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Born. To Herbert von Thaden, airplane manufacturer, and Mrs. Louise McPhetridge Thaden, noted aviatrix; a son. Last year Mrs. Thaden won the women's air derby from Santa Monica, Calif, to Cleveland, Ohio in 21 hr. 29 min. flying time; once held a women's endurance record of 22 hr. subsequently bettered by the late Marvel Crosson...
...also from Canada, hurried flyers to the air races and show at Cleveland this week. Most conspicuous was the Women's Air Derby from Santa Monica, Cal. After considerable squabbling (TIME, June 24), 19 women set out, including Marvel Crosson, Ruth Nichols, Ruth Elder, Amelia Earhart, Louise McPhetridge Thaden, Phoebe Omlie, Thea Rasche. The second day out Miss Crosson crashed fatally. Others had accidents, which they attributed to sabotage (not confirmed by investigators) or got lost. Thirteen ended the race, Ruth Nichols cracking up only 130 miles from the Cleveland airport. The Department of Commerce tried to evict Miss...
...above the airport. She stayed there all afternoon, all night, all the next morning, part of the next afternoon. When she alighted she had established a new solo endurance flight record for women: 26 hrs., 21 min. 32 sec.-4½ hrs. more than the previous record (Louise McPhetridge Thaden of California). Miss Smith told about being airsick: "I ate an orange but it wouldn't stay put. . . . Then I tried a tomato but it had a round trip ticket, too. I drank some water and it was the same story over again so I finally got tired...
...Gordon Bennett must survive a national elimination race. This race was held last week in the U. S. Seven large gas bags left San Antonio in the presence of 100,000 people. The pilots were Captain H. E. Honeywell, Kansas City Cooperative Club, making his 550th ascent; Herbert von Thaden, Detroit Aviation Society; Major Norman W. Peek, U. S. Air Service Balloon No. 1; Captain Edmund W. Hill and Lieutenant Ashley C. McKinley, two other Air Service pilots; W. T. Van Norman, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. The construction of a balloon is comparatively simple. It consists of a huge...