Evening star., 1926-09-15
CAPT. .FONCK HOPES
''' TO START TOMORROW
ON FLIGHT TO PARIS

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AS he sails eastward nd against
the sun the clock will be skipping
ahead on him.
For instance, if he makes his goal
in 30 hours. a 6 am. hop-oH VIII
bring him to lie Bourget by noon
THURSDAY. New York time. But noon
New York time is 5 pm. Paris time,
and the four. men of 1.-The crew
though only 80 hours in the air. will
he FIVE hours older than if they had
not left the American Coast.
Plans Radio Communication.
The. powerful radio set was cal
culated TO keep in touch with land
and sea all the way and send hourly
or half.hourly bulletins in cipher to
The Star and the North American
Newspaper Alliance. Both telephone
and telegraph communication will be
maintained.
Every radio station will be like
north magnetic pole to the S-35, for
the invisible radio waves will dial up
on the ships radio compass and give
true north for the navigator.
The radiOman will keep in touch
with ships at sea on 500 meters. Com
pass bearings will be taken on 500
40 10 lIlt
receiver will be set for European
wave lengths-900 meters for the tele.
phone and $50 meters for code or
telegraph.
The radio call is WOP.
Food rations for the four men of
the crew were slowed in the
ships cabin last night. Besides con-
tafners Of, dried milk for Fonck and
Curtin, there were packages of can
ned corned beef. chicken sandwiches.
crackers. coffee in thermos bottles.
chocolate and four water bottles hold.
ing , gallons each.
For emergency rations in case of A
forced landing they carried sealed
cans of chocolate and other concen
trated foodstuffs.
SnOdy Successor Ready.
What appeared an unfortunate set
oack IN the illness of the navigating
officer. Lieut.. Allan p. Snodv. u. s,
~. was circumvented bv the United
states Navy when it plunged into
what appeared to be active co.opera-
uon with Capt. Fonck and hustled
another Navy flyer, Lieut.. Lawrence
William Curtin, to Roosevelt Field.
Lieut. Snody was reported Ill of
bronchitis lin a New York hotel" and
with a temperature Of 100.
Besides FOnck and Curtin, the crew
VIII consist of Charles Clavie1. French,
radio expert, and Jacob Islamoff. the
mechanical expert of the Sikorsky
Corporation, which built the heavy
plane.
Officially the Navy still denied any
participation in the fight beyond a
wish for success. 1t was aVowed that
Curtin had been given leave of alb
sence and was going of his own voli
ton. rs In the case of Snodv before
him. But the fact remained that both
rear Admiral William A. Moffett
chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics.
and Secretary of the Navy Wilbur
acted in procuring the young officers
sudden leave of absence. After his
hurried arrival in New York two
Navy airplanes flew to Roosevelt
Field from Philadelphia and Wash
ington with his supplies.
Is Gets Official Aid.
Staff officers brought on his pay
check from Washington, and his
binoculars, helmet and goggles.
Incidentally, Curtin, though sgradu-
ated from the Naval Academy only in
1919. is one of the Navy's best trained
uS CTS anu was dlu u lDe ldIe 1OHluT.
John Rodgers Assistant Chief of the
Navy Bureau of Aeronautics. Curtin
was prepared to leave Washington
for Philadelphia in readiness for the
flight of the PN-10 boats to San
Diego via Panama. which flight Rod
gers was training for when he lost his
life several weeks ago.
When Fonck takes off he will COM
mence sending code reports to The
Star at hourly or half hourly
intervals. On reaching the French
coast he will drop the ships log in
bottle. and If all goes we'll this will be
picked up by representative Of
'The Star and North American News.
paper Alliance waiting below In a
boat.
To Write If Wrecked.
Should the plane be forced down at
sea and the men be lucky enough to
be picked up by a passing steamer,
Capt. Fonck Is under contract to
reserve his story for exclusive publica-
tion in The Star in this city.
Cant. ,F'onck is sanguine in speak
ing Of the fight.
"We shall make IL easily" he said.
I'VE are carrying fuel for 40 hours,
which gives us a cruising radius Of