Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-05

case of Colombia, the first South
American country to be visited. BOgo-
ia, the capital, is about 200 miles in.
land. There are several large cities.
however, along the coast. Then comes
Guayaquil, Ecuador, which is almost
certain to be visited, and Trujillo,
Lima and Islay offer good bases in
Peru.
Iquique, Antofogasta. La Serena,
Valparaiso and Santiago offer the
best stopping places in Chile. Several
Of these cities already have been visit
ed by airplane within the past few
weeks by Lieut.. James ii. Doolittle,
who is demonstrating an American
pursuit plane in Chile and Argentina.
From either Valparaiso or Santiago
the most difficult part of the flight
will misunderstanding the Andes at an
altitude of $4,000 feet for a nonstop
flight of $50 miles to BuenOS Aires. If
the flyers wish TO pass up Paraguay
they can proceed north along the
coast. passing over Uruguay to Brazil.
However, a detour inland to Asun-
cion, the capital of Paraguay, could
be made. and the route then would lie
due east to Porto Allegro, Brazil In
this country, Sac Paulo, Rio de
Janeiro. Caravelas. Bahia, Pernam-
buco. Ceara. Maranaha and Belem
offer stops at 500-mile intervals, the
last.named place being within one
good jump of Cayenne, French Gul-
ana. Then would come Paramalbo,
capital of Dutch Guiana, and George
town, capital of British Guiana. Trim
idad Island probably would be visited
after Caracas. Venezuela, was &C
counted for.
Caribbeans on Last Lap.
Then the last lap of the journey
begins, with the Caribbean Sea IS
lands The first group 10 be noWh
over are the Windwards. followed by
the Leeward and Virgin Islands.
bringing the flight to Porto Rico. AS
Army. Navy and Marine airplanes
have flown to this island from the
States and back again many times,
the homeward journey is expected to
he accomplished in two or three days.
The pilots will pass over Haiti ana
Cuba. and. on striking Florida, Will
proceed up the coast with a stop PROB
ably at Charlesto on, S. c.; Fort Bragg,
Fayettesville, ~. c.: Langley Field
and Washington.
The foregoing is not official ana mas
been suggested as a probable route to
III,
which other long cross-country prog
ects have been mapped out.
Costing S54 600. the flights sole puf-
nose is TO show the republics to the
south what American planes ana
nilots can do. Already several Tor
eign interests have gotten aeronautl-
cal footholds in South America, ana
the American aircraft industry Is
threatened with a freeze out bE
planes from Europe.
The good will and friendly interest
of the American republics are other
results anticipated by those VINO nave
had the flight in mind.
on the successful completion OF the
proiect virtually every worth Whlle
area on the Western Hemisphere will
have been covered by aircraft Inc
I liberty engines, which have served
the Army so faithfully on all its major
nroiects. again will be called into use,
but this time they will be mounted up
side.do in the amphibians, an en-
gineering necessity.
Officers Well Equipped.
Cant. Mcdaniel. second in command.
;s graduate of the Air Service
pilots and Bombardment Schools, was
horn in Texas and entered the Army
as an Infantry officer in 1917.
Can't. Eaker has piloted F. Trubee
Dawson. Assistant Secretary OF war
IN charee of aviation and Maj. Gen.
Patrick, Air Corps chief, on alrplane
Trims He was born in Texas and was
appointed to the Army from Okla
homa.
cant Woolsey entered the Army
from Michigan in 1916 as an ArtilIerE
off,cer. soon afterward transferred to
the Air Service and has been tiHins'
particularly in crosscountry flights.
e1,,,ost continuously for the last six
years
ranks having enlisted from Florida
in 1917. He is a graduate or the AIR
Service Communications Schooi.
Lieut.. Wellington also was an en-
listed man. He is recognized as an
exnert air photographer, and Is
Texan by birth.
Lieut.. Robinson. another pilot VINO
came up from the ranks. was com,
missioned in the Air Service in 1871
Lieut.. Fairchild enlisted in the
Washington State National Guard
served throughout the war In AVIATION
and entered the Regular Army as
first lieutenant in 1920.
Lieut.. Whitehead served as an en-.
listed man in the aviation section OF
the Signal Corps throughout the war
and was commissioned in 1920. He Is
A graduate of the University or
Kansas. -
Lieut.. Benton. another pilot who
saw service during the war IN the
ranks, is a graduate Of the Univer-
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