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The Gazette from Cedar Rapids, Iowa • 4

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The Gazettei
Location:
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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4
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THE CEDAR RAPIDS SUNDAY GAZETTE AND REPUBLICAN, SUNDAY. OCTOBER 13, 1929 rot-R Huge Planes, Noted Flyers, Here In Air Tour This eek SOUTH SIDE NEWS CITY WILL SEE MOST COMPLETE ASSEMBLAGE OF AIRCRAFT EVER UNDERTAKEN IN AMERICA. FRIDAY lame trje- mat of t. PAMpw prtwfr.iai a th.rre-.c coeMdy to be Mi UUm S. ShaBcc riato1 Oadar Kaptds Jodee, nil gt-e a bard Uaaaa Ra3owen I friends next Wadnaacaay niattg A 1 ioatUg the entertain neru the baUL George Haldeman, Forrest O' Brine And Dale son -mnnz om petit or In Ford 120,000 Prize Derby; Gigantic Three-Mo tared Ship I nd Smaller Planes Total $4 Including Advance Planes.

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Ford Reliability Trophy and for a share In the $20,000 prize money posted for the event. The actual list of competing planes In the 5,017 mile flight that started Oct. 8 at Windsor, Ontario, and which will end at the Ford airport on the night of Oct. 21. includes forty-one craft.

Accompanying and advance planes now on the tour Increases the total to fifty-four. Cedar Rapid, wrier the ptloU. i mnv of whom have international p.d. man has ft Robin with evemnat at as i tnaXe art be A delightful in Juna w.U be r.ced by vrvt Pi aha club St i Oct 77 Tha cam an rehearcraf hard to ansa reputation as fiver, will be fueata St a luncheon erved at the airport by the Chamber of Commerce. I on of the smallest citie on the Itinerary.

HAWKS COatXNO A KHMiM HD SUFFERED TWE -MRS Had No I daw Servo Wsajli Tr-Art rmta. Bring Mt Such and Its bullet-like appearance RW, She Sey. in tha i iaan diUon to the puot can be Whirlwtnd motor; while Jackson Is piloting a Thruah with Whirlwind motor. Thl 1 their first appearance a competitor since they eats bllaaed their record of 431 flying hours at the 8t. Louis airport.

Miss Mae Haizlip, one of the three women contestant, who flies alone in a little Klnner-powered American Eagle biplane, 1 continuing the tour although her throttle hand Is in splints. As Haizlip was crossing one of the worst parts of the over-foret routes In Canada on the first day of the tour she held her hand outside of the cowling of the open cockpit. A small bird flew her hand while the plane a as traveling before 30 mile tall wind, giving It a speed of more than 120 miles an hour. The bird broke two of her fingers! Mrs. Keith Miller, of Australian flight fame, is flying a snow-white Fairchild KR 34 ship with Whirlwind motor; and Miss Frances Ha- -rell, a recent addition to the ranks I of women flyer, is making the trip as pilot of a Qlpsy Moth airplane.

SaKVHBBr BBBBsVBBY Newman Wadlow tha yotmgeat pilot on tha taw. He is 72 years old and ha been MM slDoa ha ftrst Tta fee rat ac wit. soloed at the age of 17 years. Wadiow is assistant since I took I hard knew IT ERE are aome of the airplanes, and threw of tha pilot, who will arrive in Cedar Rapid next Prt-dav noon with the 192 National Air Tour, which will a fiord to people of this vicinity tha finest opportunity they have ever had to see latest developments in aviation. No.

1 The eight ton Curtis Condor plane capable of carrying eighteen passenger, two pilot, and baggage. The upper wing span of this ship is 91 feet 8 inches. It is steam heated and electrisally Lighted. No. 2 The Stanolind IIT.

new tri-motored Pord test pilot for the Travel Air company at Wichita. Kan. how to vrari and feel Oeorge Haldeman. tran-Atlantic flyer, ha on erf the moat colorful career of any pilot in the 29 Na- The stop here win fire reswjems Of trda city and person from aur-r minding territory an opportunity to ee the moat complete demonstration of American commercial aircraft ever undertaken. Everything from the little nine hundred pound Great Lake and Moth training1 plane to the glnt seven -ton Curtis Condor and Ford trt-motors.

