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[[see full transcription on previous page]] ACE SEEKS NEW RECORD Rickenbacker Will Try to Shatter Transport Plane Mark From Here to New York City Arriving here last night at the Grand Central Air Terminal, Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker disclosed that he came here to take the controls of [[missing]] Douglas fourteen-passenger plane which will attempt to lower all transcontinental west-east speed records some time this week. The start of his flight will be made either Wednesday or Thursday, he said. The one-time war ace said he will not only try to lower the present transport plane record of thirteen hours and two minutes set by himself last February but will also shoot at the speed record of ten hours and two minutes set by Col. Roscoe Turner. In addition to Capt. Rickenbacker as chief pilot and Capt. Charles W. France, vice-president of Eastern Air Lines, as co-pilot, the plane will carry six passengers. It is his intention to make the 2626-mile flight to New York in two hops, his one stop being either at Kansas City or Columbus Flying at an average altitude of 17,000 feet, it is his belief that the plane will attain an average speed of 225 miles an hour, or even more if favored with tail winds. Because of the altitude, oxygen tanks will be carried for pilots and passengers.
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