INTERNATIONAL AIR MEET ST. LOUIS MO, 1923 NAVY-WRIGHT FLYER |
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and is a recent flight at Mitchell Field, Long Island, it reached a speed of 238 miles per hour INTERNATIONAL AIR MEET Wednesday 9 a. m..---Gates open 9:30 a. m.---Demonstration of the Farman plane, same as Monday and Tuesday. 11 a. m.---Event No. 7, Detroit News air mail trophy race for air mail planes and pilots. Distance, 186 miles, six times around the course. Prizes, $800, $500 and $200. Entrants: Ernest M. Allison, L. H. Garrison, William C. Hopson, James H. Knight, Harold T. Lewis, James F. Moore, Dean C. Smith, Frank R. Tasger, Randolph G. Page, E. F. White, B. H. WInslow, W. F. Blanchfield, R. H. Ellis, W. D. WIlliams, R. F. Collins and W. L. Smith. Plane numbers not yet assigned. 2 p. m.---Event No. 8, Pulitzer trophy race, the air classic of America, for civilians and military. Distance 124 miles, four times around the course. Prizes $2000, $1500 and $500. Entrants: Lieut. S. W. Callaway, U. S. N., 7, Wright fighter; Lieut. L. H. Sanderson, U. S. M. C.,Wright fighter; Ensign A. J. Williams, 9, R-2-C-1; Lieut. Harold J. Brow, U. S. N., 10, R-2-C-1; Lieut. Alexander Pearson, U. S. A., 48, Verville-Sperry racer; Lieut. W. Miller, U. S. A., 49, Curtiss racer; Lieut. J. D. Corkille, 50, Curtiss racer. 4 p. m.---Demonstration of the Barling bomber, largest airplane in the world. 5 p. m.---Formation flying. 7 p. m.---Night flying demonstration, same as Monday and Tuesday nights. |