The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-09-09
ANXIETY OVER
WORLD FLYERS
is RELIEVED
Schlee and Brock Unheard
From For 33 Hours in Their
l,OOO-milc Flight
AviatOrs Will Soon BE Ready
to Start Return Trip
Across Pacific

HongkonE. Sept 0.-NJ-The round
the world airpianc Pride Of Detroit
today made a,succcssful flight from
hanol, French lndo- China, to Hong
Kong, arriving here at $50 this att
ernoon, Aviator Edward F. Schlee and
william =. Brock skipped their pro-
Jccted call at Bangkok, Siam.
The arrival Of the airplane was
awaited for more than three hours
by Harold Shanz. the American con
SUI. one Of the vice consuls, officials
OF the British royal air force and
representatives of the Asiatic Pc
trolcum company connected with ar
rangemcnts for rcfueling the plane.
The weather was hazy and a ground
wind was blowing with a force OF 20
miles an hour.
Makes Graceful Descent
The Pride of Detroit flew across
the harbor northward and moso
gracefully descended TO the ground
where number of British airmcn
volunteered to assist in moorinC the
plane. Aviator Schlec first stepped
from the cockpit and was greeted by
Squadron Leader MACPHERSON, of the
Royal Air force, and Consul Sham
The world flyers stated that they
had passed over Bangkok. but did not
stop.
When invited by Squadron
Leader MACPHERSON to have refresh
mcnts ut air force Headquarters, the
flyers replied:
"Thc first thing we will do is to
attend to looking after our motor"
LATEST FLIGHT TOOK
FLYERS ACROSS JUNGLE
New York. Sept. g. (R Excite
ment over the globe -circling mono
plane Pride of Detroit was relieved
today with word that the craft had
reached Hanoi, French Indo- China,
from RangoOn, Burma, and had later
landed safely at Honkong.
For 33 hours, from the time the
plane took off witt, Edward r. Schlee
and William S. Brock from Rangoon
until it reached Hanoi. no word had
been received from the plane in its
1000 mile flight over the iungles of
Burma and French Indo China and
through the trcacherous monsoons
area Of the far east
The globe girdlers left Rangoon at
6:5O Thursday morning tabout y.
M, Wednesday, r.. S. IT, for either
s'UshN NUM- t'iAits IJiicS from Asifl~
goon, or Hanoi, 900 miles from
Rangoon. They were due over Bang
kok at II Il. m. labout 1910 y. M.
Wednesday, u. $. t., and with the
passing Of a day and i. part of
night that brought no word from
them. the fears for their safety
arose.
Another Danger Point Reached
Barely had the word Of the arrival
at Hanoi reached this country than
dispatches told of their arrival at
Hongkong, 600 miles from Hanoi.
Flying over thousand miles of
the far east junglcs. infested by
tigers, leopards and other wild beasts.
the flyers reached another great
dangerous point in their journey,
flight over the Pacific toward their
homeland.
From Hongkong the airnen had
only 150-mle jump to Shanghai.
before starting to Tokyo, their first
lap on the cross seas flight. From
Tokyo they face Il 2,ls0 mile journey
to Sand Island Of the Midway Islands.
an isolated coral group almost in
md pacific between the North Ameri-
can continent and Asia After that they
must negotiate lao mile flight
to Honolulu and another Of 2,4OO
miles to San Francisco.