40 minutes upside down without
once bringing my plane to its normal
position"
Taking of in normal fashion, he soon
turns the wheels towards the sky and
hanging head downward, waves to the
air races spectators as he begins series
of wide circles around the field.
His skill makes the manuever look
simple, but in his own words, "the most
diffcult thing do is to go around the
field upside down.
Does Inverted Spin.
Next hardest, he classed, is the in
verted spin-one of the most dangerous
manuevers in aviation stunting.
The favorite with the crowd, how
ever, Is a vertical IS" Flying upside
down, he begins at the bottom of the
letter, pulls the plane up so he is on the
outside Of half-loop, then completes
the upper part of the S by executing
the half of an inside loop, which leaves
the plane, at the end as in the begin
ming of the stunt, on its back
Perhaps the "hyingest" people at the
races, however, are not the performers,
but young couple from Munich. Ger
many.
Chickens to tend and a plumbing
business to run at their home must
wait while Herr Ulrich Richter and
his wife live the adventure of their
dreams.
Entered Air Derby.
Three months ago Herr Richter, who
is 20, a plumber and a chicken farmer
and Frau Richter, who is IS, blonde,
and rapidly learning English, unloaded
a monoplane in New York and set out
for the Olympic games. -
Their plane is painted in blue and
white, the colors Of Bavaria, and they
hoped to fly 1t around the landed areas
of the world. but they couldn't get a
passport to China.
Then they heard Of the air races and