Show AIRMAN AN DOES 3 02 MILES PER Unofficial Record rd Made Diving Tiny rillY Biplane WASHINGTON N N. Y PORT ponT A my By The Associated Press A A Abroad Abroad broad shouldered young joung giant Is tolling toiling dally daily here on a 1 little lIlUe blue J Jand I and gold eold biplane In which he hopes faster than human be- be beins being soon to to fly I Wit ins has ever cser c er traveled Alford Allord J. J Williams navy y speed nee ace swallowed a 0 bitter weeks cup ago of oC disappointment ent a few v weeks ago because the plane especially built for the Schneider Cup races was not ready to compete But when British airmen numen shattered shat shat- shattered shattered all previous precious records at nt Venice Williams was undismayed He promptly prompt prompt- ly announced that he would go goIter after Iter both bOUl land and seaplane records rec- rec records 0 MILES JULES PER rEK HOUR Williams has been assaulting a speed records steadily In recent years In 1925 2925 he drove e a a. racing plane high Into the air and then dived ed downward at full speed When he flattened out his course he was unofficially timed at 30 miles an hour Such diving dicing Is now prevented by racing rules His little tittle racer Is something new newIn newIn newin In aviation laUon Williams believes It Itis Itis is less than 23 feet long at the body and span an of or Its upper wing is less l than 30 feet But it contains a 0 monster 24 cylinder Packard engine developing 1250 horsepower said said to be the most powerful motor ever installed In an airplane To save weight the engine is started by a device separate from the plane Its roar can ho he heard for miles In its Us flights from the water the little plane almost leaps leap into the air RADIATOR IN IS WINGS The water cooling system Is pro pro- provided prodded provided vided by radiators In the wings of the plane consisting of feet Ceet of brass tubing through which water wa wa- water water ter Is s pumped at a a. rate of gal gal- gallons gallons gallons lons a minute The oil Is cooled In Ina a a. wing surface radiator on the low low- lower lower lower er right wing Replacement of 01 the pontoons with landing wheels heels has occupied the attention of Williams and his colleagues ues recently If It tests are satisfactory he will attempt to break the land plane record of oC miles mUes an hour in formal tests timed by officials of the National Aeronautic tic association After Arter attainment of oC maximum land Jand speed Lieutenant Williams plans to install another engine of oC similar type but so Improved as to develop elop 1400 horsepower Then the pontoons will be restored and after I Ithe suitable tests Williams will try for forthe forthe the worlds world's record of oC tulles miles per hour set by the British at Venice in the 1927 Schneider Cup races |