Is Included in the Une-up or planes entered. There are open and closed cockpit, private and port planes, mail plane, aerial passenger carriers and speedy planes. Preceding the fleet by two hour Will be Captain Frank M. Hawks, holder of the non-stop transcontinental flight record, who Is referee frr the event. Captain Hawks Is piloting a Texaco Lockheed plane with Wasp engine.

Captain Ray Collins, tour manager. Is also to arrive ahead of the fleet. He Is fly- Wagner tlona! Aj't Tour With Eddie Btmaon. he won a world T. endurance record In ISIS; he waa the pilot with whom T- e4.

at 41 fha flieht Waa ax aaa-Paw. V-ae aa awrs. aer csm fW tssaw ifalw 1 aa vtaar aa -k wa i nafaapaa rgrwaT Paa Si avlauun and motion picture career; he made the flrat mtl -iU -T can oo to et aawJ IV.1 Buffalo mm-TVT rm MJ in flight with one of the motors completely shut off. Competing with the tri-motored monoplane transport for passenger wing only, a feature which It Is which complete radio equipment has claimed will bring the ship out of been Jr. tailed to enable the crew to keep in constant touch with weather bureau headquarters at hashing- included fthe Beta too.

ton Cleveland and Chicago. This tha tour flying are three fast Cessna monoplane Duru One of these will be piloted by Earl No 1 Lockheed Vega, aald to be the peedieirt Rowland, who won $27,000 In prizes commiTcial ship In the world. It ha a high speed of during 1928. IM mile an hour. Notice the perfect stream lining Local aviation fans will be partic i at wu viv aja sw aw mi a wmm race.

Reuben Wagner I the Boeing air man entry In the ur He has spent 1000 hours in the air. 3 500 of which have been night flying with the mail Wagner ha been with the air mall aervtce since 133 ularlv interested in the arrival of rM lne impressive n-passenger Reuben Wagner, veteran airmail Curtis Condor, which when fully mint who has heen flvin nut. of 1 loaded weighs 17.378 pounds. This i r-i 1 i lng in a Douglas 0-3 armv plane, i pp Liberty motor, being piloted by ltl nlh' Wendell Brooklev llRllt individually Forrest OBrine. formerly of Ce- trolled by the pilot and retract- 4r Bnirfa anrt Hale -Red Jarksnn ins.

jncorpur who hold the world endurance re-fuelllrHr flight record made this Summer at St Louis, are flying two Of the plane In the tour. The Cedar huge serial transport is making it debut in competitive test on the 1929 National Air tour. The famous Lockheed Vega, known as the speediest commercial ship In the world, is also entered in the tour. This plane, which has luxurious accommodations for six passengers in addition to tha pilot. Is a duplicate of the Lockheed in which Captain Hawks established his world's transcontinental record.

It has high speed of 180 miles sn hour and a conservative cruising speed of ISO mllea. The plane Is outstanding because of its perfect The Sooner You Ituv a The 31 ore Von Save ate new features designed to facilitate handling ot air mall and express. John Livingston of Aurora. also known to aviation enthusiasts in tha vicinity, ha been making an especially good record In the tour. He la piloting Waco with Whirlwind motor.

Livingston, who is president of the Mid -West Airway corporation of Aurora, was winner of tha 1928 Transcontinental race and sweepstakes priae. GKQROP. HALDEMAW ENTERED IN FLIGHT Another outstanding and popular stream lining and bullet-like appearance. In contrast to theaa Imposing passenger planes nil be a alim, speedy Command-Alre piloted by Ma tor J. Carroll Cone, commanding ofBrer of the 154th Observation Squadron of tha Arkansas National Guard.

