i MACHINES FOR AIR RACE (No. 6). —Miss Jacqueline Cochran, one of the leading American airwomen, will be partnered by Wesley Smith, another well-known American pilot, in a special Northrop ’ high speed machine, powered with a Wright engine. There are no detailed performance figures for ’ their machine, but the general description gives to it a very high speed indeed, in the vicinity of ; 250 m.p.h. over long distances. They have entered for both speed and handicap sections of the race.
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Northern Advocate, 15 September 1934, Page 12
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80i MACHINES FOR AIR RACE (No. 6).—Miss Jacqueline Cochran, one of the leading American airwomen, will be partnered by Wesley Smith, another well-known American pilot, in a special Northrop ’ high speed machine, powered with a Wright engine. There are no detailed performance figures for ’ their machine, but the general description gives to it a very high speed indeed, in the vicinity of ; 250 m.p.h. over long distances. They have entered for both speed and handicap sections of the race. Northern Advocate, 15 September 1934, Page 12
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