Word: wasps
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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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...
...Thunderbirds, Lockheeds, Fairchilds, Stinsons, Challengers, Bellancas and a dozen other makes of planes set out last week from Roosevelt Field, Long Island, to fly to Los Angeles in the greatest transcontinental air derby ever staged. The power was furnished by Wright Whirlwind, Curtiss O X5, Warner Scarab, Pratt & Whitney, Wasp and many another motor. The pilots were stimulated by prizes totalling $57,500. In three classes, 62 planes hopped off. Stops for the night were made at Columbus, Ohio, Kansas City, Mo., Fort Worth, Tex., El Paso, Tex., Yuma, Ariz...
...planes are Ford all-metal monoplanes, with enclosed cabins seating 12 passengers, plus hand baggage; equipped with three Pratt-Whitney Wasp motors, top speed of 140 m.p.h., cruising speed of 115 m.p.h. The pilots are veterans of the airmail. Safety, comfort, speed are the T. A. T. keynotes...
Following the various flying events the group of pilots will make an inspection tour of the Pratt and Whitney factory, makers of Wasp, air-cooled engines, and will later witness an exhibition of Handley Page wing being demonstrated on a Moth plane...
...invited to the White House. Mrs. Trumbull was attending a D. A. R. convention. . . . Persons who think President Coolidge should fly with Col. Lindbergh (see LETTERS) commented upon the matter-of-factness with which Governor Trumbull announced that he would fly to Washington from Hartford. He used a new Wasp-motored Ox-12 plane, piloted by an aide...