Evening journal., 1922-11-03
.AVIATORS ON
FLY EASTWARD
Hope to Cover Calif.-New
York Trip Within 80
Hours
PLAN CARRIES
HEAVIEST LOAD

SAN DIEGO, Calf, Nov. 3 Omit
ed Press) -Carrying the greatest
load ever lifted from the ground by
a single motor. Lieuts. Oakley KEEL
~ and John MacReady, army air
men, got away early today to a per-
feet start ON their attempted non
stop flight 10 New York city.
A month ago Kelly and MacReady
were blocked by heavy clouds in a
mountain pass. The tremendous
load they carried would not permit
them 10 pass over so they turned
their flight into an endurance flight
and broke all world records with
a sustained flight OF s5 hours and IS
minutes.
The route TO be followed by the
airmen acrosss the continent
touches these points; Yuma, Tuscon.
Deming, Tumcumari, Wichita, ST.
Louis, Terre Haute. Dayton, Johns
town, Harrisburg. Trenton. Nfineola.
They expect TO make the trip in
30 hours.
I'VE believe the flyers have safely
crossed the treacherous Temecula
Gap. which prevented their start be-
fore" was the word from officials
at Rockwell Field. at 10 a. m. They
received no word from the flyers and
said had the pass held them up they
would probably have returned to San
Diego before this.
The plane in which the air men
eide IN a special army transport
enoD0piane driven by a single liberty
motor. IT IS standard IN all respects
except the capaoious fuel tanks
which are built into the wide wings
Df the monoplane. These tanks, |
when the giant plane left the
Sround, held 725 gallons OF gaso- /
tDe; rs gallons OF water and 81 gal |
lons Of oil.
Lieut.. oakley Kelly piloted the
great airshlp on the take of. Last
hight at 1880 when the waiting avia- |
tors learned that weather. conditions !
were favorable all along their route, /
they tossed a coin to determine who /
should take the responsibility OF get
ting the heavily laden plane or the
ground.
Several thermos bottles filed with
eyater. hot coffee and a large sup
ply Of sandwiches will be the nour-
sshment used by the flyers on the
long trip.
= When the giant TT took on from
the ground It raised q combined load
of 1880 pounds.
The plane and the motor are OF 4
1hs same as used in the flight Oct.
b and 6 when the aviators broke By (,
more than u hours all existing re- Z,
cords for continuous flight.
The plane constructed by NfcCook
Fiel. Dayton, Ohio, has every pos
stb1e convenience and device for the
safety Of the flyers and for che sue
cess OF the flight.
Gasoline IS supplied TO the motor
by three methods 20 insure a ON
stant supply should any one system
get out OF order. Parachutes are
fixed 10 the seat the flyers occupy
so that IN changing seats the para
chuoes will be In position for use as
soon as the flyer Is seated again.
Many other safeguards on the IN
Etallatlon OF the motor. gas. OIL and
water supplies have been installed
IN the plane, but their details are
IA "a as government secrets.
The pilots seat IN the riane Is
almost at the top Of the nose OF the
plane TO the left of the motor. The
second pilot rests In the cabin until
the six-hour period IS up. The sec
ond pilot then takes charge OF the
rear controls.
The pilot of the nose Of the plane
control, goes 10 the rear
cabin. takes the controls from the
exchange pilot while the latter goes
TO the nose OF the plane 20 take the
controls Rest will be the program
between the six-hour shifts at the
controls. the flyers announced.
The complete flight is expected 10 !
lake about thirty hours II no ad-
verse weather conditions are en- ,
countered. Should the flyers run
put OF gasoline before the end Of the .
hight in Mienola, a landing viii be {
made at either Baltimore or Wash I
according to plans announced {
before the start OF the Night. ,