The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-08-09
2 GERMAN
PLANES TO
TAKE 4IR
Europa and Bremen Are
Croomed for Flight
to United States

DESSAU, Germany, Aug. g
The Junker planes Europa and
Bremen, which are being groom
ed for the transatlantic flight,
have taken brief trial for the
purpose of measuring the fuel
consumption.
The planes Will not take off
| before Saturday.
This most difficult fiight-more
difficult even than the Chamber
lin fight because of the adverse
wind conditions which have to
/ be battled by a longer stay IN
! the air and the consequent use OF
more gasoline-will be partiei-
pated in by two of the speciality
built Junker planes. the Europa
and the Bremen.
The fight Is being backed by
the newspapers of William RAN
dolph Hearst, the American pub
Usher, the North German Lloyd
Steamship Company and by the
Darmstaedter and National Bank.
Correspondent t. FLY
In his desire to aid in the de-
velopment of trans-oceanic avia-
tion as well as aid In the seeur-
ing of better understanding be-
tween nations, Mr.. Hearst has
offered a total of $4,000 toward
making possible the flight. Of
this amount $4,000 is being paid
outright for the privilege of send
ing a correspondent along in one
of the planes as the first corres-
pondent passenger in a trans-At-
lantic flight.
The passenger in the Euorpa
will be Hubert r. Knickerbocker
one of the correspondents of Uni
yersal Service in Germany. o. d.
Tolissehus, who. because of his
priority of service in the Berlin
bureau, claimed right to being al
lowed to be the first newspaper
correspondent on a transatlantic
fight, lost out only because of
the fact that he weighs thirty
pounds more than Knickerbocker.
The Junkers people felt that the
difference in weight and the con-
sequent ability to take on more
gasoline by carrying Knicker-
booker, was more important than
any other consideration.
Prizes Offered
A second $4,000 is being Of
fered as a prize for the first air
plane which reaches the Amer
lean continent from continental
Europe. The remaining $4,000
is offered as a prize for the sec
ond airplane to reach the Amer
ican continent from continental
Europe.
The personnel of this first at
tempt at dual flight across the
Atlantic and the first attempt to
fly to America from continental
Europe since the ill-fated Nun
gesser-Coli fight, will be as fol-
| lows:
The Europa Johann
Ristics; navigator, Cornelius Ed
wards, and passenger, Hubert r.
Knickerbocker.
| The "Bremen"-August Loose,
captain: Herman Koehl. obsery-
er-pilot. and Baron Behrenfries
Gunther Won Huenfeldt, passen-
ger.
800 H. P. Motors
| The monoplanes each carry 800
horsepower engines, specially
| built, their details carefully
guarded secret. Each is capable
OF taking up approximately two
tons of gasoline and. from the
trial flights. 1t Is calculated that
this supply will be more than
sufficient to meet the Chamber
lin-Acosta record of fifty-one
hours continuous flight In the
air.
To aid in taking off at the
field at Dessau, the Junkers peo-
pie have built a 750-yard con-
crete runway.
| Plans have been perfected for
the uncoupling OF the take-off
wheels Immediately after the
start to tighten the planes.
The fight will be officially reg
istered by the German air coun-
ell, and all matters of time,
weights and content of plane will