Evening star., 1939-09-02
SixFIyers Speeding
East in $4,000
bendix Contest
Five Men and Woman
In Race; Miss Cochran
Is Not Competing
By the Associated Press.

b. the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND, Sept. O. Frank
Fuller, San Francisco paint maker,
set pace Of nearly 300 miles an
hour today on the first half of the
annual $4,000 Burbank to- Cleve-
land air race.
He reached Goodland, Kans., al
most exactly halfway, in 3 hours Is
minutes and sped on eastward after
refueling.
Mr.. Fuller won the race in 1897
with an average speed of 258 miles
an hour, he was second last year
to Miss Jacqueline Cochran, who
withdrew at today's start explaining
she feared to take off in fog with
her plane so heavily fuel laden. Mr..
Fuller flew a Seversky then as now.
Five other planes were in the race.
Two pilots planned to make the
2,042 miles nonstop. A prize of
$1,000 awaited the flyer with the
best elapsed time.
All had to reach Cleveland by 6
pm. Eastern Standard Time) to
qualify for first prize or second to
nth prizes ranging from 5000 to
$1,000.
Entries in Race.
The entries in the Bendix race
and the times of their take-of1 Tin
Eastern Standard Time) were:
William Maycock and Charles C.
Gilbert. Detroit. $40 am They
came down at Albuquerque, N. Mex.
at 7:08 am, and spent six minutes
refueling.
Mrs. Arlene Davis. 80. of Cleve-
land, seeking an extra 81, 500 for the
best time by woman pilot, and
Dayle Myers, Tulsa, Okla, at
5:07 am.
Max Constant, Hollywood, at
Paul Mantz, Hollywood stunt flyer,
5:57 am.
Mr.. Fuller, 6:07 am. His time
Of 7 hours. 81 minutes two years
ago was the best ever made in the
race up to today.
Arthur Bussey. Naval Reserve
pilot from Royersford, Pa, 7:O4 am.
Additional Prizes.
An additional $500 in prizes was
offered for flyers electing to con-
tinue from Cleveland to Bendix.
N. j.
The United States urgently needs
new airplane speed records to coun-
ter German and Italian "propa-
ganda," the National Auronautic
Associations president declared yes
terday.
America now is only fifth on the
list, with Germany and Italy occupy
ing the top two positions, said
Charles F. Horner Of Washington.
"A few years ago we were first,
but until recently we had little Gov
ernment and commercial interest in
air speed records.
Germany and Italy effectively
play up these records, especially in
the Latin American countries. 1t
is their chief sales argument-we
run into it again and again. They
claim in their propaganda they have
the best air forces because they have
the fastest planes"
Germany Held Leader.
The NJ A. A.. record breaking
body of American aviation. saws
Germany leads in civil and military
speed records with IS, followed by
Italy. "a; France, "a; U. S. S. r.,
23; United States. IT: Great Brit
ain. II. and. Australia, Belgium
Japan and Poland with 3 each.
The list of qualifiers in the
Thompson Trophy race was in
creased to six as Harry Crosby OF
Glendale. Calf. circled the TO-
mile course with an average speed
OF 268.856 miles an hour. Others in
the premier speed event, scheduled
for Monday, are Roscoe Turner
Steve Whitman of Oshkosh. Wis;
Earl Ortman of Montreal. 1t
Joseph Mackey of Findlay. Ohio
and Tony LEVER of Los Angeles.
Two other flyers. Robert Bean OF
Los Angeles. and George Byars OF
Van Nuys. Calf. will be given ar
opportunity to qualify today.