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From the outset only three aeronauts had a chance: Ernest de Muyter, who won the race in 1920, '22, '23, '24, Belgium, Wade T. Van Orman, U. S., Lawrence Bienaime, France. A full day after the race had begun, although only six of the 18 gasbags were in the air, this order was unchanged...
...second day news of Bienaimé's descent put him out of the reckoning and the race was actually between the U. S. and Belgium. On the third day Van Orman, piloting the Goodyear III, dropped into the Atlantic after covering 441.18 miles. He and his equipment were saved by the German ship Vaterland. Next came the news that De Muyter had landed at Quemper in France, having covered a distance of 422.54 miles. It was thought that the American's landing in the sea disqualified him and it seemed certain that the Belgian would be awarded...
...honor of representing the U. S. in the Gordon Bennett cup race. This cup has been held by Belgium for two years. Starting from St. Joseph, Mo., the men sailed southeastward with many adventures, trying to cover the greatest possible distance before being driven down. W. T. Van Orman in the Goodyear III succeeded in beating his only competitor, Capt. H. E. Honeywell in the St. Joseph, by 40-odd miles, covering a distance of almost 600 miles. The winner thus became entitled to a purse of $1,000, the Litchfield trophy, in addition to the right of representing...
...Parker, 215 (H); H. V. N. Bates, 216 (H); G. Sutton, 217 (H); J. S. Higgins, 218 (H); W. H. Allen, 243 (Me); C. C. Smith, 265 (Mich); J. L. Baker, 546 (Mich); A. Walls, 266 (Mich); W. Rollins, 268 (M. I. T.); J. B. Orman, 277 (M. I. T.); P. D. Ash, 315 (M. I. T.); G. F. Boli, 321 (M. I. T.); C. G. Dandrow, 331 (M. I. T.); F. L. Raymond, 332 (M. I. T.); A. G. Hayes, 317 (M. I. T.); A. R. Tonon, 333 (M. I. T.); J. E. Buckley...
...James Christopher Lovewater, missionary to Japan, E. H. Baker '06 Admiral Ihavben A. Bumskivitch, of the Russian battleship Sinkavitsky, F. H. Whitney '06 Higginson Wigglesworth, penniless college graduate seeking a position, G. L. Yocum '07 Franklin Edison Marconi Bluebell, a Yankee wireless telegraph and telephone solicitor, F. H. Van Orman '08 Sigaret, hotel maid, afterwards maid-in-waiting to May Lifter, Morgan Jopling '06 Nami Kami, a geisha girl, H. L. Murphy '08 Adolph Haschaus, a hotel manager, F. W. Olmsted '08 Tu Lung, a Chinese servant, H. L. Olmsted '08 Messenger Boy, P. P. Marion...