Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-01-14 | Page 3 | Business Hop Sets Air Mark

HOP HOPi i SETS AIR MARK NE NEWARK E NARK N N. J. J Jan 1 14 4 CUP CUP- UP Howard Hughes millionaire motion picture picture producer hurrying east o oI on I business established a a. transcontinental transcontinental speed record today by landIn land land- In his winged low-winged Northrup monoplane monoplane mono mono- plane at Newark airport 9 hours 27 21 minutes 10 0 seconds after leav- leav ling Los Angeles K His His' time was was more than 35 minutes min min- utes less Jess than the 10 30 hours 2 minutes minutes min min- utes 51 S1 seconds of ot Colonel Roscoe Rosco Turner which had stood since September September Sep Sep- i 1 1934 y Officials of ot the National Aeronautical Aero Aero- nautical association clocked his departure de de- from Los Angeles and hi his arrival at Newark The Newark 1 tinier said the record undoubtedly would be accepted as official Only five e months ago Hughes es established established es- es an unofficial world speed record for land planes over a closed close I e course near Santa Ana Cal Cai He I flew miles an hour far faster taster than the official record of ot That record too was officially tinned tined but has harl not been official officially Accepted At 30 one of the best known HollyWood Holly- Holly Wood hood producers Hughes also Is one of ot the country's most daring pilots He has been flying since he was 14 and the special plane he flies Hes cost cosi him bim A light tail wind boosted him across acro Across most of yesterdays flight Hughes said but he fought atmos- atmos storms over the that i he be thought offset the advantage ol of oC the later favoring breeze f He flew alone and he was bored all alt the the- way vay I Z just flew to New York on business busi busi- ness in a hurry he said I 1 knew I I might make a record but the plane wasn't pushed