Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-27
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below me and was lost sight of, though
at times not more than 20 feet down.
We then lowered our refueling hose,
paying it out slowly until it struck the
wing of the Question Mark There it
was captured by one of the crew of the
Question Mark and fitted into the end
of a funnel. We are governed by our
feeding of the gasoline by a rope at
tached to the arm of one member of the
crew of the refueling plane which led
to one of the men of the crew of the
Question Mark. A long pull on this
rope meant to slow up, two pulls speed
UP and series of jerks that the refuel-
ing was over. Refueling over. the Cues
ton Mark glided of to the left and We
came to land. Nine contacts were
formed within a period of "a hours.
each lasting 8 minutes. That made 81
minutes of actual contact for a period
of "a hours. In those times it was
necessary for us only to remain true to
course and maintain the same speed as
the Question Mark. When an upward
current struck our ships we moved in
unison, not changing our positions. Oil
in 5-gallon containers and food We're
lowered by rope and dropped into the
cockpit of the Question Mark, where
they were seized by a member of the
crew."
Goebel's itinerary, as outlined at pres
ent, calls for West-East fight starting
from Wichita in August or September.
1t would carry him out over the Atlantic,
in all probability, via the Great Circle
route, followed by Lindbergh, with re-
fueling at the Irish coast or across the
Channel on an approach to Paris. From
Paris tentative route would carry him
n A1nnYSn in Cyrio Eoront1i and Col.
cutta in India; Hongkong in China;
Vladivostok, Petropaviovsk and KAN
chatka in Siberia Vancouver, Seattle.
Salt Lake City and Wichita. Refueling
planes would be stationed at these
several points on the globe and would
meet him and his crew with gas and oil
and food.
COEBEL has declared that such a
flight is, to his mind, entirely
| feasible since the performance of the
| Question Mark. Here over II, 900 miles
were flown in single fight, consider
| ably more than one-third of the dis
| lance around the world.
The Army flyers when they covered
the globe In 1924 accomplished the feat
, in slightly more than 435 hours flying
| time The total distance covered by
them was 27,553 miles.
, Two other features of Importance
vital importance-enteri into solo flight
around the world: the physical capacity
of human beings to make such a fight
| and the mechanical efficiency of motors
to service on such long strain. In the
case of the Question Mark it was motor.
+, trouble, the gradual attrition of ma
chinery in constant performance, that
compelled its finale. One hundred and
! fifty hours of continuous motor perform
ance at rs miles per hour is marvellous
achievement and one that American
engineers can well be proud Of. But
that time must be more than doubled
for a continuous flight around the world
and in addition other strains and
stresses must be the part of men and
machine engaged in globe-encircling
fight, weather conditions at times en-
tirely dissimilar to those to, be found IN
even temperatured California. To meet
these conditions, it Is the plan Of Col.