New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-11
WORLD AERO ROUTE
PICKED FOR FLYERS
Tentative Plan with Appli-
cation for Race Await
Clubs Sanction
BOARD OF GOVERNORS
WILL DECIDE TO-DAY
Wireless to Keep Aviators from
Getting Lost-Curtiss Here
with New Device.


with New Device.
4 tentative route for an around-the-
worl1 aeroplane fight, proposed to be
held in conjunction with the Panama
Pacific Exposition. was made public yes
terday by the Aero Club Of America.
Application for sanction Of the race. in
which # is expected aviators representing
eighteen nations will compete. was re
ceived yesterday at the Aero club. 1t
was sent 10y the Pacific Aero Club. OF
San Francisco. II will be taken up to-
day by the governors Of the club. The
application was signed by C. e. Moore.
president Of the Pacific club. and was
accompanied by a letter from the gov
ernors recommending the event
While the route proposed is subject TO
change when as many ava,ors and
geographers whose services may be en-
listed have considered it. the general d.
rectons outlined will probably be ad-
hered 70. As II stands. there are TWO
possible ways aviators may be required
10 ny from the eastern coast Of Asia 10
North America. one IS by way of Bering
Strait and the other from Ksmschatka
east to the Commander Island by way or
the Aleutian chain. The second route
world be $50 miles shorter.
Starting from the exposition grounds
in san Francisco. according to the pres
ent schedule. the airmen will head for
Chicago. passing through Cheyenne. 1000
miles distant. Intermediate stops may be
made. but the cities on the list are those
through which the aviators must pass In
order to qualify for the prize.
Strike Ocean at Belle Isle.
From Chicago the fight will lead 10
New York and then to Belle Isle. New
foundland. a total distance Of about 1000
miles. The first over-water flying viii
come on the next lap. the course leading
over the Atlantic to Cape Farewell
Greenland Crossing another 5000 miles
Of water the machines will next be reg
istered at Reykjavik. Iceland. Another
fight across approximately 500 miles OF
ocean will land the aviators beyond the
Atlantic. in Stornoway. the Hebrides
London. by way Of Edinburgh, Will be the
next principal point.
Crossing the English Channel. the way
lies through Paris. Berlin, Warsaw 81
Petersburg and Moscow, total distance
Of about 5000 miles. The route across
Asia. and the distances in miles are To
Tomsk Siberia. over the Steppes. 1,2OO
to Trkutsk. 900: TO Hardin, 1900; to
Vladivostok. SOC: 70 Kobe. via Corea and
the Japan Sea. 500 10 Tdio. $50; to
Broughton Cape, 80 to Ka>schatka, l.
100: TO East Cape. North America, over
Bering Strait. 500; 10 the Cape OF
Wales, 80; to sitka, 1850: to Vancouver
500: TO Seattle. $50. and TO the exposition
grounds. san Francisco. 1900.
The date for the race will be decided
later Il was announced at the Aero Club,
If the whole matter is approved to-day by
the board Of governors. The time limit
for the fight about the earth as pro-
nosed IS ninety DAYS. The prize, guaran-
ted nv the Panama Pacific Exposition, is
$500. 600. but II is expected that Sl'ooo-
coo will he raised 10 be distributed among
the aviators.
II is expected also that repair stations
will be established from 100 TO 200 miles
anart along the line. where aviators may
renew their supply Of easolene AIT
scouts will also he stationed at the points
where there is most chance that aviators
will lose their way.
Each machine will be safeSuarded
against the possibility Of becoming
stranded beyond reach OF aid by wire
less outfit having a radius Of seventy
miles.
Curtiss Brings Wireless Device.
Glenn Curtiss. who returned yesterday
from Europe brought with him a perfect
ed wireless device with which the ma
chimes will probably be equipped.
When the sanction of the Aero Club Is
accorded the race and the details per-
fected the International Aeronautical
Federation. with headquarters in Brus-
sells. will he informed. which, in turn, VIII
inform these associations, members OF the
federation: The Aero Club or Argentina
the Aero club Of Belgium; the Oster-
reichischer Aero club of Vienna the
Danske Aeronautisk Selskab OF Copen-
hagen. the Aero Club dEgypt. the Aero
Club of France. the Deutscher Luftschlf-
fer Verband OF Berlin. the Royal Aero
Climb Of England. the Magyar Aero club
Of BUDAPEST. the Societa Aeronautica ltal-
lana Of Rome, the Nederlandsche We
reeniging Voor Luchtvaart Of Holland, the
Norks notwithstanding Of Christiania.
the Imperial Aero Club Of Russia. the
Real Aero Club de Espsna of Madrid, the
syenska Aeronautiska Sallskapet OF
| Stockholm and the Aero Club Suisse or
Switzerland.
Each Of these clubs is expected to
inform the smaller clubs affiliated with
1, making 100 clubs working for the
success of the world race AS most of the
countries will hold aviation meets about
the time Of the race. 1t is suggested that
the meets take place when the around
he-world aviators are expected 10 pass
II is believed by officials OF the Aero Cluo
Of America that there will be little diff
Guilty encountered in raising the 100000
needed for prizes and expense OF the con-
test
The number OF entrants from eacn ma
tional club IL is expected. will be Limited
10 six. Each OF the eighteen nations VIII
be invited 10 enter the contest.
DOUBTS GL0BE-AER0 TRIP
Curtiss. However. Sure Ocean