Seward daily gateway., 1924-04-12
Sitka-Cordova Route DANGEROUS

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The route from Sitka to Cordoga is
/ perhaps the most dangerous of all
the Alaskan routes, owing to the huge
masss of ice along the seacoast the
ali currents and eddiAs being pa tic
.uarly bad above them. From Cordova
to Seward, the thiyd lump on the
route. is only alb ~ 4 hours flying
and Should be made without diff
Guilty as the hills arc low with few
ice packs. From Seward to Chignik
will be a bad route, as The Cook in
LEI air currents will be encountered
heavy winds being pr:vcler- al the
Il outh of the inlet at this time o.
year
Twice more only during their en-
tire dangerous undertaking the air
men will be called upon to make Ioue
single day hops, the longest $50 miles
from the Island of Attu to Paramu
shira, first Of the Kuriles group, neal
Japan, and again when they JUMP
from Saigon, French Indo-China, {
distance of 675 miles to Bangkok
Siam.
Distance 6270 Miles
The route of the flyers across tht
Pacific BY way of Seward mas h ,el
separated by the army air q ic;
board into two divisions the frs
startling at Seattle and ending a
Chichagof, Attu island and the sec
ond beginning at Kashiwabara bay OF
Paramushira, and ending at Kagc
shima, Japan.
The total distance along this rout
the only safe airway across the Pa
cifc is 6,27O miles. If the flyer
maintain scheduled flying time the
will span the Pacific and rech Kagc
ishima within a month after Leaving
Seattle.
Leaving Sitka tomorrow the flyer
will reach Seward in about fiv
hours flying time. Chignik is 45
miles from Seward, and they expec
to reach here April IS.
Another jump Of 400 miles wi
take the expedition to Dutch Harbol
, the first main supply base after lea7
ing Seward They will then max
two more jumps, one of $50 miles
Nazan, Island of Atka, and anothe
I OF $50 miles to Attu, where the frs
division ends Here they will fin
: another base, with Lieut.. Bissell, az
vance officer in charge. They al
Few 1920 miles on their way or owe
hqlr way across tie Pacific.
| Taking Oft rom Clichago,f tn !!
l., oest Jump IN t'.e .ntire filgo-, tie
schedule 2ntic::' l,es arrival il 10
: Kui lies islarl he latter par!
a! I'll.
Thence they will fly SO miles
!. Bettubo, Yetorofu, another island {
: the Kurles, and on April 80 are e:
pected to reach Minato on the mort
4 east coast of Honshu, Japan, anotE'
q lump of ATS miles The schedul
calls for use of Aomori as base.
n From Attu to the Kuriles the fl,
6 ers will be guarded by two coaE
4 guard ships and several Japares
:. vessels
b Last Leg Most Dangerous
e Their next jump, 395 niles will Ian
f them at Kasumiga IRA, the Japanes
8 naval air station, which they hop
;. to attain not later than May 10. I'll
Q supply base here will be Kokohau;
3 Osaka, also an air station, $50 nll5
from Kasumiga IRA and KakosEim;
E terminus of the second division, IS
! miles farther, to be reached abor
/. April 27, will bring them into pos
! ion to commence the third leg {
3 their Journey in China.
! The whole distance and as fer a
: Calcutta, INDIA, they will cover b.
fore di5posing of their pontoons. a
: Calcutta the rontoons will be droppe
) not TO be used again until the plan'
; reach England for the final and mos
hazardous part Of the flight a;ros
.he Atlantic by gay of Icelanl Ill
: Greenland.
: 1t is believed now that the Amer
) ccn and British T. und the world e2
petitions will meet somewhere in II
dia, and when they meet a big celt
!. bration will be held.