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There were many races, the most important of which was the non-stop transcontinental derby. Col. Arthur Goebel in a Wasp-motored Lockhead-Vega Yankee Doodle was the first to arrive. But he won no prize because he had stopped once to refuel. Even so his time from New York to Los Angeles was a record; 23 hours, 50 minutes. The other entrants in the race had been forced down. Col. William Thaw seriously injured, had said before starting on the race: "I'm fat, I'll bounce...
...expert was needed to find out why the National Railways of Mexico have for so long been making so little money. Mexico might have sought her expert in the. U. S. (where most miles of railway are), or in Great Britain (where express trains make longest, fastest non-stop runs), or even in Scandinavia (for Swedes are great railway builders to the minor nations...
...non-stop race from coast to coast was to begin on Sept. 12 with six planes entered...
...that the new ships will be longer and possibly more efficient than the Los Angeles (built in Germany as Zeppelin ZR-3). They will have either Maybach or Packard engines. The top speed of the Los Angeles is 70 m. p. h. and she has made a non-stop journey of 5,060 miles. She carries a crew of 45; but she is capable of carrying 100 passengers, who can stroll her length (656 feet) in "cat walks" built inside her envelope...
Starting from Oakland, Calif., for the first West-East non-stop continental flight, Colonel Art Goebel last week reached New York, 18 hours, 58 minutes later. Last August, he won the Dole prize for flight to Hawaii...