It has high speed of 125 miles an hour and cruising speed of loo mile an hour. It has the slotted aileron. Joined to the lower Mas. d. a Tax that tt waTBSal a) VQS talaat would rut IB bit ta-oai aM -one Af.er I ji sscs I ha! FH Price That Pleaaa Cnroplet GIlllN CQ a low a A ground lens, one piece Bifocal for Tar and Near per pair fS.M) Another Bifocal at per pair SS.M Gel Oar Price On ITRYPTOK XV GLASSES XV tut mmif ier-4i We Gite QaaUty Service And Price.

in 10IOI Jewrler and Optmrtrtl SOS 2nd Ave. Palace Theater Building ar he territory for daya. Mr gaj bladder caused a aerer pe-n In my raiijarv gaw I ratio In Your iHd ar ow; pilot on the tour 1 Oeorge Halde-man, winner of the Cleveland to Buffalo and return efficiency race at the National Air race this year. Haldeman is probably best known to the public a tha pilot who brought Ruth Elder to the movie and flying prominence. He is also the first man to make a non-stop flight from Canada to Cuba this spring in a Bellanca.

the same type of plana that he 1 flying in tha trur. Tha giant Pord all metal tri-motor monoplane on the Tour a replica of the transport planes being used on soma of the principal commercial airways In the United Statea. Weighing nearly 13.500 pounds when fully loaded, it embodies the last word In passenger accommodations and comfort. It Is powered with three Pratt and Whlt-nev 429 horsepower "Wasp" motors and Is capable of sustaining itself Ida and Urn that I elderly peopa. New Fall lillimry S1.95 to S6.50 Unquestionably the greatest value in all Cedar Rapids.

THE FAIR PRICES AS LOW K9 845 "The very flraS botUa hrwagbt 3ltioB anddPrfVl wTy agaweUW aSaafap aaW aeaj I ran anrhmg her- I haveol has! a headache tS) week aad the peSa ta aay ram lisappeared My tmaaiyj 90 aaaagaa AT THE FACTORY no meat with age. Use that haee Boen enerey acai i4aw I rui nd a 3a- they are the to apply on a new car. Get MORE for your old ear now, In this M-aann jvak appraivii a Enjoy the man -id ed com for ts of a brand NEW, mechanically perfect automobile li that smartest, smoothest, ableat of all the low-priced liiea De Soto Six You trill find in Dm Soto Six the cpneo of trim, colorf id linns tAe ro ort-ap pfi I nf rtxt i -nc. nf ae hanriLn and ririing tAe prartiral ap prnl nf trruyoth flr'i-0 mctionund th unirrml appral nf a rrjcitunaiiy Li ru-e- Automatically, the age of jour car ffoes up one whole year on January firnt. Ineritably, the new model that onie du? ing the January Motor Shows will antiquate it still further, just as surely, Spring finds an oeererowded srd car mark ir-h laarna four rhuner r.i getting whit you think you should get for your ru-.

The moralt SAVE MONEY, BIT NOW! Avoid the mounting maintenance sfx-nw that rearaaateaJ ate perferCy a-rr your old car In TODAY. iia ffive it if" i ra.i i us PRHVE to you how much i i i aa and ting a i. I h- Nj WHAT'S LOMAX? Just Delicious Beverages Thev are sweet, aromatic and very delightful refreshments in flavors to please all. Pale Dry Ginger Ale Pepsin Ginger Ale Root Beer Orange Nectar loma Limes Lemon Sod and Lomax Club Ginger Ale (It-Ounce Bottle) Chicago's Favorite Since 1851 Try them and ou'll know hy. LOMAX THE BIG BOTTLE AT A LOW PRICE Ku it frnm our nearest dealer CEDAR VALLEY BEVERAGE COMPANY Also Distributor of hinjvhurt Pale the beverage of todar A BOLLINGER C.

JENSEN De Soto Six Shorthand PRODI CHRYSLER Jn 30 'ays G. L. KRABBENHOFT MOTOR CO. -mrm ja. pew- yoaa teems 1 tit mervu rs.

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