Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-28
BY EDWARD r. SCHLEE.

| HARBOR GRACE, Newfoundland
| August G7.--There is one thought in
| particular that we--Bill Brock and L
would like to get across, as we are
on the point of starting over the
ocean on the first leg of our attempt
I to circle the globe in a single motored
plane. We have said that we hope
to break the worlds record of IS days.
Ii hours and 80 minutes. Breaking
that record is only incidental to the
| main purpose of this flight, which is
to demonstrate. dramatically perhaps,
but definitely, how practical and serv-
iceable travel by air is today.
Last May. with the help of my
brothers and Bill here. started an air
taxi service. the Wayco Air Service.
in Detroit In the few months that 1t
has been under operation it has been
so successful that it astonished me.
and its success has confirmed me in
the belief that travel by air is coming
faster even than most flyers believe.
Ever since bought my first plane,
more than a year ago, and before
that when the Army flyers went
around the world the thought that
soon a single plane might make the
same trip has fascinated me. The
more l thought it over. the more l
felt that such a flight, broken up into
90 legs. averaging a little more than
I 900 miles each, would do more TO sell
the idea to the people of the world
than any other single achievement.
Record Hops Arouse Interest.
Last May Lindbergh hoped to
Paris. Then Chamberlin. in another
single motored plane, flew to Ger
many. breaking Lindbergh's distance
record. Next Maitland and Hegen-
berger flew to Hawaii. and then
Comdr. Byrd and his crew flew to
France. The public enthusiasm and
interest In the feats convinced me
that the time was ripe for the world
hop; that it could be done by the right
men and the right plane with the
right engine.
l know that many wise and expert
enced airmen do not believe that the
long ocean jumps should be attempt
ed with a single motor. and they may
be right. But / believe. and again
Bill agrees with me, that our flight
can accomplish more toward helping
people to become ''air minded" If we
use a small plane and one engine. OF
all the persons in the world who
would like to own and operate
plane, or a couple of passenger
planes. comparatively few can afford
TO buy big expensive multimotored
Jobs. To get our idea across we felt
that the small passenger plane was
the ship for us.
I don't know that have made my
self clear, but perhaps as we go along
working out our purposes words Will
come to me that will explain better
what I am after.
l want to say one thing more. In
Detroit and at Curtiss Field, Long
Island, we met scores OF men who
seemed to catch the purpose of our
trip and who helped us get ready in
every way possible. Up here every
body has been most helpful
Newfoundland Needs Air Service.
These folks up here in Newfound.
land know by experience what isola-
ton means. Aviation to them is more
than just spectacular stunts. Sue
cessful air-transport in this great
country. with all its resources, it's
fisheries and forests and it hardy. in.
dustrious people, will bring a develop.
ment and q growth and wealth that
cannot be estimated.
We wanted to make our start from
Detroit, but since we got here both
Bill and I are glad we chose HarbOr
Grace, and we are already looking
forward to the date-less than % days
off, we hope-when he will again come
down out of the sky and greet our
new friends here.
A word about the trip itself. 1t
seems difficult enough when you look
ahead of it. but so does everything
else man has to meet. and as Bill
says, we don't have to do it all at
once.
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