DOLE PRIZE RACE
FLIGHT TO HONOLULU FOUR PLANES 1H RUKHiNG Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. SAN FRANCISCO, August 17. (Received August 13, at noon.) Four planes are believed to be rapidly approaching Honolulu, but the location of one of them only is definite. Goebel’s Woolaroc reported its position at half-hourly intervals, and when last heard from was about TOO miles from its goal. The other three—the Golden Eagle, Aloha, and Miss Doran—wore not equipped with sending apparatus. The Woolaroc was designed to attain a speed of ninety miles an hour. Both the Golden Eagle and the Aloha arc capable of a speed of 125 miles an hour under lightened loads, but Miss Doran is not capable of doing more than 120 miles per hour with a normal load. The maximum speed for the Dole (light was expected to he ninety miles. Observers believe that both the Golden Eagle and the Aloha may be closer to Honolulu than the Woolaroc. THE WOOLAROC WINS HONOLULU, August 17, (Received August 18, at 1 p.m.) The Woolaroc wins the first prize.
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Evening Star, Issue 19638, 18 August 1927, Page 6
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175DOLE PRIZE RACE Evening Star, Issue 19638, 18 August 1927, Page 6
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