American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1914-04-02

~ Feat after feat OF endurance must be
I'd performed by the aviator who traverses
the broad American continent, makes
the great jumps from island to island
OF the North Atlantic. pursues the well-traveled
air lanes OF Europe. safely passes over the bleak
and forbidding wastes OF Siberia. and fringes the
almost uninhabited coast line OF northern Asia
and Alaska
But each OF these feats has been exceeded al
ready IN the air records now on the books. Now
all that Is needed Is the combination Of them. The
performance OF one great air journey after an
other means luck. enormous luck. to a greater de-
gree than Ia almost any sporting contest ever
organized.
Several ayiators have signiaed their intention OF
entering. They are willing to take the risks.
Ihey are not actuated by the desire for gold for
even the successful contender. who will win the
Sloovoo hrst prize and also the 5000 offered by
Lora Northcine for the first crossing OF the At
iAhuc' VIII md his 100000 and perhaps more
eaten up by the expenses OF his undertaking.
II Is quite certain. however. that plenty Of men
OF large fortunes and sporting proclivities wfl he
round to finance this peerless air event.
The eyes OF the world win be upon the bravo
contenders. even more than they were upon Tho
pioneer aviation racers In that first meet AT
Rheims in 1908. "
The attention OF the close students OF tho raca
= conferred upon the problem OF the Atlantis
after passing due east from San Francisco across
the slerras. through Reno. New; Cheyenne Wvo
nansas CITY. ST Louis and New York. the ayia.
soIs WIZ coast along the seaboard to Belle Isle.
between Newfoundland and Labrador. Here tho
night across the Atlantic win begin. The nvars
WI probably head for Cape Farewell. Greenland
DIV miles away. From Cape Farewell 10 Iceland
= Instance Is $40 miles. and from Iceland to
5tornaway. In the Hebrides. Is $40 miles.
Three enormous leaps-6i0. $40 and $40 miles
None OF them insurmountable In itself I'm, 10 ~,
me bullseye three times In successlon-there's
the rub. now
Then these seas are not always as hospltabla n.
the mediterranean. which Roland Garros has now
landing places. "'
hat u a row OF warships patrol the course
rent oy their governments In the interests Of sci.
ence and human progress. the risk will not he
greater TOR insiancel than that taken by the late
John r. Moissant when he set OF in an untried
machine with a fog in his face TO ny from paris
10 London az a time when the channel crossing
alone was considered almost a miracle.
Compared with the Atlantic crossing too. the
rest OF the journey seems fairly simple.
The proposed route Is BY way OF EdinburVh
london. Paris. Berlin. Warsaw. ST. Petersburg.
Moscow and the Trans-slberian railway TO Man.
churia and then south TO Vladivostok. The next
zap takes the aviator across the sea to Corea.
ne must then cross the japan sea TO Kobe and
Tokyo. turn north to Kamchatka and travel along
me coast either to East cape or to the Aleutian
Islands The distance between the two continents
here varies from 80 TO 200 miles. From Alaska
the course viii be southwark to Vancouver. Seat.
Tie. and home 10 San Francisco.
The ayiators who hesitate about pronouncing
the Journey possible IN the present stage OF their
are calling attention 10 the distances. goo miles
The successful flyer must travel an average Of
more than 200 miles a day for four months WIN
II be possible TO ~ccompIis the trip IN the few
months OF summer OF the Northern regions
through parts OF which the course Ies7 vedrines
Was ave weeks In doing the $500 miles from pari.
70 the pyramids, nying at an average OF only 100
miles daily.
This explains clearly how greatly the proposed
Journey would Guido anything yet ACCOMPLISHED
beSides the notable flights already mentloned
Oscar bider has flown over practically every Mon
mountain In Europe. Garros has made a aIyb,
from harseflles 70 Paris Without stopplne. pr5naa
lonc des houlinais has toured the capital. 81
Europe, and two besides vedrines have reached
Egypt Rom France. Yet these JOURNEYS rala ~
Tore the difheulties OF the race around the rlohe
II 10 to be noted. however. that the history ~
aviation Is one succession OF surprises. Scarcely
anything OF Importance accomplished has no,
been called impossible beforehand Av,.,ors
have done 20 much that one hesitation 10 do,h,
their ability 20 do anything.
special aeroplanes will be Constructed for tho
race These Will probably be swift. but no, h.u,
for the maximum speed. They will make az "a
niles an hour Reliability viii be the ohtec,