New Britain herald., 1923-12-05
ARMY AWATORS ID
 ENCIRCLE GLOBE
Expect to Hop Off for Trip
 Around the World

Dayton, O., Dec. 5.-Some time ir
 the early summer of 1924, four oi possibly six army airplanes will hoI
 off from Boiling Field, Washington
 and turn their noses to the west. Be-
 fore their pilots again glimpse the na- tion's capital, they will have travelled | 10000 miles, crossed two oceans and almost score of countries and encir-
 cled the globe in the air for the first time in the worlds history.
 Such is the picture in the minds of I officials at McCook Field here, who,
 under the direction of Army Air Ser vice headquarters at Washington, are
 making plans for the first round the
 world aerial cruise.
 Tentatively, route has been laid
 out and two air officers are going over | it with the idea of making recommen-
 dations for necessary changes and
 completing other preparations. Lieut.. c. E. Crumrine, of the local field, now is in Iceland heading eastward, while an officer of the Philippines aerial forces is working in the opposite di- rection. They will meet in Europe and after the comparing data, re- turn to their home stations.
 The flight, designed primarily to demonstrate the ability of planes to operate away from their regular sup ply bases during war times. will be made in comparatively short jumps The distance between most of the sta tions will be 500 miles or less, the longest hop being approximately $50 miles.
 As laid out at present, the route to be taken would not necessitate any sustained flight over open water. After crossing the country from the capi- tai to Seattle, Washington. the squadron would head northward through Canada and after touching at Wrangel, Alaska, would hop to the Aleutian Islands and then to the Japanese archipelago where several stops would be made. The mainland of Asia would be reached at Shanghai, China.
 For the trip across the Atlantic, al- ternate routes are available. One itinerary calls for hops from Aber- deen, Scotland. to Farce Island. to Iceland, to Greenland and to the mainland of North America to Frederikdal- Hamilton, Inlet Canada. The other provides for tho European take-off at Dunmore Head, Ireland, and the more direct course to New foundland and thence to Quebec.
 Through continental Asia and Eu- rope the tentative itinerary would carry the aviators to Shanghai, Chinai Mandalay and Delhi, India; Choribar and Bagdad, Persia: Damascus, Syria; Aleppo and Constantinople, Turkey; Angora. Asia Minor; Bucharest, Rou- mania; Belgrade, Serbia; Budapest, Hungary: Vienna. Austriai Munich and Strassbourg, Germany, and Paris and London.
 The cruise must start either late in June or early in July. officials here believe. because of the fact that in the Pacific and Atlantic, the aviators must push far northward where cold weather otherwise might be encountered. No estimate of the time required for the trip has been made.
 While most of the stations where stops would be made under present plans. could furnish little other than fuel and food for the aviators, prep arations will be made for the over- coming of motor or other mechanical troubles. Probably every third sta- ton will have a supply of spare parts of various kinds and several spare engines will be sent to points where fl Is deemed possible they may be need ad