MORE WITHDRAWALS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 3 September 1934, Page 5

MORE WITHDRAWALS

CENTENARY AIR RACE (United Press Associatiom-rßy Electric Telegraph—Copyright) LONDON, 31st August. Andre Gueit (France), W. Courtenay (Great Britain)',' C. C. Goertz (Portugal), A. S., Butler (Great Britain), and Wedell Williams (U.S.A.) have withdrawn from the . Centenary air race. SPECIAL INSURANCE PREMIUMS ' LONDON, Ist September. A pool of underwriters announce the following premiums for entrants for the Air Race: death 8 per cent; death or disability 10 per cent; aircraft to the value of £IOOO, 20 per cent; to £IO,OOO, 15 per cent; over £IO,OOO, 10 per cent. One-third of the premium paid is to be returned to the individual competitors in the event of no claim. “LIKE A ROCKET" t WILEY POST IN THE STRATOSPHERE LONDON, Ist September. The “Sunday Dispatch” states that Wiley Post will shoot through the stratosphere like a rocket, arriving in Australia on the second day of the centenary race, if his plan succeeds. He has fitted a blower to the engine which delivers thin air from the stratosphere enabling him to breathe, and obviating the necessity of carrying heavy tubes of oxygen. The engine collects the thin air, and delivers it at sea level atmospheric pressure. If the pressure is too great a valve cuts off the supply. The breathed air 'is discharged through valves in the boots of the airtight suit in which Post will he encased. His aluminium helmet is equipped to receive the transformed air. Post expects to get at least 350 miles at four to seven miles above earth. His airtight suit carries a small supply of oxygen in the event of the blower failing. British air experts regard the plan as feasible, and say that if lie succeeds it will be the most sensational flight in history. NEW TYPE OF BALLOON M. PICARD’S BELIEF LONDON; Ist September. The “Sunday Chronicle” published an article from Sannemoser, Switzerland, stating that F. Picard is planning to ascend twenty miles into the stratos'phere in a new type of balloon. ' M. Picard believes stratosphere flights from London to New York in six hours are not far distant NATIONAL AIR RACES RECORD BY ROSCOE TURNER AVERAGE SPEED OVER 250 MILES AN HOUR NEW YORK, Ist Septemer. In connection with the national air races now being held at Cleveland, Roscoe Turner to-day bettered his own trans-Continental record by 2mins 38secs. He flew from Los Angeles to New York, approximately 2520 miles, in 10 hours 2mins oOsecs. halting for fuel three times at Wichita, Kansas, and St. Louis (Cleveland). The averaged speed was over 250 miles an hour.