The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-08-24
OF PLANES
CAME UP TO MARK
Test Of Air Express Service
Credited Success
PILOTS MADE GOOD
Skinned Clouds and Penetrated
Fog In Their Hurried
Journey
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ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch.l
Chicago, August 22-Five mail
planes were in the second day OF the
five day test of transcontinental
aerial mail, with a successful night
flying record between Chicago and
Cheyenne, and indications that
western mail which left Cheyenne
Wyo at 8:35 p. m. mountain time
last night would reach New York :
before nightfall.
Due to storms and fogs in Wyom-
ing. the mail which lett San Fran
cisco at 6:59 g. H., PACING time.
yesterday, was delayed all night In
reaching Cheyenne, and shortly be-
fore noon, central standard time to-
day, enroute to Omaha on the east
ward flight. Except for the inter
ference OF the element which held
Pilot H. A. Collision at Laramie
Wyo., over night, In spite Of three
starts, the San Francisco mail to all
probability would have reached New
York within the twenty eight hours q
schedule.
Besides Pilot f. NJ. Allison, who
left Cheyenne at 6:35 g. m, taken
into Cheyenne at 5:55 q. NJ. two
other transcontinental nights-those
scheduled for the second day-had
left their respective terminals at
New York and San Francisco. 81
Flight Was Success
Chicago, August 22.-The night
flying experiment Of the postal serv-
ice in test of twenty eight hour1
service from coast to coast proved
success except for unique weather
conditions at Laramie, which held
one air man fog bound.
Daylight today found the west
bound relay moving westward al
most on schedule time with perfect
relays at each point. The east
pound mail skipped a gap of fifty
miles between Laramie and Chey-
enne, Wyo., last night when heavy
clouds made advance impossible.
Three times the pilot tried to skirt
the low hanging fog and each time
was forced to turn back because he
could not discern his direction.
Pilot H. G. Boonstra left Chey-
enne at Eve o'clock, mountain time,
westbound forty minutes behind
schedule. Pilot Jack Knight arrived
at ESQ a. m, mountain time, one
hour and twenty five minutes ahead
of schedule. but due to bad weather
the relay pilot awaited dawn.
Pilot H. T. Lewis left Omaha east
bound early today over two hours
late. Pilot Collision, who failed to
find his way out of Laramie last
night because of the fog, resumed
mountain time, but the Cheyenne
relay, after waiting two hours for
bis cargo, took of with Cheyenne
mail.
Experience Of the Pilots.
Cheyenne, Wyo., August 22.-Air
Mall Pilot II. G.. Boonstra left here
at a. m, mountain time, west
bound for Rock Springs in the air
mail services twenty eight hour
coast to coast attempt.
The sky was overcast and q light
rain was falling There also was a
light mist. Despite these adverse
ditions, Boonstra declared con-
fdentiv that he would reach Rock
prings.
Pilot Jack Knight arrived here
at $3.50 a. M, mountain time, but
ag to the rain and mist, 1t was
deemed inadvisable to continue the
flight, which, began yesterday morn
ing. until daylight. Knight was one
hour and twenty five minutes ahead
OF the original schedule for the
cross continent trip when he arriv-
ed here, but Boonstra's start was
about forty minutes behind sched-
ule.
Chicago, August 22.-with tbs
mail plane running ahead
Of schedule and the eastbound shiu
carrying only local mail as result
down at Laramie with the San Fran
cisco mail and the relay plane al
forty miles distant pro-
ceeding without his cargo, both
planes were on the final lapse of the
twenty eight our trans continental
flight early today.
Pilot Jack Knight in the plane
beraing the New York mail to San
Francisco which took of from
North Platte, Neb, at 1:47 a. m,
was the fourth pilot to take the ali
with the mail since it left New York.
In the eastbound plane was Frank
Wager, who left Cheyenne when
Collision failed to appear, and who
was the sixth pilot on the trip from
the Pacific coast.
After several Intellectual attempts
to make Cheyenne from Laramie,
Pilot Collision was directed to retain
the San Francisco New York mail.
He said he would attempt another
fight to Cheyenne today where
plane will be in readiness to take
the mail and relay it on its eastward (
journey
Omaha, Neb., August 22.-Pilot
H. T. Lewis, flying the eastbound
mail plane, which started at Chey-
eEne. landed at Iowa City at 6:22 q.
M, and took off for Chicago ten min-
utes after refuelling, according to
radio advices to the air mail service