ATLANTIC AIRWAYS, INC. New Rochelle, N. Y. |
This morning after Commander Byrd left Roosevelt Field, I took off frm Curtis Field in the Combination Wing Earlerock, equiped with an OX-5 motor. There were a number of other ships in the escort carrying photographers, but my ship was the only one with an OX-5; the others were equipped with C-6's and Hissos. I followed Commander Byrd for about 40 miles, over which distance I lost about half a mile. The only ships that stayed right with him were Fairdhild's Monoplane, equipped with a C-6, a C-6 Oriole with wing radiators and a Sikorsky Oriole equipped with a converted 220 Hisso. There were a |
number of other ships that tried to stay with the bunch but were soon lost in the distance. Considering the fact that the Eaglerock only
had an OX, I certainly think that the ship did very well. At an American Legion meet, recently held at Curtis Field, this same ship came in first, with an average of over 100 miles per hour.--Russell G. Shults |
LOU FOOTE--SUB-DEALER Turlock, Calif. |
The passengers, upon return to the Lou Foote Airport in Turlock declared that nothing compares with the beauty of Yosemite seen from an airplane. |
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