Show AIRMAN DIES WHIlE HILE TRYING FOR NE MARK Pl Plane ne Strikes s Ground After Descent for Attaining Fast Start CROSSWINDS ARE BLAMED Held Closed Course Mark Unofficial World Title DETROIT Dec 5 Lowell R R. Bayles Springfield Mass speed flier lier was killed at 1 p. p m m. today when his lis plane struck the round ground and burst bursi Into nto flames while he was making another another an an- other attempt at the worlds world's land plane speed record Airport attendants expressed the belief elief a cross wind had caught Bayles' Bayles plane as it straightened out after aUer diving div- div lag ing ng for the high speed start of the dash over the 18 mile course The force of the impact hurled the engine and Bayles' Bayles body in flames from the plane Bayles came here several weeks ago to try to bett better r. r the he record established in France several years ago by Warrant Officer Officer Bonnet Bonnel The French fliers flier's speed was 2784 miles an hour and to obtain recognition for a new mark Bayles h had d to better belter it by miles an hour In several unofficial l trials he was clocked ed than mora miles ai an Hour nour but butin in the the- officially timed tests his highest speed was reached cached December 1 at 2819 SMILES SMILES' Sl GOOD Y Told at atthe the time that he d the he the record by the narrowest of gins Bales Bayles smiled go good d and nd said Im sort of glad I didn't crack it this his time I 1 think I can do orbet ter er if th the wind is right and I want wanto to o set a good re record ord when I do it m Im joing to keep trying Bayles' Bayles ship was a Gee Bee monoplane monoplane mono mono- plane powered plane powered with a t Wasp motor There official record of the speed peed at which Bayles was traveling at t the time of the accident but attendants attendants at- at who had seen his three pre pre- ious attempts said he was going coine faster aster than in many an any of the other trials One pilot estimated the speed at more than ban miles an hour It was like a flash lash through the ky sky he said S S I Dec 5 JP SPRINGFIELD Mass 5 Lowell R. R Bayles killed in an airplane crash rash in Detroit toda today was 31 years old Id and a native of Mason Ill He was forced to give up his studies studies' c Continued on Pave Two I Makes Make Last i ia a Hop k i p 4 s t c. c I Ij j L. L R. R BAYLES SAYLES Smiled a at Failure AIRMAN mEI mE DIES I WHIlE TRYING FOR Continued on Page Pue Two at the University of or Illinois Illino because of eye trouble during his freshman year and went to work as an electrician electrician cian clan intending to become a mining engineer While thus engaged d he began began began be be- gan taking flying instruction under a former ormer world war pilot and his interest interest interest inter inter- est turned wholly to aviation SETS NEW RECORD Four years ago he aco acquired an aged jenny and began barnstorming In company with H. H Roscoe Brinton The two wo organized a flying service here and Bayles remained as a partner Until unil until un- un til il last August At that time he was invited to fl fly the Gee Bee super which Robert L. L Hall designing designing design- design ing ng engineer of Granville Brothers Aircraft Inc Ine had been building for entry In Iii the Thompson trophy race at the national air races in Septem- Septem be ber cr He piloted the Gee Bee plan h ch had been christened City of Springfield Springfield Spring- Spring field to a new record for fora a a closed course event covering the miles at an average speed of miles an hour He had won national recognition Inthe Inthe in the he summer of 1930 when he piloted the he first Gee Bee super to second place in the Cirrus all nIl can can air derby This This' year ear In the national national na- na ional air tour for the Edsel Ford trophy trophy trophy tro tro- tro- tro phy he stayed with the leaders despite de- de spite spite pite heart-breaking heart motor trouble and was awarded a special trophy though hough he finished fourth pp i |