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Show i .... Transcontinental Record Breaker and Youthful Pilot I ....... - I , - V-' " -V ?".'' ' ' , I . IzIL.&zASskJ&L VJ-- v -IS i T&aTH SteM p&m-- 7""'- s -I 'Plll"i,!t rivi s Ki1' h ' C '''' p " . J J . l Jt In ' --Above Monoplane that established a new transcontinental record between T " f ' 1 Angele and New York Inset --Lee Schoenhair, youthful flyer who pilot- ' ssSrV yr"1 aa C'1 ul5er 8POI1S0, !Lee Schoenhair, who winf a place in aviation history by setting a dramatic new record for a non stop flight across the continent, is a product of western aviation. Although comparitively young, Schoenhair Schoen-hair has had a wide reputation for speed and accurate navigation. His entrance into navigation came during the war when he enlisted in the f air service in 1917. During his training at San Diego he showed un-I un-I usual ability but extreme youth kept him from overseas service. He I remained in the army until 1921 attaining the rank of. first lieutenant ! Then he joined the air mail service piloting Uncle Sama mail planes I on practically every leg of the first mailroutes that were sketched I across the countrv. His skill and nerve brought him into such promi- nence that he was sought by moving picture componies and news service organizations as a pilot for transcontinental delivery of spec- jal news pictures. Schoenhair left Los Angeles in the early hours of the morning in 1 the Goodrich Silvertown, a new plane recently purchased by the Goodrich Company for aviation research. This plane is capable of 200 miles per hour and Schoenhair expects to cut two or three hours from the record now held by his friend Captain Hawks, who last year made the trip in 18 hours and 26 minutes. Schoenhair mapped his route over the great circle from Los Angeles Ange-les to New York, by way of Albuqerque, St. Louis, Cincinatti and Harrisburg.landing at Roosevelt Field Long Lsland.The toughest; part of the trip was the first 400 miles starting with the famous Gorgonian Pass at Banning California.just east of Los Angeles,where it was necessary for him to fly between the mountain peaks of 14,000 foot elevation. During the early hours of the morning he had to continue I to fly over and between mountain ranges until he reached Tucumcari New Mexico.about 80miles west of Amarillo , Texas. At Scott Field just outside of St. Louis the officials plotted the weather reports and air conditions.east of the Mississippi.on the field for him. |