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- ↑ Pelletier states that this was a six-cylinder Anzani engine of 120 horsepower. [3] However, Anzani six-cylinder engines developed only around 45 horsepower, while the 120-horsepower figure correlates to their ten-cylinder engine. [8] This article follows Juptner [6] and Phillips, [7] who both state that this aircraft was fitted with a ten-cylinder engine.
- ↑ Contemporary sources disagree on the conditions of the prize; the Christian Science Monitor reported it as a pilot under the age of eighteen, [13] but Time reported it as a pilot under the age of twenty-one. [11]
- ↑ Juptner states that this flight was "from New York to California". [6] This article follows contemporary and more specific press accounts. [11] [13]
- ↑ Taylor 1993, pp.856,865
- ↑ Bowers 1979, p.399
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pelletier 1995, p.28
- ↑ Phillips 1994, p.91–92
- ↑ Juptner 1962a, p.107
- 1 2 3 4 5 Juptner 1962a, p.108
- 1 2 3 Phillips 1994, p.88–89
- ↑ Gunston 1986, p.15
- ↑ Juptner 1962b, p.110
- ↑ Phillips 2015, p.22
- 1 2 3 4 "Flights, Fliers" 1928, p.19
- ↑ Forden 1972, p.85
- 1 2 3 4 "Youthful Pilot wins Cross-County Prize", p.16
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