Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-08

The fight to Hawaii by Lester j.
Maitland and Albert Hagenberger is
hailed as an important advance in
aviation, because of the accuracy in
navigation displayed. the reduction in
time between the Pacific coast and
the islands, the gain in the realm of
national defense and the mastery of
another ocean.
For human prowess alone" says
the Atlanta Journal, their deed would
hold a high place in history. Beyond
this it has scientific and practical
value of large moment, especially as
showing the possibilities of air navi-
CATION without aid of landmarks"
The Cleveland News AYERS that the
flight delights the Nation with its
additional proof of aviation's triumph
over the seas" and the Pasadena
Star-News declares that these airmen
have pushed back the frontier lines
of the air and have contributed to the
phenomenal and awesome process of
drawing the ends of the earth to-
gether by communication and trans
port incredibly swift"
"A few years hence long-distance
Journeys will become as commonplace
as the journey across the continent by
rail-" predicts the Altoona Mirror,
while the Nashville Banner states that
1.-The very ease and calmness with
which the flight to Hawaii was
achieved furnish the soundest reasons
vet afforded for confidence in the fu-
ture Of long-distance aviation as
practical factor in commerce" The
Milwaukee Journal remarks that "this
Is a Summer of testing our progress
in the air and registering new marks,
with the added comment that "our
planes are so much better, our flyers
are so much surer, that now we begin
to look for new fields and greater dis
tances to test their progress and tell
us how far we have come"
Future value of the progress made
impresses the Worcester Evening
Gazette. which declares: Ability to
rush squadrons of Army planes to
the islands through the air is some
thing earnestly to be desired by a
government which would have to de-
fend those islands in any conflict in
the Pacific" A similar position is
taken by the Canton Daily News,
which views the Hawaiian triumph"
as zone more evidence that the wars
of the future are likely to be won or
lost in the air." The New Orleans
Tribune also feels that what a single
plane did yesterday, squadrons can do
tomorrow"
The conclusion that sit is quite
likely that transoceanic aerial naviga-
ton will develop more rapidly on the
Pacific than on the Atlantic side of
the continent, because of more favor
able weather conditions" Is drawn by
the Santa Barbara Daily News, al
though, as Is pointed out by the
Toledo Blade. Maitland and Hegen-
berger have established new record
for the longest flight ever made over
water" The distinction of having
made "the first successful flight over
the broad eXpanse of the Pacific" is
added by the Salt Lake Deseret News.
The Little Rock Arkansas Democrat.
grouping recent achievements, sees "a
have been beyond the dreams even
OF the writer of Jack Read stories"
THUS modern YOUTH" according to
the Birmingham News, "can so over
the blue horizon without tremor.
without obvious consciousness of the
magnitude Of their emprises. They
are building bridges over oceans
hitherto unspanned an quietly and
unostentatiously as n they had been
doing It all their young lives. II they
have In mind the tragedy OF Nun
gesser and Coll. OF the failure OF
Comdr. Rodgers over the waters they
crossed successfully, remembrance of
their luckiess fates came during care.
full and deliberate preparation for the
journey an not IN midcareer. Mani