Evening star., 1924-07-27
LIEUT.. r, J. BROWN, Jr.

LIEUT.. n. j. BROWN, Jf.,
Chairman, World Flight Committee.
The end Of July and the United States
Army air1nen, who left Seattle in April
on a trip round the world, are in Brough.
England, impatiently waiting with new
motored airpianes for their flight across
the Atlantic and the home stretch.
At the Blackburn Airplane and Motor
Co., Ltd, at Brough on the Humber.
have been concentrated new engines,
pontoons, wings and countless mscel-
laneous supplies to enable the world
flyers with the help Of the Blackburn
company to place their airplanes in the
finest possible condition.
Brough marks the entrance of the
flight into the sixth, last and possibly
the most hazardous. division Of the
route Iceland and Greenland have been
the objects Of a parthfinding expedition
carried out last Summer by the same
officer who is now acting as advance
officer for this portion Of the route,
Lieut.. Clarence E. Crumrine. This Of
ficer was a member of the successful
now an alternate pilot for the round
the-world flight, should his services be
required.
First Flight There.
The airplanes making the round-the-
world flight will be the first ever to
have flown over either Iceland or Green
land and the advent Of their fight over
these countries will mark new era in
aviation and further achievement for
American aeronautics. 1t Is possible
that aircraft will some day solve the
difficult transportation problems Of these
isolated countries.
Our Navy is placing every facility at
the disposal of the world flyers to in
sure their safe passage across the
stormy waters Of the North Atlantic.
Even now Admiral Magruder. United
States Navy, on board his flagship, the
United States cruiser Richmond. is
speeding to Rosyth, Edinburgh, Scot
sells of the Navy to supervise and carry
out the plan of cooperation which has
been arranged.
The first flight over water in the
sixth division is from kirkwall. in the
Orkney Islands, to Hofn Horna.f1ord.
Iceland, a distance of 535 miles over
the North Atlantic Ocean, ard will be
patroled by four Navy vessels, which
will be used in establishing a line Of
communication for the transmitting
Of weather information and reports
on the movement of the world flight:
all Of these vessels being capable OF
a speed of 40 miles if such speed Is
found necessary. Fifty miles OF this
distance is over the western edge OF
the stormy Farce Island group. After
the flight has reached Iceland the
four vessels will Immediately swing
into position along the southern coast
of Iceland to cover the route from
Hofn Hornafiord to Reykjavik, the
capital Of Iceland, a: distance OF 339
miles.
Navy Vessels in Position.
When the flyers are ready to leave
Reykjavik for AngmagSalik, Green
land. across the stormy Danish Straits.
the Navy vessels will again be in po-
sition to cover the 500 miles of the
route between those points.
Every precaution is being taken,
and as a further safeguard against
delay the Navy vessels which have
been in Hofn Hornafiord and Reykja-
vik will have picked up all Of the
spare parts which were unused by the
flight at these two established bases.
In the event Of damage to any of the
planes of the expedition, spares and
supplies can be rushed to their as
sistance with the least possible delay.
At Angmagsalik, Greenland. 1T has
been found impracticable to send any
of our Navy vessels into the harbor
on account Of the ice, which remains