San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-16
FLY To GAIN
PRESTIGE FOR
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Aviators Hope to Show
Feasibility Of Com
mercial Airway.
FINISH In LATE FALL
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Speed Record.

Santa Monica, Cal, March 15.-The
United States army 'round-the-world
flight is scheduled to start from the
field of the douglas Airship Plant
Monday, March IL.
The United States army air service
proposes to make a flight by airplane
around the world for the following pur-
poses:
To gain for the air service added
experience in long distance flying and
particularly in the supply problems
connected Herewith.
To complete an airplane flight
around the world in the shortest prac-
ticable time.
To demonstrate the feasibility Of es
tablishing commercial airway around
the world.
To secure for the United States the
first place of practical aviation. the
honor of being the first nation to en-
circle the globe entirely by air.
The squadron will proceed from here
northward by way of Fresno, Stockton
and Sacramento, Cal, and Portland,
Ore, to Seattle, Wash. The probable
date of departure from Seattle is
April /.
Route Of the Flight.
Leaving Seattle, the probable stops
for fuel, food, supplies, ETC., are as
follows:
Prince Rupert, B. c.; sitka, Alaska !;
Cordova, Alaska; Seward, Alaska /;
Chigrik, Alaska; Akutan, or Dutch
Harbor, Unalaska; Nazan. Island of
Atka: Chicagoff, Island of .Attu: Pa
ramushiru Island (Kuriles). Bettobu
Neterofu), Kuriles Akkeshie (Yeza),
Japan; Aomori (Honshu), Japan;
Tokyo, Japan; Nagasaki, Japan; Che
mulpo (Jinsen), Tsingtau (Shantung),
China: Shanghai (Woosungl, China;
Annoy, China; Hongkong, China; Hal
pong, French Indo-China; Tourane,
French Indo-China; Saigon, French
Indo-China; Bangkok, Siam; Ran
COON, Burma; Akyab, Burma; Cal
cntta, India: AllahabGd, India Delhi,
India: Multan, India; Karachi, In
dia; Chahbar, Persia; Bandar Cab
dad (Hinaidi), Mesopotamia Alenpo
(Haleb), Syria; Konia, Turkey; San
Stefano, Turkey; Belgrade. Serbia
. Vienna, Austria; Strassbourg. Ger
!. many; Paris. France; London. Eng
land; Hull, England; Kirkwall, Ork-
z ney Islands: Thorshavn, Farce ISL
ands; Raykjaviki, Iceland: Angmag-
salik, Greenland; Avigtut. Greenland !;
Rigollett, Hamilton Inlet. Labrador
Undian Harbor); Mingan, Quebec
I Quebec. Quebec; Montreal, Quebec.
Leaving Montreal. Quebec. the fly
ers will proceed to New York. thence
TO Washington, then probably to Day
ton, Ohio; Chicago, ILL.,, and by easy
stages westward to Los Angeles, the
starting point.
Time Required for Flight.
Officers of the air service in charge
!, of the exepdition have established a
u theoretical schedule which, however. it
: is. not expected will be carried out due
!, TO local contingencies that cannot be
foreseen.
However, Il Is certain that. IL the
flight is successfully done. it must be
completed by the latter part of August.
This is due to the fact Lat in the hop
from Denmark, Iceland, Greenland,
Labrador. etc. must be made when
the northern waters around the south
ern end of Greenland are comparative
lily ice-free. After August these wa
= tiers will undoubtedly become too thick
ly congested with ice to permit of
landing.
1t will be seen from this that no
attempt will be made for a time rec
ord, unless all goes we'll. Prepafa-
tons are upon the basis OF complet-
ing the flight and learning as much as
|, mercial aviation.
In Charge Of Plans.
Detailed plans for the flight have
been worked out by committee. I'M
der the direction Of the chief of the
training and war plans division. of
flee of the chief of air servbe. This
committee includes the following:
Capt. William F. Volandt, transpor-
/, tation and finance.
First Lieut.. st. Clair Street. route,
I maps, general organization, and infor-
nation.
First Lieut.. Robert J. Brown Jr.,
chairman, organization and co-ordina-
ton.
First Lieut.. Erik Fl. Nelson, equip
ment and engineering.
First Lieut.. Clarence e. Crumrine,
equipment, engineering and route. adj
vance officer.
First Lieut.. Elmer r. Adler. supply.
4 BY authority of the chief of the air
service the following personnel has
been designated for the 'round-the-
world flight:
Maj. Frederick L. Martin. command
ing officer: Lieut.. Lowell Fl. Smith;
Lieut.. Erik III. Nelson; Lieut.. Leigh
Wade. Martin, Smith, Nelson and
Wade are pilots.
The following officers, also pilots.
have been designated as part Of the
flight personnel to serve as alter
pafaS Tiaut Tae1ia d Arno1d. Iieut
| LeClaire ID. Schulze.