Arizona republican., 1921-02-24
A|RPLANE.S MAKE NEW RECORD FUR COAST ID COAST POSTAL SERVICE
Mail Planes Make All Night
 Flight From Cheyenne to
 Chicago, Making Cross Country Trip in 33:2O
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HAZELHuRST, N Y, Feb. B. Eight bags of mail, dispatched from San Francisco by airplane at 4:30 yes terday morning, arrived at Hazelhurst field today at 5: 50 D. m., and being a cross country mail record of B hours and 20 minutes with allowance for time zone changes in the coast-to- coast flight.
 The mail was transferred from plane to plane in a relay flight ordered by the poStoffice department to establish a new transcontinehtal mail record. The plane which arrived at Hazelhurst was piloted by A. M. Allison, member of one of the four teams which took part in the race. two planes leaving Hazelhurst field and two starting from San Francisco at the same time yes terdsly
 Ore of the westward bound planes came to grief when Pilot E. NJ. Leon hard was forced to descend yesterday at Dubois. Pa, on account of bad weather. The second west-bound plane reached Chicago yesterday.
 One Aviator Killed
 The other eastward bound plane crashed to earth at Elko, Ney-. killing the pilot. Captain E. F. Lewis. i. Captain Allison piloted one west { bound plane as far as Cleveland. where 1 it was taken over by another pilot on the second lap of the relay which ended at Chicago. He then took the 1 winning plane in charge at Cleveland and returned to Hazeinurst field to-. day, bettering the time set for the flight by the postoffice department by 2 hours and 40 minutes.
 l WASHINGTON, Feb. 23-Postoffiee I department officialS while gratified l with the achievement of the air mail service in delivering at New York to- night mail which left San Francisco yesterday morning. said the most re- markable part of the performance was 1 the aII-night flight from Cheyenne Wyo., to Chicago. S3e miles.
 Wager Makes Ail-Nieht Flight
 The all-night flight. made by Pilots frank Yager and Jack Knight, demon strated the feasibility of night flying. officials say. With this statement they coupled the announcement that orders had been issued to prepare for regular night flying on the New York and san Francisco route. probably about May l.
 Tt is expected that on May 1. fl plans are carried out" said state ment, night flying will be regularly : established along the New York San Francisco route and mail between San Francisco and New York will be de- livered in approximately 36 hours, GOV ering the whole distance across the continent"
 Otto Praeger. assistant postmaster general, deScrlDed last nights flight between Cheyenne and Chicago as the most momentous step in civil aviation e He added that it would mean "tiae speedy revo1dtienizing Of the letter. transportation methods and practices throughout the world
 Pilot Wager made the flight between Cheyenne and North Platte Neb. leav- ing Cheeenne at 4:59 D. m. and reaeh- ing North Platte at T,4S ?. m. A de- lay of nearly three hours ensued be- cause of repairs to the plane and then at 10:44 o'clock Pilot Knight hopped off and arrived in Chicago today at $40 o'clock.
 Pilot Knight, in report said:
 Left North Platte at le:44 p. m: cloudy. moon shining internationally
 but had no particular trouble follow ing course through use of compass and occasional glimpses of ground and river. Arrived Omaha 1:I0 a. m.. left 1859 a. m.. delay at Omaha due to studying route Omaha to Chica go, which I had never flown. Visibility fair until about Des
 Moines, where I encountered fog and snow 1urries lasting to Iowa City. town and field and remained there un-
 til I got weather report from Chicago
 as weather was bad. Between Iowa . City and Chicago the weather was bad until about 230 a. m. when it began improving and was comparatively clear , 1 at 5 in the morning.