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Birdmen eye Dallas to Hong Kong flight challenge
Spurred by Lindbergh, about a dozen aviators prepare for a Dallas to Hong Kong race sponsored by William D Easterwood Jr. The 144 hour limit allows stops Honolulu Manila or Guam with San Francisco optional. Eleven entries include an unknown woman passenger and flyers from Dallas Denver Philadelphia and Hollywood.
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International News Service
Dallas
Charles A. Lindbergh
St. Louis
Atlantic Ocean
Hong Kong
William D. Easterwood, Jr
Texas
Jesse
Panama Canal Zone
Honolulu
Guam
Manila
San Francsco
Dale
San Francisco
National Aeronautical Association
R. E. Burt
John W. Philip
Jess Windham
Ben Stern
Eagle Rock
Lindbergh
Clarence D. Chamberlin
Denver
Windham and Stern
Fred Hawks
San Diego
Lieut
C. H. Schildhauer
Philadelphia
Sergt. C. Eugene Conrad
San Benito
Jean Francis de Villard
Hollywood
Cal
Robert Hector Gray
Amarillo
Chubby” Watson
Henryetta
Oklahoma
W. T. Ward
Beaumont
Chamber of Commerce
C. E. Stewart
Grapevine
Paul Redfern
Savannah
Georgia
Savannah Chamber of Commerce
W. T. Ponder
Fort Worth
John Johnson
California
William G. King
Callao
Missouri
James L. G. Irving
Berkeley
A. B. Smith
Houston
Edward A. Dixon
Chicago
Connor Porter
Lexington