WOMEN’S AIR DERBY
MISFORTUNE FOLLOWS RACERS STILL MISS EARHART IN LEAD (United P.A.—By Telegraph — Copyright.) (Australian and N.Z. Press Association) Reed. 9.25 a.m. MIDLAND (Texas), Thursday. As the women’s air Derby reached this point, Miss Amelia Earhart took the lead in elapsed time, after making a women’s speed record of 250 miles in 2 hours 28 minutes. Her total elapsed time is 9 hours 48 minutes 17 seconds. Mrs. Gladys O’Donnell, of Longbeach. California, remains second; Mrs. Ruth Nichols (New York), third; and Mrs. Thaden, fourth. Misfortune continued to follow the racers. One participant at a height of 2,000 feet saw her plane smoking, and she calmly used the extinguisher. She then landed, and discovered that a cigarette had been thrown into the baggage in the plane, causing slight damage. Mrs. Barnes made a down-wind landing at Pecos, Texas, and crashed into an automobile. She was not injured, but her plane apparently is out of the race.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 749, 23 August 1929, Page 9
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157WOMEN’S AIR DERBY Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 749, 23 August 1929, Page 9
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