The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-11-27
NEXT GREAT FLYING
EFFORT WILL Be TO
CROSS THE PACIFIC
Larger Plane Will Be
Needed Than Used in
Atlantic Trip

- I'VE
SAN FRANCfScO, Nov. 25.-The
next great flying operation to engage
the attention nf the whole world n
the crossing OF the Pacific ocean, oc-
cording to Air Service News Letter,
"A war department publication OF the
information group OF h army air
service, Issued to keep the personnel
OF the air service Informed.
Discussing the project, b AIR Ser
Vice News Letter says
Looked al from any point OF view,
4 Will be the most difficult feat at
tempted by air craft and the man
who succeeds In the undertaking VIII
have won the highest place In the an
nails OF aeronnutics.
"Aa early as March 1920. the Man
ufncturcra Aircraft association an
nouhccd that the United States Navy
had In preparation two boats Of triple
engine power designed especially for
trnna-Paclfic flying.
"Of the two routes proposed Tor
crosainp the great a of water
ono stretches from San Francisco 10
Hongkong, China, a distance OF f,blO
nautical miles Stops could be made
nj Honolulu. Wake Island. Guam and
Manila. These jumps measure
Approximately ns follows; San
Francisco to Honoluiu' z'V9O
miles. Honolulu TO Wake IslaLd TO
NNMNANNNH lHA@NH NHAANHA ~
Manila to Hongkong. 67b.
The shortest route possible. how
over, would follow somewhat cloaely
the Great Circle steamship route. ana
would cut the distance to approx
matcly. $500 or $500 nautical miles.
%supposing the flier to hop of from
Victoria, his first jump would bring
him 10 sitka, thence next to Unimak
YOtohOma.
'rwhlle the more northerly route Of
fers the advantage in point OF us
lance. NO lnng M Ne are in h pres
ont experimental stage OF knowledge
ma regards ~neronautics, other ques.
lions suggeat themselves that must
he taken into consideration before q
choice could be- determined. The
fora familiar TO the Great Circle
route would add to tho airmnn's diff
0cultiea provided they extend to n
very great altitude into the air lanes.
j. IL probable. however, that fairly
good visibility would extend, say to
10000 feet above sea Lowell from
December to February, during which
period the fogs are less apparent.
IN this region. also, high winds.
another factor 10 he reckoned with In
tho airmnn's calculation. come, brooo-
" speaking from two main sources
nrd operate In two different dlrec.
TONS. 4 strong a~outheasterly wind
from southern Japan sNveeps across
tho Pacific to the Alentians. while
nom South America n gale sweeps up
tho coast IN n north-westerly direo-
tian.
while piana are being considered
on this side for the trans-Pucific
fnvht. rum England comes the an
rourcament that an airplHne IL being
built FOR n fiirht from Sidney. Aus
traiia, to IA Francisco. From sid
ncy to the Fill Island the Jump would
no LAS: TO Honolulu e.736, thence
t. san F~rancisco 1000.
''In anticipation OF this event and
~ ~ logical results, a schedule OF
trnns-0cesnic flights might be made
cut reading somewhat as follows;
HALIFAX to ireland in two days; New
York to Liverpool. W and a hall
days; San Francisco to Sidney. three
DAYS; Vancouver to Yokohama, three
and n half days; round the world
in twcnty-elght days allowing for foui
stopa OF two days each.
ut II reasonably safe TO predict that
the ptSne that performs h trans
Pacific flight will be larger-perhaps
twice az large-as any Of the NC
class. which crossed the Atlantic.