Evening star., 1926-11-26
PLANE CONTINUES
FLIGHT TO PANAMA
PN-10 No. 2 Leaves Isle of
Pines After Rep|enishing Oil.
Sister Ship Goes to Cuba.
\ the AeSnciated Pres

BY the Associated Press.
! The Navy seaplane PN-l0 No. .,
carrying Lieut.. Comdr. il. T. Bart
! lett and his crew of three took off at
$50 am. today from Cape Francis,
SiCuena Bay, Isle of Pines, to com
! plcte the fight to Colon. Canal Zone,
! interrupted Wednesday morning when
The plane was forced down from lack
J Of fuel
! The cruiser Raleigh reported the
! PN-10 No. passed 81 miles south
! of the Isle Of Pines at 9:05 am.
! Eastern time. She passed over the
| destroyer Humphries, 35l.6 miles
| south of there, at II o'clock.
cape Francis is on the western eX
! iremity of the Isle of Pines, making
the distance TO be traversed to Coco
Solo Navy Air Station. Panama, S7o
statute miles.
Comdr. Bartlett was reported in
message to the Navy Department to
be travelling in the direction of Old
Providence Island in the Caribbean
Sea at 80 knots. 1t was estimated
that more than 10 hours would be
required to complete the hop to Colon.
PN-10 No. Is in Tow.
The PN.10 No. ! was one of the
two Navy seaplaneS which embarked
on a nonstop expedition from flamp-
ton Roads, Va, Tuesday evening for
he Canal Zone. Comdr, Bartlett and
his men travelled as far as Nueva
Corona. Isle of Pines. where he was
forced to descend for more Oil. The
other plane. PN-10 No. /. commanded
by Lieut. T.. J. Connell. was also forced
Il aft f,.aN to
1883 miles from Hampton Roads. To
day she was being toWed to Guam
tanamo Bay with a broken connecting
rod in her Starboard engine.
Lieut.. COnnell reported that all
members of the crew We're we'll. He
said the plane would need a new star
board engine and asked that equip
ment be sent him at Guanta namo to
install the engine.
Strangely enough, two of the crew
of the PN10 No. /. which was hunted
for 1412 hours yesterday before the
cincinnati picked her up at 9:35 last
night. had shared privation with John
Rodgers on the memorable Honolulu
flight They were Lieut.. Connell and
SkileS +. Pope. aviation pilot.
Problems Still Unsolved
With only meager details III their
possession. aeronautic officials were
at loss today to explain why the
/ No. ceased communication with
her guard ships and why the No. >
ram out of lubricatinS oil. The Navy
I Bureau of Aeronautics was inclined
to assign the failure Of the PN-10S
10 inSufficiency of seaplane motor
| power to meet the requirements inn
! posed by the stanchness e and
weight of hydro aero construction.
So far as could be told from the
/ laconic messages SiSnaled from the
planes as they sped South. the
naVigatorS We're doing all they could
to get maximum performance from
| their motors. Bartlett Steered his
, plane 1856 miles before descending.
and when Connell was forced down
il was calculat ted he had traVersed
| AS miles.
! Rear Admiral William \. Moffett.
chief of the Naval Bureau of Aero
/ nautics. not the least discouraged
! by the results. said that the fight
| showed the Navy had yet to solve
| certain problems in engine building
| 10 increase the range of her heavy
| planes.
Well keep trying" he said. 1T
will be noticed the new planes per
! formed beautifully as to seaworthi
ness. None Of our boys was any the
worse off for his adVenture.'