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1923
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I NOVEMBER 8, 1923 THE ST. LOUIS (U.S.A.) AIR RACE MEETING DURING the first week in October last St. Louis held itsannual Internationa! Air Race Meeting, the principal event of which being the speed contest for the Pulitzer Trophy.A full account of this meeting is given in a special issue of our American contemporary Aviation, horn which it wouldappear that this year's meeting constituted one of the most flown during the three days of the meeting, October 4, 5and 6 (bad weather necessitating a postponement from the original dates, October 1, 2 and 3). On the first two daysof the meeting some 20,000-30,000 people attended on each occasion, whilst on the third day, when the Pulitzer race wasrun, the crowd was estimated at 100,000. Practically every THE ST. LOUIS INTERNATIONAL AIR MEETING : A part of the crowd of 100,000 who saw the Pulitzer Race, as seen from the air. Note the airship on the right. successful and the biggest aviation events ever held in America—if not in the world. Space will not permit a full and detailed account being given in FLIGHT, but the importance of theSt. Louis meeting warrants, we think, a resume of the proceedings. In addition to the Pulitzer Trophy six other events were \ • type of aircraft was represented at St. Louis, from the hugeBarling bomber down to the small Farman Sport 'plane. The machines present included observation 'planes such asthe various D.H. types, Curtiss 18T, Lepere, Vought, Fokker C.O.4, McCook Field CO.5 (Fokker type), X.B.1A, etc.Bombers : Douglas and Martin. Pursuit 'planes : Army The St. Louis International Air Meeting: Another view of one of the Navy Wrights, two of which finished third and fourth re- spectively in the Pulitzer Race. 683
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