American East-West Air Record Broken.
Cabled advice lias been received, dated 6th August, that Captain Frank Hawks, piloted travel-air mystery ship “Texaco 13” on that date broke the existing East-West transcontinental aeroplane speed record of 18 hours 40 minutes, by 3 hours 50 minutes. The time for 2,500 miles from New York to Los Angeles was 14 hours 50 minutes'. Five 15-minute stops were made. Captain Hawks is to stop an underterniiued time in Los Angeles, and will then attempt to break the West-Bast record of 14 hours 21 minutes.
The “Texaco 13” is a low-winged monoplane, 20 feet 2 inches long, powered by a 300 horsepower Wright J-6 special racing engine. The wing-span is 30 feet with bullet-like streamlined fuselage. She is owned by the Texas Corporation of America, the World’s largest independent Oil Company.
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Hokitika Guardian, 18 August 1930, Page 3
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136American East-West Air Record Broken. Hokitika Guardian, 18 August 1930, Page 3
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