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[[newspaper clipping]] Buffalo Times Jimmy Doolittle Spans U. S. BREAKS RECORD, WINS BENDIX GOLD TROPHY Cuts Time Capt. Hawks Made in 1930 by More Than An Hour By Associated Press NEWARK AIRPORT, Sept. 4.– Rocketing out of the West in a burst of super speed, Maj. James H. Doolittle brought his plane down here today with a new transcontinental flying record of 11 hours and 15 minutes. Doolittle said the correct time of his departure from Burbank, Cal., was 4:34 a. m. (E.S.T.) He arrived here at 3:50 p. m. (E.S.T.) His performance compares with the mark of 12 hours 25 minutes and 3 seconds established in 1930 by Capt. Frank M. Hawks, who landed at Roosevelt Field, approximately six or seven minutes' flying time further than Newark. Doolittle, who won the Burbank to Cleveland race for the Bendix gold trophy on his cross country dash, refueled and flew back to Cleveland at once. "A wonderful trip" was the way Doolittle described the flight, on which he said he averaged 225 miles per hour. He said his best time across the country was at the rate of 240 miles an hour, but he estimated his speed upon arrival here at close to 250 miles an hour. [[line]] Twelve pilots winging their way from Hicksville, L. I., to Cleveland, in an amateur air Derby, landed at the Buffalo airport at intervals between 5:30 and 6:05 p. m. today. They landed in the following order: Lawrence Turnure, Allen Eustis, Robert Buck, Mrs. Betty Gillies, John W. Lasell, [[pencil underlined]] Miss Manila Davis, [[/pencil underlined]] James Eblem, Granville Smith, Miss Jessamin Doddard, A. W. Swett, Miss Laura Morgan and D. Vernon Shaw-Kennedy. With Turnure was John S. Reazes, president of the U. S. Amateur Air Pilots' association. Buck, the 17-year-old holder of the junior trans-continental record, had as passengers his parents. Dr. and Mrs. A. O. Buck. The fliers took off from Hicksville at 9:30 a. m., had lunch in Albany, and stopped briefly in Syracuse. They will remain here overnight. [[/newspaper clipping]] [[newspaper clipping]] DAYTON O. NEWS SEPTEMBER 4, 1931 AIR RACE PILOTS HANDICAPPED BY POOR WEATHER Flyers Show Great Speed at Start of Hop From West Coast. CLEVELAND EVENTS DELAYED BY RAIN Two Parachute Jumpers Are Injured During Day's Activities. CLEVELAND, Sept. 4.–AP– Treacherous weather conditions hung over a 200-mile area just west of here this afternoon, a serious hazard facing the eight pilots in bullet-like planes who left Los Angeles, Cal., early today for a high-speed dash to the National Air Races in Cleveland. The flyers were due to reach Cleveland by mid-afternoon. Apparently all of them had been traveling at speeds well over 200 miles an hour, hoping to set a new record for their course. Several of them had intended, if successful in that, to fly on to New York, hoping to break the transcontinental record of Capt. Frank Hawks. Before the flyers reach Cleveland, however, the United States weather bureau said they would have to fly through a heavy rain and wind storm over the northern half of Ohio and probably over a large part of Indiana. Two parachute jumpers were hurt when the storm first hit the Cleveland airport. John F. Wickham, Cincinnati, suffered a fractured right leg, and Buddy Rhodes, Little Rock, Ark., sprained his back, when gusts of wind hit their parachutes and caused them to fall heavily as they came close to the ground after 1500-foot jumps from planes. All other events on today's race program at the airport were postponed until later in the day as airport officials clung to the hope that the storm would slacken. The weather bureau said, however, the rain would continue intermittently throughout the afternoon and this evening. While the eight flyers were en route here from Los Angeles, 14 others, including four women – aristocrats of the air, who pilot their own planes "simply for fun" – were on their way here from Hicksville, N. Y., after stopping at Albany, N. Y., this morning. Five of the famous Siskin fighting ships of the Royal Canadian air force arrived safely at the Cleveland airport shortly after noon after a flight from Canada and a stop last night in Buffalo. [[line]] KANSAS CITY, Kas., Sept. 4–(AP)– James Doolittle, Burbank to Cleveland Bendix Trophy racer, made a refueling landing here at 9:50 a. m. (central standard time). Doolittle left Burbank at 3:40 a. m. (central standard time) and made a stop at Albuquerque, N. M. His time for the 1439 miles to Kansas City was 6 hours and 10 minutes. The flyer refueled with 95 gallons of gasoline and took off eight minutes after his arrival. His average speed was a little better than 230 miles an hour. [[/newspaper clipping]] [[newspaper clipping]] HICKSVILLE, L. I., Sept. 4.