Evening star., 1924-09-05
Wade, Reioining Mates for
Rest of Journey, Forced
Down, Quickly Repairs
Slight Motor Trouble.
CONDITIONS ARE FAIR;
TRIP TO TAKE 7 HOURS
Machines Pick Up Momentum
After Flying at Rate of About
go Miles an Hour in First Few
Mile-100,0OO Expected to See
Arrival on U. S. Soil.
BY the Associated Press.
EASTPORT. Me

BY the Associated Press.
EASTPORT. Me, September
s-Thc American world flyers
passed Eastport at 20 this aft
erpoon.
PICTOU, Nova Scotia, September
s.-The American Army round-the-
world flyers set out from Pictou for
Boston today at 10 :55 O'Clock this
morning on the last lap over foreign
territory and the final jump overseas
of their long and arduous globe
encircling trip.
The three planes got under way
after a 1sminute delay. caused by
motor trouble, which developed on
the heavily laden plane Boston II.
This machine. which had been sent
10 Pictou to permit Lieuts. Leigh
Wade and H. H Ogden to complete
their world flight, interrupted by the
wreck of their first plane off the
Farce Islands, was forced down three
minutes after taking the air with
The machines of Flight Commander
Lieut.. Lowell H. Smith and Lieut..
Erik H. Nelson al 1915 o'clock.
IT took only a few minutes to re-
pair the motor trouble on the Boston
II, and the three machines were
away at l0:S5 o'clock on their $40
mile nonstop hop to Boston.
Nelson First in Air.
machine, was the first to take the
air. 1t was followed by the Chicago.
with Lieut.. Smith on board, while
rhe Boston II, CARRYING a greater
load than the two others, hoped from
the water at 10:16:30 o'clock
After flying about the harbor, the
three machines headed into the wind
On a northwesterly course, but as
they moved into formation to begin
their long flight Lieut.. Wade's plane
filtered. turned and swooped down
to the water.
After circling about for few min
utes the New Orleans followed the
Boston II to the surface, the Chicago
remaining in the air. A few minutes
later Lieut.. Nelson's plane was away
again and Lieut.. Wade's machine tax
led down the harbor and joined the
TWO others, all three turning again
toward the northwest.
Expected Trouble.
Before the decision was made to
start on the flight this morning it
was anticipated that Lieut. Wade
might have difficulty in getting off be-
cause of the extra weight of the ma
chine in which he was flying. Lieuts.
Wade and Ogden expected trouble
from the first because they had just
installed a new propeller and tried it
out for the first time this morning.
Just before the crew of the Boston
II succeeded in getting the new pro-
peller to turn over they were visited
by Lieuts. Smith and Nelson, whose
machines already were in position AS
he was stepping from the Navy ten
der to the pontoons of the Boston III
Lieut.. Nelson fell into water up to his
waist.
Lieut.. Wade's first start was made
following two-mile run straight
down the harhor after he had made
two unsuccessful attempts to get
into the air.
The flyers course leads across
northumberland Straight to the 18TH
Nova Scotia and New Brunswick
From this point they will follow the
coast lines of New Brunswick and
New England to their destination
Weather reports from various points
along the coast indicated that flying
conditions were fair.
Picking Up Speed.
At 1850 o'clock the machines
passed River John and at 1I:16
o'clock they passed over the mouth
Of Pugwash Harbor, about so miles
from their starting point. They
were flying abreast and going very
fast.
Watchers on the shore off Wallace
Harbor, which the airmen passed be-
fore reaching Pugwash Harbor, as
serted that the Boston II dropped
very low, followed by the Chicago,
while the New Orleans slackened its
pace and hoyered overhead. For a
time is looked as though the Boston
III had alighted, but a few minutes
later she gained altitude again and
the three machines disappeared from
view.