| Show Air A ir Derby From Coast to Coast May Become Bec me meOne One of Americas America s Greatest Sports Events ANE t o 3 PAL l t NEW YORK CIEvE C Route lor for the first lint national air y to be run from New York to Jo Spokane September 19 1921 By RODNEY ROD NEA E Service ice Writer 1 July 30 Fifty Fifty Ti rY ears years from now it may be an an ordinary ordinary thing to seo see flying grand- grand grandstands stands lands stands each carrying a few thousand spectators go skimming along at a 1 couple of hundred miles an hour In inthe inthe the he wake of the annual stop non-stop round the world air race The Kentucky Derby will then be a snails nails pace curiosity for the children and nd the mile mlle auto classic at In Ins will be a 1 curiosity kept go gong go- go goIng going Ing ng out of or sympathy for tor the old folks who stick to primitive enjoyments in keeping with the dull pleasures their senility enl and hardened arteries will wille willbe be e able to stand Today however the first national nal to coast c air derby Is attracting attention as something new In sport sport- In nto Late In September when trans- trans transoceanic transoceanic oceanic flights have lost some of their novelty ovelty the cry of the nations nation's air air- airmen airmen airmen men will be On to Spokane 1 I IT The Tee T e greatest aerial gymkhana In American merican history is expected exp and an en unprecedented number of planes will willo go o scooting across acro the continent In a II national air derby to start from New Nework NewYork NewYork York ork September Septem r 19 A second race will be up from San Jan Francisco o starting September 21 both bath events e winding up in Spokane PRECEDE NATIONAL RACES RACE Nearly in prizes has been put iut up for the distance flights and the he shorter races at Spokane which will follow tallow the long hops Flying bleachers and grandstands of course have ave not been perfected but that will willot not ot prevent spectators from forming a line from coast to coast and rub- rub bering free of charge as the race go goes oes over head The national air races are annual vents events This year ear they will be held In n Spokane The air derby from New NewYork NewYork York orle to the northwestern tern metropolis however will be the first con trans transcontinental race limited to commercial airplanes It will also be the first cross country race of any kind since 1910 1919 AH AU the elements needed for a aIg abig abig big Ig thrill are therefore provided Meeting certain conditions the first fliers lers to reach Spokane from New NewYork NewYork York or In the shortest elapsed flying time me will wUl win the prize money of which which there is plenty Entrant planes a a a r Ly 1 G Gi i Officials in charge charre of the national air races at Spokane and the air derby which will precede the races are arc shown here Left to right Major l J ack aek Fancher Walter Evans Enns Valentine secretary of the National Aeronautical association of Washing ton and Lieutenant Haynes arc are divided ed into two wo classes A and B. B The larger lar er planes In class A must have ha nave seats for at least two passengers passengers passengers gers and the pilot The smaller planes In n class B must seat at ot least one pas pas- passenger passenger and the pilot PLENTY OF PRIZES The grand prize is the class A first prize of The next four prizes are 1000 and In class elass B the prizes are 1000 and Tho The rules prohibit the racing of freak or experimental planes so that the big derby will be a 1 test of the planes which are actually being used or are arc about to be used for commer commer- commercial commercial cial air traffic today Entries in the San Francisco kane Jeane derby d rby are arc similarly classed with willi witha willia a total of in prizes On top of all that there will be and some valuable trophies to tobe tobe tobe be won at Spokane during the two days of the national contests for Cor all types of planes These Spokane races will be run off September 23 2321 23 2 The Spokane airport has a capacity of planes and the finest of airmen as well as the speediest of craft will willbe be there It Is hoped that some of the trans-oceanic trans flyers will enter the derby or other phases of the Llou according to officials of the Na- Na National lonal Aeronautic Ae association here which Is operating co co co Lindbergh's Itinerary takes him to Spokane In September and he has received an Invitation to enter the derby The big bl class A race will start from I Roosevelt Field L L. I. I Tuesday morn mom tog ing In September 20 at 5 a. a m m. eastern standard time All planes will be required to land and stop top for not less than five min min- minutes minutes utes at Cleveland and a similar stop slop must be made at Chicago The third leg leI take the racers to St. St Paul terminus of the first days day's flying and the official overnight stop Five a m. m will be the starting time from St Paul on Wednesday with subsequent minute five-minute stops at Ab Ab- Aberdeen Aberdeen erdeen 8 S. S D D. D Miles Mlles City Mont and Butte The final leg will take the th planes to Spokane The The- stopping cities will be known as control stations but intermediate fields where gas and oil will be ob obtainable ob- ob obtainable obtainable have been designated as Bellefonte Pa Bryan 0 O. LaCrosse VIs Lemmon S. S D D. and Billings and Missoula Mont Ships will not be allowed to leave a control station if it Is decided they cant can't make the next station before dark Planes arriving at Spokane after 6 p. p m. m m m. Pacific coast time on Sep Sep- September September September 24 24 2 will not be eligible for Cor prize money SMALLER S PLANES GO FIRST The class B race will ill start Sep Sep- September September September 19 from Roosevelt Field under somewhat different regulations and with less widely separated control controls stations s 11 The order of oC all winning planes announces the National Air Derby as association as 1 will be determined by the planes making the shortest total elapsed time from zero starting hours to the time the wheels touch the ground at control stations where the planes will stay overnight and to the time the wheels touch the ground at Spokane airport Airmail pilots are expected to tp fig fig- figure figure figure ure prominently among the entries All pilots will be commercial pilots or private owner pilots Army Ann and aud navy pilots will therefore be barred Spokane raised the money anc and made the plans for the great aerial derby in order to sell the country on advantages of an airmail route to the northwest Spokane wants the airmail which now no stops at St St. Paul extended another 1700 miles to the northwest north coast where she has her splendid airport Just aching for it It Copyright 1927 1921 NEA Service Inc |
