Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-23
PACIFIC FLIGHT
hackers DISPUTE
Hoover Asked to Prevent
Smith From Hopping Off
in used" Plane.

| by the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 23.-Open
dissension between promoters of the
City of San Francisco's projected
| Honolulu flight and aviators who are
planning to beat the regular entrants
in the contest by an independent at
! tempt to span the eastern half of
the Pacific by air broke out today.
While Milo D. Kent. head of the
| San Francisco fight committee, await.
| ed action from Secretary of Commerce
| Hoover on request that the cabinet
officer use his official power to pre-.
vent Ernest l.. Smith, local aviator,
| from taking off for Hawaii in "sec.
| ond-hand" airplane. the free lance
| flyer. who has entered no regular
contests, defended the stability of his
plane and went ahead with his plans.
Kent, in a telegram to Secretary
Hoover based his opposition on the
contention that the attempt would be
suicide" but Smiths hackers retorted
that the trouble with Kent is that
he is upset because he finds he can't
get entire control of the Honolulu
flight into his own hands,
Plane Has New Motor.
Kent previously had issued state.
ment opposing, flights to Honolulu be-
fore the official opening of the San
Francisco Honolulu fight and the
mainland-Honolulu flight for which
James d. Dole of Honolulu. has off.
cred $35,000 in prizes. The Dole flight
contest is to start August T..
Smiths haci.arc Anthoox, Do
Edmund J. Moffett and r. E. Wood,
were particularly incensed at the
reference to 'second-ha md" plane
Smith and his navigator, C. H.
Carter, are going to hop off the min
ute their plane is ready. and neither
Kent nor anybody can stop them"
declared Parente. ''The motor in this
airplane is brand-new. Shipped from
the factory at Paterson, N. j., it cost
S5.400. We ripped out an almost new
motor to put it in because of its more
modern lubricating equipment.
THE plane itself, purchased from
the Pacific Air Transport, was in use
less than 60 days in service between
San Francisco and Los Angeles"
Will Carry Smoke Bombs.
Preparations for the Army's attempt
to fly to Hawaii went ahead at San
Diego. Lieut.. Lester j. Maitland and
Lieut.. Albert Hegenberger. who ex-
pect to attempt the hop between July
l and July Is, announced that they
would carry number of smoke
bombs to determine the drift of the
plane on its long trip over the Pacific.
The fact that slight deviation from
the mapped-out course may spell fail.
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to leave nothing undone that NAV
help them to steer straight to Hawaii.
The plane Is equipped with a wireless
sending and receiving set with a range
OF more than 1000 miles.
Lieut.. Maitland is laying stress on
his assertion that he is not making
the night for monetary gain. Money
means nothing to me-" he said. II
have spent several years in the Army
Air Corps and feel that l have reached
the age where if I am ever to achieve
an outstanding fight l must do it
soon."
Woman Wants to Fly.
Meanwhile. the citizens flight com.
mittee received an application from
another woman who wants to make
the flight. She is Miss Jessica Day
36, of Berkeley. Calf.
Miss Day called on Frank A. Flynn,
secretary for the flight committee, to
make her application in person.
i've always wanted to fly, and I've
always wanted to see the Hawaiian
Islands" said Miss Day. I'm not in
the least afraid"
Flynn told her he would see what
could be done about her offer to ac
company. any Honolulu flyer who
would take her along.