January 23, 1950

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Wittman Repeats, Sets Miami Record

Sylvester (Steve) Wittman, Oshkosh, Wis., former school teacher, fixed-base operator and airplane designer, won the Continental Motors Trophy midget plane races at Miami for the second successive year. The veteran race pilot pushed his little yellow home-made racer, “Bonzo,” to a 185.4 mph. average over the 20-mi. final race for a new high speed at Miami, well ahead of his competition.

AIR FORCE CONTRACTS

Awards of Less Than $100,000

Following contracts for less than $100,000 were awarded by the Air Force in November. List of contracts in excess of $100,000 appeared in AVIATION WEEK, Jan. 16. Estimated completion dates arc indicated. AC Spark Plug division, General Motors Corp., Flint, Mich., cover for gunsight head to be used on K-14A, K-14B, and K-18 gunsight assemblies, Feb., 1950, $1555.