WOMAN FLIER
AIR EACE VICTORY
FLIGHT ACROSS AMERICA NINE MALE RIVALS BEATEN RECORD NARROWLY MISSED By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Received Seplemher <l, G.iso p.in.) NEW YORK, Sept. 3 The well-known aviatrix Miss Jacqueline Cochran, of New York, crossed the finish line at Cleveland, Ohio, eight hours 10 minutes 31.4 seconds after leaving Los Angeles to win the 9000-dollar fust prize in the 30,000-dollar Bendix Air Derby against nine male rivals.
After staying lmlf an hour at Cleveland, .Miss Cochran continued to Bendix, New Jersey, thus making her total winnings 12.500 dollars, of which she receives 2500 dollars for being the first woman to finish and ]OOO dollars for, continuing to Bendix. Miss Cochran's time was just short of Frank Fuller's record last year of seven hours 54 minutes 26..'31 seconds. Fuller was second in the present race, losing by about 23 minutes.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23134, 5 September 1938, Page 9
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