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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 24 Aug 1933, p. 18

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Race at Curtiss Ward T. Van Orman. five-time winner of the national elimination colh'ests and three times victor in the international Gordon. Bennett balloon race, will pilot the civilian Amnerican ertryin the 1933 competi- tion te be staged in conjunction with tbe> International Air -races,. Sep- tember 1-2-3-4. The air, meet is the officiai areo-, nalJitical event of A Century of Prôg- ress, the 'Chicago World's fair, and will'be beld at the Curtiss-Reynoid s- Wright, airpert. The entry of "Goodyear IX" :and the selection of Van Ormnan was an- nounced this week by the Goodyear company of Akron. Frank A.Trot- ter, veteran airship pilot, bas been nominated to complete the teamn whicli wiii, seek to keep the forth Gordon, Bennett trophy In the L'nited ýStates for the next year. Others - Ameriea Team The other members'of the Amer- ican team. are Lieutenant Comn- mander T. G. W. Settle, winner of the 1932 Gordon Bennett race, wlio will captaiti the U. S. Navy entry; anid-Lieut. Wilfred J..Paul and Sengt. joseph H. Bishop, representing the Van Orman, an Ohioan, hias taken part in twelve natienai and nine in- ternational baleon races. The first of the' national contests in 'which hie participated was that heid in 1919 at St. Louis. lie served as aide to Ralph Upson, the winner. Luck was against hiim during the next four years, but lie returned te win four straight victenies beginning in 1924-. As a member of the American teami in the Cordon Bennett 'classic, stant- ing at Birmiingham in 1920, Van Or- man toek third place. He aise par- ticipated in the 1921,, 1924 and 1925 contests, but failed te achieve victony * by a narrow margin in the 1925 race. That yvear the piietIanded bis bag on the deck of the S. S. Vatenland, 60 miles off the ceast ef France. His distance in this event, with Tickets and information relative to the International Air Races to be held at Curtiss-Wright airport may be . obtained at the Snider-Cazel Drug company Renneckar Drug omnpany, WILýMZTrE Lin.. Van Deusen grocery, Chatnber of com- merce or frçon D. J. L. Walther. Ail tickets purchased prior to Au-1 gust 30 wiIl bring a 25 percent saving to the purchaser. Dwight. Morrow Returns From -Washington Trip Dwight, Morrow, ýchief fiying ini- structor for the North Shore airways at Curtiss airpoirt.Madea trip to Waýhingtoù, D. C.,- last week with. Daniel Pèterkin, Jr., in Peterkin's Stinson Reliant. Clarence. Clabaugli, manager of the North, Shore airwvays, jais owent te the'national capital Iast week, leaving Friday morning about 11i:15 o'clock in a Stinsen. lie pickcd Mp'aengers at the Chicago miimci,~ pal airport, making a hurried charter trip east. Chester Faust Soloes Plane on Land, Water Chester Faust, who, with Lloyd Lafin of Lake Forest, recentiy pur- chased a Loening amphibian, soloed the ship ,on both land and water at Lake Geneva recently. The plane is kept at Pal-Waukee airpont hangar. J. L. Younghusband, who aise flies eut of Pal- Waukee~, expected 'his Loening commuter back from Ton- onto, Can., last week-end. The ship was darnaged in a sterm there whîle a.nchored on a lake. Bandman Finds Time for Flying at Sky Hairbür. E. .S. Stapies, manager of Sky Har- bor airpert, reports that ý"Red" Engel chestra has been doing considerable flying at-Sky -arbo ' recently. lie rents one of the airyport's planes. The j FU&I V ~ U~qVVUrri. tu VY V Ilu a "i Following is the tentative programAi Race Thrills for the International Air races - at Aý w-iaria ihdv a Curtiss airport on September 1, 2, A w-iearal.ihdv a 3 and 4. Thiis. condensed prognan added to the program for the Inter- comprises feature events, it, is an- national Air races and Gondon Ben- nounced. Numerous other nerve- nett Balloon, race to be staged Sep- gripping exhibitions are scheduled teznber 1-2-3-4 as the- aviation clia feach daily performance.