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Show An 18,000 Mile Air Race Prominent Americans are trying to arrange an 18,000 mile aerial derby der-by for next fall, which will take fliers from Washington to the Panama Pan-ama canal, thence along the west roast of South America, crossing the Andes to Buencs Aires and return re-turn up the east coast of the lower continent, to Mexico, the Pacific coast and back to the national capital. cap-ital. Prizes totaling around $150,000, it is hoped, will be available for the contestants and the flight is expected ex-pected to better trade and diplomatic diplo-matic relations with all countries to be visited. That such a flight is being talked cf indicates the great strides made by aviation. Many now living recall re-call the news of the Wrights' great achievement, the first long-distance, 20-mile events and such infantile beginnings. |