The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-20

Dutch, British and Dutch planes went next and then came the sec i ond Americans.
 They were, Jacqueline Cochran. former beauty .parlor operative of New York and Miami, and Wesley Smith of New York, in a Gran vile monoplane. They were off at 6:36:50.
 Next came the third American team-John H. Wright and John Polando, in the tiniest plane in the race, the Lambert Monocoupe 6O,OO0 People Watched The roar of a crowd of 60,000 that had waited all night mixed with the roar of the motors as the rest were off for the English Channel, France, southeastern Flu rope, the near East, India, the Dutch East Indies and the iReat Australian continent where at Mel bourne the fortunate ones who 1 finish will fly over the Remington race course and land at designated fields outside the city.
 There are two sections in the | race-speed and handicap. The Turner-Pangborn and Cochran | Smith teams are in the speed sec- | ton only, where first prize is f10,- 900 (Australian), or about $40,000. Wright and PolandoA are in the handicap section where the first prize is f2,0o0 or about $S,000.
 There is only one more machine in addition to the two American entrants in the sped section exclu- sivefy-the Dutch Pander S4, whose crew is D. L. Asjes, c. J. ! fN Naxyo vad As Drnrh Tt ho an American Wright whirlwind motor.
 Ten planes are in both speed and handicap section and the remain- ing seven in the handicap section only. In that section allowance is made for motor rating, plane area and similar things.
 Hope to Break Record
 The sped flyers hape to reduce by days the present England-Aus- minutes.
 Turner and Pangborn hoped to make Athens on the first hop. Jacky Coch and Smith Athens or Bucharest, Wright and Polando in their Baby Ruth, Rome.
 The real goal of the three speed only planes was Baghdad, 2,5S0 air line miles from Mildenhall, where civilizations had fiourished and died before cart wheels were in- vented.
 Baghdad is the first compulsory landing place-one of four control points on the route. Intermediate elective landing places. checking points. were Marseilles, 652 miles from MildenhalI; Rome, 3S4 miles further on; Athens. 654 miles from Rome, and Aleppo. another 751 miles on the way and itself 450 miles from Baghdad.
 Fitzmaurice Withdraws
 The excitemnet began last night when Colonel James c. Fitzmau- rice, piloting the American built Bellanca monoplane entered by the Irish sweepstake promoters, with drew rather than comply with the rules that limited his gasoline sup ply. l Turner and Pangborn had ac- cepted a similar ruling.
 Fitzmaurice said he would fly the course unofficially later. The final weather forecast at a. m. showed favorable southwest- erly to northwesteriy winds of from 10 to 30 miles an hour be- tween England and Baghdad, but with cloud and drizzle indicated near Vienna. where the mountain tops were obscure by clouds.
 What fs Happening
 Abbeville. France. Oct 20-(U P.)-Captain T. Neville Stack, oi England. and S. |. Turner made ( damegeiess forced landing to-day on their London Melbourne flight. They are carrying motion pic. ture iiims of the start Of the race including shots of their own plan. ned faiso start. They took of al Miidenhail and returned to get ths fiinN made of them.
 fs was raining here and the iy' CTS teok their time.
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