-o Cnury of Progress-the Chi- Friday, September 1 cago wonld's fair. Officiai inaugural cereinar Capt. Merle Nelsonl, chief of acro- port- ArrivaI Army Air corps-Ar- batic stunts ýand technical 'advisor to rival Naval, Air services-johnn the :,Pennzoil, compay n f the Miller in bis looping autôgiroM.aj,.sponsors, .aninounced that H. E. Ernst Udet, famous German acro-(pd Manning, 27-year-old Los batic ac-Freeê-for-all 200 cubicAnee parachute jumper, w-il! per- inch race-dipud" anning in death- form the leap daiiy at the %Curtiss- defing-ýeSayed' parahut drp-Wright-Reynolds. airport, where the defyng dlayd paachte dop-air meet wili be held. Free-fon-ali:375, cubic inch race-Lt. Nlo iltk h aaht Tito* Falconi, Italy's champion acro-.,Nlo i ,tk th pacue batic ý flyer-Free-for-all 550 cubic jumper aloft in a plane te a height inch ace-ollywo d'of more than 11»00 feet.- At this, inc rceHelyods dare-devil altitude, Manning will ieap utinto movie stunt trio-Parachute gnou pacfapngfeout uteisls jump-Attempt te establish' new 3;00 sae aln reutlh sls m.ph.wold' lndplne ped ecthan 1,000 feet above the gnounid be- ord-Featred d rea-er-ali 1000cbi fore pulling the rip cord ocf'.bis ord-eatred ree.-,or-ai.100.c ,chute; lie.wiil carry a bag of fleur inch race, in his arus, sPilling it to fornm a traiI. Saturda, Se8ptehibei. 2 of dust se the spectators may lo Naval air maneuvers-Johnny 'Mil.- the cettrst of his decent. 1er in bis looping autogiro-Army air Swims Through the Air maneuvers--Maj. Ernst Udet, famous codn ete omrAm 20ermac nacrtcace-Free-fora-iîpilotO Manning's technique is as per- 200 ubicmcl nac-"Sud" an-fect Las that of a championshil> diver. nling 'in death-defying delayed para- lie is said te be the only main in h chute drop Free-fôr-all 375 cubi C, world wvîo actuaily swimis thlrougih inch race-Lt. Tito Falconi, Italy,' theair. On his descent he can glide champion acrobatic flYer-Free-for- I a mile sideways and can Ili at aIl 50 ubi mc rac-Holywed1 wiîî. lHe can aIse increase or de- dare-devil movie stunt trio-Para -1 crease his speed.. chute. group jump - International In a series of tests conducted by Gordon Bennett Balloon race. I Arniy aviation officiais followN.jg thje Suu~y, e~tanbr ~1933 National Air races at Los Anmerican Legion day-American IAngeles, Manning is said te have Legin dum nd uglecors CUl-disproved an earlier theory that the petit ion-Naval, air maneuves-John -temn ny Miller in his looping autogiro- ter ia velocity of the human body Anmy air maneuves-Mai. Ernst is appreximately 120 miles an hour., Udet, famions German Ncroatscnce who aided in making the Free-for-all 200, cubic inch race- asttbyalngeafrt "Spus" Mnni d 1Manning' attained a velocity of 16() Spd" anigin .death-defyving miles an heur- and then neduced bis delaved. parachute drop-F'ee.-fer"all 375 cubic inch race-Lt.- Tito Fal- speed te 90 miles anho. o - ý Manning, whe lias made some 300 coni, Italy's champion acrobatic 2flye eae aaht upnwpo -Free-for-all 550 cubic inch race- et ipoyb tpn twt Qr Hollywood's et iboyy dane-devil movie stunt ich- ahsie opevent wté pana- trio-Parachute group inp-F~-chtae saps frcut t e itort- tured Women's international free-cuesrp rmctigit h for-ail speed race. flesh.. Mis average rate of descenit i$ Walter W Mortoni a ild n atinte1»Gordon Bennett race Bellanca statl, ad anOrman was serieus- at Cleveland. He received training NEW STORAGE CUSTOMER ly injured. aboard the U. S. S. Akron and Los Ben Miller, an engineer> with a FLIE 'Iaitter,~ the aide in the World's Angeles white stationed at the naval construction company, bas taken bis John Pc fair classic, is a graduate of the U. S. air statioji at Lakeburst'as. an, of- Aero-Sport tçj Pal-Waukee- airport from Pal-' Naval acadenty. He is qualified te ficer in tte, U. S. Naval'reserve. for storage. burg7 last The ow s T0 GALESBURG er flew. bis Stinson, J.r.,, eukee airport to GFales-

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