Major James Doolittle's Test Flight: Shortly to Resume World Tour Shanghai, Apr. 14.
"Just a natural born tramp was the' terse self-description given to @"North-China, Daily, News" Dresentative yesterday by Ameri Aemonstrate the possibilities of the test fiyer, now in Shanghai to new 700 horse-power Curtiss Hawk fighter aeroplane, during an interval ina world tour, the greater part of which will be done by air.
'A bronzed, stocky figure, with a slight impairment of hearing left by! the battle thunder of many a Toning aero-engine, the famous Rvistor Major James H. Doolittle Grew. countless glances upward He resigned his commission as First Lieutenant of U.S. Air Corp and. joined the Shell" Petroleum Corporation as Manager Aviation Department in. 1990. Heaving the Army he was Jappointed Major. in the Air Corps [Specialists Reserve. In 1980 he made a trip to Europe demonstrate American military planes, to some twenty European countries, Jand in 1981 he made a record transfeontinental flight from Los Angeles Sia {to New York in 11 hours 16 minutes Jand 10 seconds. This was the first ime the North American continent Iliad been crossed in less than half terday morning. when he soa wrod [a day. Later the same year he made Mbove Shanghai from. -Lunghua three capital fight connecting up Acrodrome in the powerful pursuit the capital cities of the three North plane which is being displayed to American countries in 12 hours and ational Government. ials by 3 the China National Aviation Cor-2 "fent Aight preparatory. to. the Though this was purely
demonstration, which 1s expected to be'tied shortly, the. "plane wat ubjected to a, Searching: tral, and On landing Major Doolittle express compltie.natiagaetion with the supercharged 2 celing att which with
ones the "planes can mount. "to Fest. ty Tae guns synchronized to fire ever visited the Orient, though I have igerly anticipated' coming East many years," remarked Major Doolittle in an interview. "Accord ing to present plans I' shall staying in the vicinity of Shanghai for a month or six weeks. From here I shall proceed to Mani on to Batavia, take the Royal mulltary' aviation achievement 1925.
Major Doolittle was also decorat-Jed with the Distinguished Flying {Gcons with oak leat duster for fwotke done' in testing the: strength or aeroplanes under' actual. fight conditions and for the frst one sop Transcontinental" fight He. received the Bolivian: Order of th [Condor for_trana-Andenn fights, and. Wwas presented with the far" mon "Trophy, with "the "Sedaille iifonneur and Diplome Bonne, for the experimental work done in fo lying in 1090. world's record speed. for Hajor Delite extabinhed " pow Panes atthe 1090" Nation Ai aces, "Clevelandy Onto, with a peed' of S348 fe also set up a new wor.
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