Comments on: 13 September 1931 https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/13-september-1931/ Important Dates in Aviation History Thu, 12 Sep 2024 19:03:39 +0000 hourly 1 By: Bryan Swopes https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/13-september-1931/#comment-20661 Thu, 14 Sep 2017 20:27:10 +0000 http://www.thisdayinaviation.com/?p=62142#comment-20661 In reply to anthony tuttle.

Good catch Anthony. Thank you. I transcribed the lap speeds from a contemporary news report. In rechecking, I found that the report had some small rounding errors in converting km/h to m.p.h., and that the printed article erroneously gave the average as 348.08 miles per hour. I come up with 340.11 m.p.h. using the reporter’s m.p.h. numbers, and 340.07645 m.p.h. when converting the km/h average to m.p.h. . . . Checking further, I found that the next issue mentioned the error, saying that it had been discovered after several thousand issues had already been printed. The remainder of the printing run had the “correct” (340.08 m.p.h.) average speed. It would seem that the reference I used was one of the earlier copies. Thanks again for checking the accuracy of TDiA’s post, and for letting me know.

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By: anthony tuttle https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/13-september-1931/#comment-20659 Thu, 14 Sep 2017 14:56:06 +0000 http://www.thisdayinaviation.com/?p=62142#comment-20659 the numbers don’t add up , lap speeds = average.

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