Word: racer
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Died. Pietro De Palma, 78, grain and oil merchant, father of Automobile Racer Ralph De Palma, at Foggia, Italy...
...four machines finally starting, the Curtiss-Navy racer came in first, with Lieut. David Kittenhouse, U. S. N., piloting magnificently over the course of 186 miles at an average speed of 177.4 miles per hour. The winning airplane was built in 1921 as a land plane and carried off the Pulitzer cup in that year. With floats added and a more powerful motor, it brought more glory to its builders and to American aviation. The victory insures the holding of the contest next year in the U. S., with Long Island Sound as the most probable site...
During the week Lieutenant L. H. Sanderson, of the Marine Corps, flying the Navy-Wright Pulitzer racer, traveled at 238 miles an hour over Mitchel Field, L. I. Later Lieutenant H. J. Brow of the Navy went one better in the Navy-Curtiss racer, attaining the world's record speed of 244 miles an hour. Finally Lieutenant Alford J. Williams (Navy) went 255 miles per hour in another Navy-Curtiss...
...Curtiss ship is a tiny plane, streamlined to the last degree, with an engine which weighs less than 700 pounds, yet turns up 475 horsepower. The racer represents the last word in airplane design and embodies a wonderful wing, curved on the under as well as on the upper side, so as to offer the very least possible resistance to speed...
Died. Howard ("Howdy") Wilcox, 35, veteran automobile racer. His car skidded and rolled over, fatally injuring him, in the inaugural 200-mile race on the new Altoona (Pa.) Speedway...