Imperial Valley press., 1926-11-10

hctt Flew to tn" North Pole last
! Summci
Although invited to stop here, the
plane had to continue On to the east
for tte reason 9 ven III the letter.
The lCt, ~ was written il the air
plane between San Nirs, and this
city by ponald +. K,yhoc, who ac-
companie! Bennett. The big plane
swoopcd down from the air, raced
across tie city few feet above
the business session, ana was gone
The letter was droppeu on Main
street where 1t was picked up by
{. W. Macarthur.
1t was addressed to the Post
master Of FL Centre, for delivery TO
the president of the chamber of
commerce or other representative Of
ficiais. Macarthur turned the letter
over to W. W. McEucn, president Of
the chamber of commerce, who in
turn brought it to the Press office
The plane took off from Wash
ington ON October :. for the pur-
pose of stimulating ;htercst in aero
nautics throughou; the country. The
trip is sponsored by the Department
of Commerce and the National Aero
nautic Association. the expenses be-
ing supported from thD Daniel Gug
genheim Fund for the promotion of
aeron3utics.
From Washington the plane tray
IN hnr m.
San Francisco, later coming down
the coast to Los Angeles and san
Diego and returning eastward VIA
FL Centre, Yuma, FL Paso and New
Orleans. 10 Washington.
The personnel OF the crew includes
in addition to Floyd Bennett, who
is chief pilot, Berndt Balchan, as
sistant pilot. Donald f. kryhoe,
manager of the tour and member
of the staff of assistant secretary
of commerce for air; Charles +.
kunkel. lecturer and personal rep
reScntative of Harry F. Guggenhcim
and John y. McFail, chief mechan
ie.
In addition 70 the letter. the on
vclopr containing il Included 4 copy
- he Octobcr issue Of National
AnrnnaUtic Association Review and
copeS OF the Guggenheim Bulletin,
promoting aeronautic>.
Here Is Letter
Z, J., ter IaA.o',S:
Noyophar . 1870.
.Ah,s.l =. I..s,' u, Eord Il ,he
aie Jtja."n %.n Bic- and Fl Ce-
tra.
Ilr~.b,a.. Cha#her If Commerce.
f. Ccnfrn, Caiif.
p-:tr Sir
We are now hcaiod - yogr rity.
which we intend to cire!n and also
'-npe r-;a# hnristu #5..- : lIst#"~ial.
] regret very much that our timer
AIRY does not i.rrmit nf landing, but
1vc are dl- at Tucson at "a >pcci-
fled tj:4r az! "" ar tsviu. to keep
onto thrt schedule.
Foyd Bennett has asked me to
white vuu this note. ~ he i now
flviag II, p'"nc and cannot take
time 10 write il himself Just be
fore starting, he asked me TO cX-
te'll vi, regrets that We were un-
able to land. especially after the
vl.r2 courteous invitation we re-
c,ivcd through official al san pi-
ego. who transmitted your message
TO rs.
W. are doing the next best thing
-circling and dropping this express
sion Of our good will. And we hope
that Everyone in Fl Centre will he
ont 70 see the plane. When it cir
clcs Your city il will be circlinc
lust as it went around the North
Pole and it will be piloted by the
same man. Floyd Bennett.
! am enclosing in this envelope
several lists of personnel itinerary,
description of the plane, etc. There
is also statement by Mr.. Harry
T. Guggenhcim. through whose gen
erosity as president OF the Daniel
Guggenheim Fund for the Promo
ton of AcrOnautics, this tour has
been made possible. Should' this
letter be received and any press pub
licity result, should appreciate re-
cciving clipping, addressed to me
1T Hotel St. Charles. New Orleans,
50 that may have full a"count
Of how the letter was received. |
should also like to have a dcscrip-
tion of your airport facilities 50
that ! may include this in my re.
port. for we are flying over 80 rap.
IDLY from Imperial that il may be
impossible to soc If well. have,
however, heard quite favorable re
port, on it from flyers on the coast
Mr.. Bennett. from hi> seat in the
pilot : compartment, has just beck
oncd me up for a message 10 YOU.
"Tcll the people Of FL Centre
that we wish them the best luck in
the world in their furthoraucc Of
acronautic work, and that they
should casiy become an important
stopping point on the air lane
through this rountry.'
There is no doubt Of tAjS. You
have q fine position and should
make the most Of it.
Very sincerely,
(Signcd) DONALD T.. kENHOE.
Wv vuys ~s