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EIGHT LONG DISTANCE RECORDS.

STUDEBAKER 30,000 MILE

RUN.

average, speed 68.82 mph; 11,000 miles, average speed, 88.39 mph. ; 90,000 miles, average speed LAM m.p.h.; 25,000 milen,' arorage speed" 68.33 m.p.h.; 30,000 miles, averago: speed 88.37 m. p.

Official recognition of Ave, new

According to A. H. "Means, wores world speed and endurance records tary of the Contest Board of the made by an American stock car has American Automobile Association, just been granted by the Inter-the International Association does national Association of Recognized not differentiate between special Automobile Clubs in Paris, accord- built racing cars and stock can in ing to the Contest Board of the record trials. Thus the now world

THE HONG K

KONG DAILY PRESS. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7th, 1928.

HOW I BROKE A WORLD'S HEIGHT

RECORD.

DIVE AT 150 MILES AN HOUR.

LADY HEATH'S STORY.

American Automobile Association, records made by the Studebiber Lady. Heath, the famous woman

Washington, D.C., U.S.A.

The records were all made by a stock Studebaker President Eight Roadster, one of the four Stude baker. President Eight models which covered 30,000 miles on the Atlantic | City Speedway near New York July 21st-August 9th at sustained average speeds ranging from 64 to 68 miles per hour.

International recognition was accorded the records made by the fastest of the four cari at five periods during the run. The new marks are as follows:-10,000 miles,

President

exceed all previous racing car performances and are the best for any class of car for all time.

During the course of their run the four Studebakers shattered all previous records for fully equipped stock cars from 3,000 to 30,000 miles. The official record distances for 3,000, 4,000 and 5,000 miles were secorded, recognition as American records by the International authority. “At these distances the President Eight averaged 68.71, 68.79 and 68.81 miles per hour respectively.

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I had brought down all air pilot, in her little Math sir- Warn clother I possesied plane at Croydon on October 4th managed to put most of them on attained a height estimated by but my machine with its new en- Royal Aero Club officials at gine climbed so rapidly that nearly 23,000 feet (more than scarcely felt the cold. Five-ten four miles), thereby breaking the fifteen thousand feet it climbed world's altitude record for light sixteen thousand in fifteen minutes, airplanes.

and it seemed to want to go on climbing.

.

In the following article she gives An impression of her wonderful experience:

It may seem strange that one should want to climb into a small airplane and take it into the utmost high infinity of farthest spam" to which it will go.

We have few high hills in Eng. land, and a machine that will go to four thousand feet will clear any of them.

We must remember, however, that in the list of specific products for which every country is famous, Great Britain stands first in the manufacture and construction of light airplanes.

The Moths" and the "Avians of England go all over the world in epochmaking fights, and are bought, by individuals and govern: ments of every country for private touring, instruction, and light freight work.

It stands to reason, therefore, that if the performance of machine in England is bettered in any way it will make it more usable and useful in countries 'where extreme conditions prevail.

High Plateau.

The centre, of Africa is high plateau, running down on all sides to the oceans, where, as well as

being this, owing to the height, the sir is still further ratefied by the heat of the equatorial sUR.

In that country alone it is neces- sary to bave a machine that will climb to a certain height, so that it may surmount the high escarp

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Cuddled down into my cockpit for warmth, I could not see the clear aerodrome under me until I tilted the machine either way, sad everything aglow in the autumn sunshine was so beautiful that completely forgot to take the sip at my brandy dask that I had pro- mised myself.

Up, and still up, till there were no sir currents or clouds or birds, and only the still, cold sunshine, and a wonder quietness and loneli ness that could be felt.

Only the steady drone of the motor for company and the tang of the biting cold through acsrf and fur and leather to remind one that one was miles and miles away

from the earth--the nearest henven I have ever been.

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Thang Yu, the coxswain of the Japanese motor schooner Pa Yeung Maru was before Commander J. B.. Newill, EN D.S.O., at the Marine Court yesterday morning, on a mans for leaving the waters of the Colony without a written clearance permit from the Harbour Office.