–AP– Four women and eight men – aristocrats of the air who pilot their own planes "simply for fun" – began hopping off from the Long Island Aviation Country club for Cleveland at 9:30 a. m. eastern standard time today. It was the first annual American handicap derby for amateur flyers. Lawrence Turnure, New York banker, was the first to take off. They were all in the air by 9:45. Pledged not to race their ships beyond cruising speed, the contestants will match their general flying skill in one of the most leisurely air derbies ever staged. They will make stops en route at Albany and Buffalo, where they may stay overnight, continuing tomorrow to the Cleveland municipal airport where the national air races are being held. If weather is good, however, they will go straight through to Cleveland. Besides Turnure, first to hop off, those participating in the derby took off in the following order: Granville B. Smith, A. W. Swett, Miss Jessamine Goddard, Miss Laura Morgan, James Eblen, [[pencil underlined]] Miss Manila Davis, [[/pencil underlined]] Mrs. B. Allison Gillies, Vernon Shaw-Kennedy, John W. La Sell, Robert Buck and Allen Eustis. Buck, an 18-year-old Montclair N. J., youth, is one of the youngest pilots in the country. [[/newspaper clipping]] [[newspaper clipping]] WICHITA, Kas., Sept. 4.–[[type cut off]]– Harold S. Johnson, Chicago pilot, landed at Municipal Airport at 9:18:35 a. m., central standard time, today, to lead a group of five who planned to refuel here in the speed race from Burbank, Cal., to Cleveland. Johnson left Burbank at 3:30 a. m., central standard time. He took to the air here again at 9:39. Beeler Blevins, Atlanta, was the second flyer to land here, setting his plane down at 10:02:55 a. m., central standard time. He had an elapsed time to Wichita of 6:27:55. Blevins was refueled and got away at 10:30:48. Capt. Ira J. Eager, noted army pilot, darted down on the airport at 10:25:20 a. m. for an elapsed time of 6:59:20. Speedily refueled, Eaker lifted his plane into the air again at 10:34:20. [[line]] AMARILLO, Tex., Sept. 4.–AP– Walter S. Hunter, entrant in the Burbank-to-Cleveland air race, landed here at 8:09 a. m. (C. S. T.), refueled and took off four minutes later for Wichita, Kas. [[line]] BURBANK, Cal., Sept. 4.–AP– Eight speedy airplanes, each with a star American flyer at its controls, shot out of Burbank early today toward the National Air races at Cleveland in competition for the Bendix air trophy and $15,000 in prizes. If they made good time to Cleveland, the aviators planned to continue on to New York in an onslaught against the transcontinental speed record of Capt. Frank Hawks. The first plane took off at 1:20 a. m. Pacific standard time (4:20 a. m. eastern standard time) and the last at 1:46. A light mist hung over the United airport as they thundered across the field in front on the flood lights. Weather reports along the 2040-mile route to Cleveland were favorable. The official time for the take-off, the pilot, his home town and the make of the plane, follow: 1:20–Lou Reichers, Arlington, N. Y., Lockheed Altair-Cyclone. 1:23–Walter S. Hunter, Sparta, Ill., Travelair Mystery–S-Whirlwind. 1:26–Capt. Ira Eaker, Washington, Lockheed-Altair-Wasp. 1:30–Harold S. Johnson, Chicago, Lockheed-Orion-Wasp. 1:35–Beeler Blevins, Atlanta, Lockheed-Orion-Wasp. 1:40–James Doolittle, St. Louis, Laird Solution-Whirlwind. 1:43–James Goodwin Hall, New York, Lockheed-Altair-Wasp. 1:46-Art Goebel, Los Angeles, Lockheed-Vega-Wasp. [[/newspaper clipping]] ^[[PAGE 106]]
