Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-05
HASSELL TO TRY
LONG FLIGHT AGAIN
Stop on Hudson Bay Picked
to Cut Fuel Load on
Way to Sweden.

Special to The Star and the New York Times.
ROCKFORD H.. August 4.~-When
the arplane Greater Rockford crashed
trying to climb over the hills Of the
Rock River Valley as Bert HasseH and
Parker Cramer took of week ago on
their projected flight to Stockholm, by
the way of Greenland, the hopes Of
Rockford momentarily crashed with It,
but that was not for long
Thcaters are holding benefit perform
ances and the whole city Is uniting to
celebrate the fact that the flight project
Is going on.
When, on the morning Of the take-ofT
Hassell and Cramer settled down on
little knoll on the heights above the
river. which had been hidden from them
| by mist the plane was damaged With
crushed wing, collapsed running gear
| and the tail wrapped around fence
| post 1t appeared to be complete wreck
But mechanics declared the plane
| could be repaired IT was taken to the
| Stinson factory at Northfield, Mich,
where 1t was announced that repairs
| would be completed next Thursday. and
| the plane, as good as new would re-
| turn to Rockford. This heartened every
one In the city, and the subscription
| campaign by which the original S2s 900
| To france the fight was raised was re-
! vived
In the meantime the fight COM
nIttee had been busy working out plans
| by which the chances for success in
the next venture would be increased
! II was determined that II a ston could
he made in the Hudson Bay region
for refueing the question of heavy
!! fuel load would be met as well as the
| problem of longer hours of darkness
due to the lateness Of the season in
the far north
The search turned attention toward
| Cochrane, Ontario. on Hudson Bay.
| where 1t was discovered that there was
| enough level cleared land to make A.
| temporary runway. Cramer, navigator
! OF the flight, Is to supervise construc-
| ton OF temporary runway there.
! The selection of Cochrane draws at
| tention to its position as an air Juno
i ton. tt is logical stopping place for
| planes on the route to Stockholm and
! 1t also Is the first stop on the proposed
! New York-to-China route on which
! ViIhiamer Stefansson has announced
| he Is working.
| HasSell and Cramer believe that the
| stop in C0chrane draws even more at
tention to the fact that the route which
they are exploiting Is the logical way
~ hE w mere are now three
scheduled stops on the routc~-Cochrane
Mount Evans In Greenland. and Rev
javik, Tceland-thus reducing the long
, est jump to one which does not call
for any excessive fuel load They point
out that with the introduction of two
| more stops the route than would
| be ready for practical use Stons sue-
gested would be at Cape Chidley and
at the Farce Islands.
When HasselI and Cramer took of
week ago Thursday they carried 4nG
gallons of gasoline. The heaviest load
which they will carry on their second
attempt viii be but ais gallons. This
weight IL not sufficient To raise anv
great problem Of gaining altitude and
the pilots will be able to make faster
time
Their hazards, however. are not all
removed, For great distance thew
viii fly over an uninhabted country
where forests and rock formations of
fer no chance for an emergency land
/ ing They have the problem of cross
Ing the Davis Straits with It's frequent
fcgs and climbing over the barren Ice
cap of Greenland which rises 10000
feet above sea level
The sea passage from Iceland To tt1e
mainland of Eurone although broken
| by the Farce Islands. calls for navi-
cation to nicely,
fcopyright, 1921