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[[newspaper clipping]] [[image - photograph of Wiseman with biplane]] (Associated Press Wirefoto) SKYWAYMAN Smithsonian Institution says Fred Wiseman flew the first air mail route in 1911, and they ought to know. But looking at the job he flew it in, Fred, who's now 70, must wonder how he ever did it. Wiseman stands alongside old job at Oakland, Calif. Background: liner which flew him over same route. [[/newspaper clipping]] [[newspaper clipping]] [[image - black and white photo of man with inset photograph of plane and man in flying outfit]] [[caption]] Co. Art Goebel, winner of the Dole race from Oakland to Honolulu 20 years ago, exhibits pictures taken of his pioneer flight upon arrival for the second annual Oakland Air Show, at which he will be honored.--Tribune photo. [[/caption]] Flier Art Goebel Here for Show Winner of Historic Race to Hawaii Tops Guest List Col. Art Goebel, the man who won the famous and now historic Dole race from Oakland to Honolulu 20 years ago, "flew to get there, not to make a race out of it." Goebel arrived here by automobile from his Texas range yesterday to top the list of famous fliers and aviation leaders who will be guests of honor at the second Oakland Air Show Saturday and Sunday. The show commemorates the 20th anniversary of his spectacular feat of August 16 and 17, 1927. Geobel recounted his judgment to "play it safe" in the 2467-mile race, recalling that he flew one of only two planes that finished. Show Pictures, Story, Page 17 Out of nine starters, three were lost at sea with seven persons, including Mildred Doran, Michigan schoolteacher. Some others turned back and still others were disqualified. Three pilots were killed before the race started in test flights. Goebel said he took off from Oakland Airport in seventh position at 12:37 p.m. August 16, 1927, with his radio operator, W. S. Davis. His plane, the Woolaroc, now on display in the Phillips Museum in Bartlesville, Okla., was a high-wing monoplane powered by a 220-horsepower engine. RECORD RECALLED Refusing to "push" his plane, he maintained an average cruising speed of about 91 miles an hour to complete the flight at Wheeler Field in 26 hours, 17 minutes and 33 seconds "to be exact," he recalls without having to refer to record books. When it was over, he collected $25,000 first prize money, which he says "was a great reward, but the greatest reward came at Clover Field, Santa Monica, where my mother and father, both now dead, greeted me when I came back." Though his victory in the Dole race is his most noted accomplishment, Goebel went on from there to a distinguished career in aviation and during the late war. In the spring of 1928 he went to Japan on a goodwill tour and while there acquired a Japanese pilot's license. In World War II, in the South Pacific, he carried it with him "in case I got show down and was captured by the Japs." FIRST FLIGHTS In August, 1928, he made the first West-to-East non-stop flight across the country from Los Angeles to New York in 18 hours, 58 minutes. Then he made the first non-stop flight from Los Angeles to Cincinnati and in 1929 won the international race from Mexico City to Kansas City 28 hours ahead of the runner-up. Not with more than 10,000 hours to his credit, Goebel served four years in the Army during World War II and now is commanding officer, as an active reservist, of the 452nd Very Heavy Bombardment Group at Long Beach. Among aviation personalities who will be honored with Goebel at the air show are Mrs. C. A. "Mother" Tusch, of Berkeley; Fred J. Wiseman, the world's first airmail pilot; Maj. Ernie Smith, first civilian to fly from Oakland to Hawaii, and Capt. W. B. Voortmeyer, noted aerial navigator, who was adviser to the Dole racers. [[/newspaper clipping]] [[/newspaper clipping]]
