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...Hyman W. Rosenthal 1L., of Paterson, New Jersey; Wilbur R. Shook 1L., of Morristown, New Jersey; Philip D. Straffin 1L., of Campello; Lyman M. Tondel, Jr. 1L., of Seattle, Washington; Seymour J. Wener 1L., of New York, New York; Donald P. White 1L., of Syracuse, Kansas; and Charles S. Yancey 1L., of Dallas, Texas...
...Giro Over Mexico. Down upon a terrace of the famed Chichen-Itza ruins in Yucatan, where the Carnegie Foundation has an outpost, plumped an autogiro piloted by Capt. Lewis A. ("Lon") Yancey. In less than two hours he had windmilled over the mountains from Merida, a journey which takes most of a day by narrow-gauge rail and wagon. Having flown the first 'giro to Cuba and thence to Mexico, Pilot Yancey visited Mexico City before heading for the U. S. Pacific Coast...
Last week the first 'giro to be seen in Cuba was landed on General Machado Airport, Havana, by Capt. Lewis A. ("Lon") Yancey who flew it from Key West...
...Lewis A. Yancey and Roger Quincey Williams; over their participation in the affairs of defunct Airvia Transportation...
Less precarious but equally amazing were the feats of a fleet of autogyros, flying in formation for the first time on record. Piloted by Amelia Earhart Putnam, Louis A. Yancey and others, the "windmills" flopped vertically into the air, aided by a 30-m. p. h. wind, and descended the same way. The first day's program completed, the flyers settled down to ten days of racing and stunting which were to be climaxed by the Thompson Trophy Race, prime speed test for U. S. planes...