Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-08-27
Round World Hop Is Started;
Redfeyn Believed Nearing Goal
Brazil Prepares
To Greet Flier;
AidMayBeS Sent

RIO JANEIRO. Aug. 27.-CP-
Brazil gazed anxiously at the skies
today in the expectation of seeing
Paul Redfern's plane.
Although last night passed with
out information of his whereabouts
being received, no great fear for the
safety of the American aviator was
expressed. 1t was pointed out that
all Of this forenoon may pass with
out information Of the flier because
it was considered improbable that
he would be seen before crossing
the Amazon river. Prior TO crossing
the river he would be flying above
jungles and afterwards over from
tier regions Of the east central
states, great parts Of which are
without telegraphic facilities.
MIAMI, Fla, Aug. 27.-(P)-Pre-
parstions were being made here to-
day by Edward Niramier, head pilot
Of the Biscayne fliers. leading COM
mercial aviation unit in these
waters, TO send three seaplanes %
the Bahamas and as far south as
Turks Island to search for the Port
of Brunswick. the monoplane pilot
ed by Paul Redfern which hoped
off Thursday from Brunswick, Ca,
for South America.
BRUNSWICK. Ca. Aug. 27.-R-
With the blackness of two moon
less nights behind him, Paul Red
fern today sped his giant monoplane
through its second successive dawn
and onward to the goal Of his soli-
tary flight to Brazil unless a whim
nature or mechanic has stopped him
short in tropic region out of touch
with an eagerly waiting world.
Only once in his journey have
even vague tidings been received
Of this newest Viking of the clouds.
Thursday night a vessel reported
him about 800 miles east of Nassau,
Bahamas, but this information re-
mains unconfirmed.
May Land At Noon
Scarcity Of news was not translat-
ed into alarm. however, for the
course that Redfern laid out carried
him over virtually trackless sees
and land. Continued silence will
not become potent Of danger until
the hour Of his planned arrival has
passed-early tonight if he flies to
Rio de Janeiro or near noon today
if low fuel supply or another cause
prompts him to swerve eastward to
Pernambuco, on the coast.
One further contingency would
land him at Para. northwest of PEI
nambuco, and almost 1900 miles li-
rectly north of Rio de Janeiro, the
major objective Of the daring pilot
who catapulted into space from
Glynn Isle, near here, at noon
Thursday. Para was his intended
landing place if adverse winds and
weather force too rapid corsump-
tion Of fuel, in the opinion of Paul
J. Warner, chairman Of the local
committee sponsoring the flight.
Lookout Maintained
Radio stations, ships and light
houses sprinkled on and near his
southeasterly route across the
equator are alert TO his voyage and
plan to flash to the world the first
news they have OF Redfern or his
plane. In Brunswick where ali
were made and from
where his stupendous attempt be-
gan. Redfern's young wife is anx-
iously waiting news, although she,
like the others particularly interest
ed in the aviator's progress, has kept
her confidence in his success, real
izing that his carefully mapped
course afforded no hour-by-hoar
check on his $500 mile journey
through the clouds.