Evening star., 1928-06-06
AUSTRALIA FLYERS
TO RESUME FLIGHT
At SUVA TONIGHT
NaseIai Beach Chosen for
RunWay-Hop to Be Made
at11 Pm. Capital Time.
AMERICANS TO CONTINUE
ON TRIP TO BRISBANE
Ulm Praises U. S. Aides for Bring
ing Big Craft Through TrOpi,
cal Storm.
Rv a,e Associated Press

Rv tAe Associated Press.
sUyA Fiji Islands, June 6-~Ah'
Southern Cross will hop of at pm
tomorrow from the beach at Naselal' *
miles from here. on its l.75o-miie fllsil'
n Brisbane. Australia, Flight Cofhoi
charles Kingsford-Smith announced
late tonight s...s,,
rnis would be : O'Clock Wednesda!
night Pacific Coast time
75;s announcement was made after :
A.,.r,,e- for the four flyers who orousIi.
tte 1,Iane here from Oakland. Salit., q,
S.3,,eh Charles Tim. co-pllot, gave
,N:..iS acco,,rt of their fight with sIoEnis
~, - t1,s fsieI1t from the Hawaiian 1siahos
10 Suva.
Has Three Mile Stretch.
~.s southern Gross. loaded with
,A1,,t a0n Gallons of gasoline ano on
81 ,~ar,,ire a straight level run OF con-
r,Sarahla length. much greater tilaI
..e 45O-vard stretch on Whlch ellsS
landed in Albert Park TUESDAY iNAo''-
Sav pacific Coast date.
stretch of land three mics ioils
described by KingsfoTd-S smith as a e41aa
n the best runway N the WoLtu, * =, -
70 get the Southern Cross IN li'e ~AA 40
continuation Of its long nlg41S: H. ,,.;,,
80 - T.qn NJ, tomorrow tll:30 IN
1Tas-,sS5sv. Pacific coast tiIne) for Ma
seiei carving 500 gallons Of petrol ano
a suuply Of IubricatIng Gil
Americans to Continue Trip.
Harry w. LYON, who navigated the
y,le,se iron, Oakland 10 Hawaii tnence
= Sf,va and James Warner. radlo1nall:
a~a n accompany Kingsford-SmlIn ano
TTvv,, IN brisbane at least. Tnls an
r0,ncemsnt quieted rumors tnat the
tz,n Americans were 70 be cropped aioii
the expedition In Suva- e.
THE two pilots are not expected 70
have snv trouble hitting Australia IN
1pSx they encounter tropical storms.
Their problem viii be merely 70 say
in the air Until they strike tIe p1oao l
front Of their homeland. ms poili'
of contact should be at Brisbane: 80
Frogn Brisbane they are 70 ny ooo o
miles southward, either alons tae cossss -
or over mountain ranges 70 Sydney, the
s,,ss1, y11rs 81 tl1esr 7.e0a-nile course
arrrygx ne Pacific Ocean from Oakland.
Tylr3 described phase OF the night
that was fraught with many perils. :.
Il am telling you on behalf Of myseli
Ard 4snsthv' that we would have Deen
yerv cold meat but for the AID OF out
two American friends, Harry Lyon, nav
izatax. and James Warner, radio opeF-
Imagine the roar Of the planes 66o-
F,o-xeqlower motors. the planes sf1ai
csbfn deafened with the roar Of the
motors. trying TO send and receive raale
messages 100 per cent efnclent' 4'o'o u
5000 miles away
Praises Warmers Skill
@Y,n, warner possessed no mean skill
ard was fun of courage IN getting back
70 the old sea dog again tWarner WaA
= fcsgwer steamship radio OPERATOR.
Night before last in the middle OF
afe Pacific the fates we're not WITH US
we struck bad weather. Our lo1
was intricate. The direction was iaken
from the hands Of the navigator. Ifie
wild fying vas getting 70 the stage
where oue might iust go mad. SmIIr
Yas doing skiilful flying. dodging storm
clo4dg turning right angles when dylnt
100 miles an hour.
The navigator's skill. resource anc
sysstiatfve weTe shown wnen, after al
these Quick movements throughout th'
yljgsgg lkzt re could pot out our posi-
tion and when we came out Of the mess
70 say Here. boys, here's where yos
are
That We came Through was not iuck
Get the night men and equipment, 90
ordinate them and you VIII 81
through"
I,auded by Legislative Council
The flyers have received no end 9
r,rsfse from the native and Europes
Tessdenss G: L. Ftfi Islands since IN
plane landed lleEe. The legislative coli
al ~ the Fiji British colony accepted
formal resolution congratulating Cap
Yingeford Smith and his companion
On tnesr Eafe arrival!
Coz. Eutson Yoicing an expression
su1reciatloa. said that the British en-
me vas proud Of the performance
tbe gogtacr1 Cross and is crew.
pger the native FlJians came tort
with klonoss for the flyers. During Da
s3ver 10 the GFznc Pacific Hotel, n
Nan cniefs staged tle impressive tl0alo'
taIos4 ceremony IN which they pre-
sen1ed " the alTnen the coveted IaDu
whales teeth To receive 8ucn gu
is rsae highest honor Flsian Chief "a
besto1.
ia checking their plane for the Brp
bzne hop. lhe aglztorG found that u
foutnegn Cross arrived here with on
50 gallons of gasoline remaining IN J
tank II Was estimated this supply woul
have Kept tie ship 10 the air only aDol
sn Ikygf The tanks contained abCU
40 gallons ~ the start of the 5,l5S
pa1le fight from Kauai Hawaii