The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-01
Speed Flyer of { United States
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 in few minutes. He was tAe last of tho flyers to get away. on the cross.country night, lifting his ship into tho air at e:25 Q. m.
 The other planes .were on the line. their motors turning over slowly. ..
 At 4:5s .. m. Colonel Roscoe Turner, of Hollywood, stepped into his tiny Wedeli-Wiiilamss speed plane and gave its 800 h. ?. Wasp motor the gun. At B:42 .. m. Lee Gehlbach. of Paterson, La, also flying Wedeil. Williams, took of.
 Russell Thaw, 22-year-old son of Harry K. Thaw, a we'll regarded pilot despite his youth, shot his Geebee speedster powered by Q 800 horsepower Wasp motor. into the air at t:62 q. m.
 James wedell, of Paterson, fly. ing one of his own Wedell.Wil. Hams speed planes. took off i've minutes later.
 Turner holds the present east. west transcontinental record of 12 hours and 8 minutes. All the pl. lots are well know for their speed flying. s.-'
 They took off in the face of re- ports of Q severe electrical disturb ance in the vicinity of Chicago. Otherwise weather conditions were good.
 Boardman and Turner expected to land at Indianapolis, Wichita, Kansas, and Albuquerque, N. M., to refuel. Should their gasoline sup. ply gun low on the first leg, they planned to follow an alternative course with Dayton, o. St Louis, Amarillo, Texas, and Winslow, Aris., as refueling points
 Thaw planned to refuei at St Louis and Amarillo. His plane Is a little larger than tho others and consequently has greater cruis. Ing range.
 Miss Earhart announced only ono refueling stop--Wlchita. She will decide there If Q second ono is needed.
 Gehibach and wedeil planned te choose their refuelin. points on. route accusding to how their gas. ollne held out.
 More than 1000 spectators TO. matnod nt the field all night and choered the take.offs. Miss Earharl was sped on her way by her hus. band, George Palmer Putnam. She carried several sandwiches, a ther. mos bottle of coffee, an 800 gallons of gasoline.
 The winner in the women's diyi. sion will receive s2,600. The prisea In tho mems division are: first, s4,060; second, s2,26o; third, Si.. $50; fourth 5000; fifth $4b0. An additional Si,00o will go to the winner if successful in lowe erinR the present. record. All the flyers were confident of reaching Los An ! geles in 12 hours or less.
 Chicago, July i-(U.P.)--A ter. rife electrical storm, accompanied q by high wind, struck Chicako at 4:4b o'clock (CDT) to-day and moved eastward in tho path ot aviators in tho Vincent Bendix air race from. New York to Los An. geles.
 ofiieials at municipal airport said the storm was not widespread but probably affected tho airline tho flyers N ould take. Weather condi. tions werc reported excellent east and west of the storm area.
 Boardman was favored to win by other pilots at the field. His plane was said to be one of tho fastest ever built for land hyinf, capable of attaining q speed of more than 800 miles an hour.
 Tho great oirclo course from New York to Los Angeles is 2,4eO miles; but the pilots will fly sev. eral hundred miles moro because of deviations from e circle course to reach refueiinE points.
 Turner Rcfucls.
 Indianapolis, fnd., July i-(UP) -Col. Roscoe Turner refuelled his Wendell. Williams plano at Muni. clpai airport here today and con. tinued his westward flight In the Bendix air race. He arrived in the Bendix air race. He arrived In Indianapolis at e:06 c. s. T. and took off at 6:i3.
 Russell Thaw Down
 Indianapolis, July l--(Up)- Russell They, damaged . wing of his Gee Bee plane when he landed here for fuel.
 Tho wing dragged as Thaw brought his plane to the ground. Airport attendants were attem pting to repair 1t 30 he could resume the flight.