The defendant pleading guilty said that he did not know where gave a rather curious excuse. He hie vessel was going. Owing to presaare of business in Yaumati, he had no time to get a clearance. He was the cariwain of the boat and master being on board at the time. was acting under orders, the No. 1

in charge of the cass denied this. Lance-Sergeant Weat, who TAI He said that the boat had no sart of certificate on board, but was Aying the Japanese Bag and had Japanese characters painted on her stern.

this did not make her & Japanese The Magistrate pofated out that easel and remarked that she could only be described a Japaness if she possessed a certificate of registry from the local Consul or other authorities.

A fine of 895 with the alternative of three weeks' hard labour wai imposed.

check the barographs sealed in the locker at the back.

8,000 metres," which means some- thing over 28,000 feet. But this will be subject to corrections for temperature and pressure, which will bring it down at least 1,500

Slow Climbing..

To our tremendoti joy, the bet Slower and lower my little air-ter of the two batographs said, plane climbed. To me it was won- derful, looking outboard at my steady silver wings, and behind at y empenaage, that such a co traption of wood and wire and linen should carry me so high.

Bo slow we were going now that

The the needle areely quivered on the dial of my altimeter.

to my

The altimeter fitted machine only registered to 20,000 feet, and it had gone off the map long since, but still we were climb- ing.

Thought I, I shall go down pow;

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twenty minutes' climbing and glid- ing in the sky, and a million thanks and blessings on the gallant little machine that carried me so comfortably and nobly into the blue..

it must be nearly as much as Club stated that the height which An official of the Royal Agra. twenty-three or twenty-four thou- Lady Heath reached was only esti ments that cut the great continen- and now and it really is cold.mated and subject to correction.

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In other countries still higher mußer-and into solid particles in he carried, but ground level pres- ranges exist, and the light air.my goggles. So I turned my plane that can show itself capable power off and glided downwards Bures and other details. have to be checked by the National Physical of carrying its lead acrces them towards the earth again.. at a decent speed is the ons that petrol, needs more air to mingle night before the actual height In the thin atmosphere zbave Laboratory. It may take a fort- It was, therefore, to see what with it to give it its power. And reached by Lady Heath can be as was the highest point to which a 20, as well as a throttle, one has an altitude control which lets more light sirplane could reasonally be taken that I borrowed a Mark III. and more air into the explosive HONG KONG METEOROLOGICAL Cirrus engine from Messrs. A.D.C. Ltd. and had it installed in my Moth.**

There were two other records I wanted to try for too, (a) the British solo altitude record, which was made by Captain Broad in a Tiger Moth with 19,000 odd feet; and (b) the quite unofficial wo man's solo altitude record which was put up by Miss Eleanor Smith the other day with 12,000 feet.

My job was an easy one. I chose my day and drove down to Croy- don, having notified the officials to observe my flight. Instead of being the usual English October day, thick and damp sed muggy, it was a day of brilliant, almost tropical from, the pinnacle of my climb, I sunshine, and so clear that, even

could see, not only every detail of Croydon underneath, me, but, acron lines of fleecy clouds, the long line of the French coast across the glittering Channel.

mixture.

I did not, foolishly, close this be- fore I began to descend so the next thing I knew was that my idling engine had spluttered and stopped, and a still piece of wood was the propeller that should have been 1 zicking over in front of

me

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Yrosan Engine All that way down would mean a frozen engine if it was not alive warming its burden of oil. So I had to swoop wildly towards the earth to make the rush of air force || Rain ... the propeller round again,

Highest open-air Temperature," 5th: 78 The first dive at 130 miles an Lowest open-ale Temperature, 6th 75 hour was: à failure,ng I had to

of

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The earth and lunch were happy things: to come to, and kindly people waiting to help me out and (Continued on next. Column.)

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loog,

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Mondays and Thursdays.

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