Evening star., 1926-08-22
PLAN AIR G|RD[|NC
OF SOUTH AMERICA
U. S. Army Flyers to Try Trip
r Around Continent in
's December.
By fhn As-.c.a,ed Press

BY fbn A,-..r.a'ed Press
"a l60h"-mile dighi ilu'a SAN An
ts,nio. Tea around Srutn America
,7nd return, to he attc'ap- ed by FIVE
Army airpianes. is piaH0td by the
War tnd state Departments. Ii
iirnbah!v viii be started neNt DE
ccmhtr.
'ReGueSts ,nuI the r.&' '&ine@ he al
lowed 20 fy over th. 'r'j"'is Soi'n
American countries ,iieAdy hay"
leei made bt he ~!tt. Department
To the- GOIci innIe,t'e ror'et';tcd aNG,
:. Wa& announced :ra "rdt| IN 4
i6int statement issued ~ the two
departments, some haze replied IA
v1rablN
peuG!r4 th. receipt - replies from
II! the -pIerLments solicited. now
ever. the departments agreed that it
Was deemed courteous - this time
mot to discuss the route nr the de
tailcd plans for the fight.
l. Was made clear however, ina
neither department anticipates that
ar> government viii "bic"t 10 the
,rnpo~ed fight. huj that H. was nee
cSSalN under international law 10 aSk
~. consent ot All before military ain
craft nf the United StateS "oHiu
cross their respective borders.
DESPITE The refusal Of officials ="
comment upon the Hight until The
International amenities have been
compiled with il Wae learned that
the route as at present drawn Will
take the expedition from san II
tonic southward along she NeNi"an
gulf line across Mexico to the ia
citit. and thence TO Panama with m
terveuinr stops at central -Am"ilrAu
ports.
From p:,natn,: the route most likely
to be followed stretches along the
vest %. Colombia Ecuador and
Peru with IA probably halt at Lima
rmd s0uthWard 10 Santiago. hllt.
The course would lead from NE
chilean capital across Argentina" -
Buemua Aires. thence north across
Irucuav Brazil the GuianhS HnI
Venezuela
Will Stimulate Industry.
AS many South and Central Amer
ican points as possible WI! he Wis
ited. since one OF the chief reasons
Tor the hight is to stimulate interest
in aviation and, incidentally, adNef-
riSe the american aircraft industry.
From a military standpoint. the eN-
pedition. VIII make possible chart
ea rome from abe United States
10 the foreign countries visited; VIII
combine. many forms of training tor
tne personnel engaged and viii at
fo,d valua BILE experiences IN the
handling OF planes a strange heldS
and in all varieties .. weather as
we'll as in navigation.
II is known that the Wac Depart
nert has been in receipt of reports
that unless some such step aS the
South American flight j. taken there
IS danger that aircraft companies
financed bv European capital and
using aircraft Of continental nant-
facture wiN become intrencled in the
republics to the south to the "Nc!n-
sion of American made products
Undoubtedly this was factor
which led To The giving ut official
sanction 10 Mai Gen PatriCk's plans
for The flight.
Ry starting from san Antonio in
December. the aviators Will have the
advantaGe of favorable weather con
ditionS along the west coast Of South
America and on the hazardous hight
over the Andes.
Navy Not to Share.
Asking the Navy for assistance is
not planned. The only help the aVi-
ators will receive, in addition To thai
which the South American republics
MAY extend in the way of co-oper&-
tion. will be that given by their col
leagues in the Army Air Corps. who
will he sent out in advance to locate
landing places and take care Of sup
ply problems. This practice Was fol-
lowed with a marked degree OF sue
cess by Gen. Patrick during his direc.
tlon and management Of the around
the.WOrld flight.
None of the aviators, mechanics or
other personnel who are 10 participate
in the flight has been selected. Sc
lections will he made from the lists
OF the ArmyS most outstanding and
eXlerie need cross-Country flyers. but
none Of the world-f1ight pilots or their
assistants will he chosen, according to
All Corps practice.
Some consideration has been given
80 the IueninS amphibian plane for
uNe ON the flight, but decision on the
tyne OF machine has not been made to
date.