Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-09-14 | Page 5 | Wealthy Young Film Producer Sets Air Record of 352.46 Miles an Hour

Wealthy Young Film Producer Sets Sets' Air Record of Miles an Hour HourI I c 7 4 S 4 Howard Hughes wealthy film pr producer ducer lower loser left se set ft a new air air la land d speed record of 56 miles an b hour bur ur but cracked up his plane in in an emergency landing Tho L damaged pl plane nc is s shown above z I S. S S S t LOS LOS' ANGELES Sept 14 H UP UPI UPI- Officially clocked at a speed of ot 3 miles miles' an hour Howard Hughes young film producer and o oil il man today said he would apply t to o the Federation on du I In Paris for world r recognition of the mark for tor land planes pIanos The present recognized mark is is' 3 miles an hour held by Raymond Raymond Ray Ray- mond Delmotte Delmotto of ol France Hughes was officially credited w with ith a new record of miles b by y the National Aeronautics Aeronautics' association asso asso- c after a final calibration of at c camera amera films of the speed trials T The he N. N A. A A A. on behalf of Hughes Hughel will apply for international recognition recognition t tion ion of the mark S The wealthy film producer was t timed by both cameras and an electrical electrical elec elec- t timing device on seven trI trials over ver o a south north course ourse and four t rials ov over r the south north rth course His Ills top speed was was 3 38 and the minimum William R. R Enyart secretary of the contest board of ot the N A A s said aid the mark of ot represented Hughes Hughes' average on an his best two north and south trials over the tho twoS Irvine Irvine Ir Ir- S v vine ine ranch nc near r Santa Ana yester yester- S d day ay The flier however damaged S h his is cylinder 14 1000 h horse horsepower S p power ower plane when he made an S e emergency landing He was j Hughes said he plans to give the United States army the tho benefit of ot S t he the data he has acquired In flying g t the he plane as well vell as to allow army aviation a engineers to study the ship He e said ho he would attempt at a future fu fu- t ture ure date to break the transcontinental transcontinental fl speed record of at 10 hours 2 minutes now held by Colonel Roscoe Roscoe Ros Ros- c coe oe Turner