The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-08-05
NAVY PLANES
 KEEPING BUSY WITH MAPPING
Many Photographs Taken During Saturday and Sum-
 day of Large District

IIlt fAldSkd ACl 1cli h0QA fCy 1ICOuCll- ment, under the command of Lieut.. Commander A. w. Radford, have practically covered this entire dis trict. from Wrangell and the Sti- kine River, to the Taku and Whit ing Rivers and as far west as Sitka and the lower end of Bar anof Island, during the last few days. A great many films, both mapping and obliquc ss well as moving pictures have been taken by the expert photographers of the detachment during the l2st two days.
 On Saturday morning. Lieut.. Commander Radford, piloting Plane 1 No. 4, with Lieut.. c. r. Greber, navigator and Houser, photograph CT, first class, made a mapping flight up the Taku River as far as the international boundary, leav- 1 ing Juneau at 730 o'clock and returning at 11;30 a. m. In the afternoon, the same plane, with Lieut.. Greber piloting and Com mander Radford navigating, the photographer Houser, made map ping flight to the Speel River dis trict, obtaining some splendid pho tographs. They took of at l:10 o'clock and return to Juneau at 320 D. m.
 Shortly after five o'clock, Lieut.. Greber, piloting Plane No. ?, with Read. aviation chief mechanist mat, and Major R. Y. Stewart, of the Congressional Party, as passen- ger, made flight over the Speel River district to allow Major Stew art to look over the water power and timber in the district.
 Stikine River District
 Lieut.. R. F. Whitehead, Photo graphic Officer of the Detachment, piloted Plane No. 2, with Lieut.. L. P. Pawlikowski, n viz a tor and Moore, photographer first class, on a mapping flight Saturday morn ing. They flew up the Stikine River as far as the international bound- ary, later returning to Wrangell to change the film and gas the plane. Tn the afternoon Lieut.. Whitehead changed planes with Lieut.. E. F. Burkett, Executive Officer, who pi- lloted Plane No l with Haase, chief photographer, Cox, aviation chief mechanic mate, and Johnson, avia- tion mechanic mate first class to Wrangell in the morning to make arrangements for gassing the ether plane when it returned from the Stikine trip. Lieut.. Whitehead, ir Plane No. 1, made flight lasting from 12:10 o'clock until $40 in tht afternoon, over the Baranof Islanc district, taking oblique photographs He flew from Sitka south and ob- tained many beautiful photographs of the lakes discovered in the lower end Of Baranof Island when it wa! mapped by the naval photograph CTS
 : Lieut.. Burkett, piloting Plane No 2, continued the mapping work il the vicinity of the Stikine River which was begun by Lieut.. White head in the morning.
 Sunday Flights
 On Sunday morning, Lieut.. Com mander Radford, piloting Plane Nc l, with Haase, chief photographer and Musgrove, seaman first class made a mapping flight up tn Taku River and in the afternoon taking Philip s. Smith, Chief Alas kan Geologist with the U. s. Geo logical Survey, and Lieut.. Comman der A. c. Smith, surgeon of the De
 tachment, Commander Ra adfor,
 made a flight up the Whiting Riv
 e., north along the internations
 boundary across the head of Spec
 River, well up the Taku River an
 back to Juneau by the Devil
 Thorn and over Mt. Juneau
 Lieut. Burkett, piloting Plane NJ
 g. made two flights yesterday, on in the morning and one in tn
 afternoon, with Lieut.. Whitehead navigating, and Moore, photograph CT first class, taking mapping pho tcgraphs of the international bound ary between the Whiting River an Taku River.
 Lieut.. Pawlikowski, piloting Plar
 No. 4, with Lieut.. Greber, navigate !. and Houscr, photographer fir !, class, made two flights yesterda |, taking mapping photographs of tf :. district between Tracy Arm ar : Taku Inlet.
 Monday three planes are may
 ping in the Berners Bay distric
 one in the Chilkat River distri
 and another, taking oblique phot,
 graphs of the lower part of Tax IL Arm.
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