SEPTEMBER 1--In the race for the North American Trophy, an event of the National Air Show, four FJ-3 Furies of VF-24 took off from Shangri-la at sea off the Pacific coast of Mexico and flew nonstop, 1,198 miles to Oklahoma City without refueling. The winner was Lieutenant (jg) D. K. Grosshuesch, with a time of 2 hours 13 minutes 38.6 seconds for an average speed of 537.848 m.p.h.