Evening star., 1927-12-29

two countries and greater knowl.
edge Of each others point OF view.
An air route To Mexico should not
present any unusual d!fficulties. The
most difficult part Of the flight by the
course | travelled is that between Tam
pico and Mexico City. and at present
tha, route ~ flown frequently by com
mercjai planes.
The flight OF the three. motored Ford
plane WAS accomplished easily over
the mountains. and even a small two.
scatter commercial plane recently made
the flight. The mountains are no
worse than thuSe over which the mail
flyers travel every day in the United
States.
Beyond Mexico City. however. con
ditions are entirely different and under
no consideration should the rest Of
uy flight south be regarded as per.
fectly safe | do not want " convey
the Impression that | am undertaking
a dangerous enterprise. do not re.
gard il as such. but flying single
mbtored plane over mountains and
fungics cannot be regarded as safe
flying.
And a possible mishap should not
he looked upon as having bearing on
the safety OF commercial aviation over
established air routes. such as exist
In the United States ! want 10 EN-
phasize this strongly. because ] thor.
oughly realize that - mishap might
be looked upon "a II blow tn CONNER.
stni nying II should not he
Trip Contains Hazards.
The remainder of this trip contains
a., ~. a
route in the world. although there
have been many successful flights
made which we're perhaps more has
arious. like that of rinedo over
South America. for iaStnnce, | have
been an exponent of safe commercial
tiyins ever since the Parts flight. and
the tour around the United States was
tn point ont the safety nf present, day
aviation and the possibility Of flying
un srhednle.
4 hight over Central and South
America however, will I've similar IN
niany WAYS tu sn expedition into un-
known territory, and in M way com'
parable tn commercial flying IN the
Omitted states
After arriving AZ Panama, which
originally marked the southern end ot
this trip, | viii probably return IL
y
Colombia, Venezuela and the Antilles.
with IL possible stop at Trinidad
The ieciaion Ia return this way was
caused by the tact that the alterna.
live route would necossitate a return
hight over the territory already tray.
efaed and a water jump from Nucatan
Ia tuha. By dying oser Colombia and
VsneHueia II viii he possible to cir,
Gle the edge ut the Caribbean by Jump
Ing over the Antilles with a possible
landing place on any az The many
islands which form this group
Water Jumps FASTER,
The iungest walter Jump will he
shorter than that from Nucatan to
| cuba and. with the exception at one
abort period. there viii always he All
! iaiund In slant In which II Wnuld he
| possible tu glide And also, this route
| offers new aud interesting way ot
approaehing cuba and viii enable nv
| to stop AT Porto Rico, Santo Domingo
aud iiaitl before reaching Havana II
Il seents advisable
NV motor and piane are In perfect
condition, thanks tu the great asAist
anre ! received from NAL Harvey Il
ifurweli hnd the ottirels ant mevhau.
ics at natllns Field before leaving
Washington And ! cannot SAY loo
much for the skltiitl care with which
my plane has heen handled here
| wish that IL we've pnssihle for ue
10 answer the many letters | have
received sinVa arriving Ia MeNtCa hut
II has haen uhvtousls impossihle, much
| miaht W,al, "a dn So
ua,Fisht tn"4 IN ths tln,iUa States tan
s'is, MeAg,. ouha rsnivst aw, south
America htltnpe aad th@ hrstst, than,lu
tNnN sa ,hn kaN kMa lialss "a All
isbAts tes@seusl