The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-11-01

cOnspired to make poor visibility
general from the Rocky Noun
tains eastward to the Atlantic,
the L. S. weather bureau re-
ported.
Officials of the Dearborn airport
here, strongly advising the filters
against taking off this morning,
pointed out that "blind flying"
through fog, despite the recent great
advances in aeronautics, remains
unmastered and is the chief peril of
aviation. They pointed out that tde
Land of the Soviets, on The route T,
New York, would have to pass over
the Allegheny Mountains, known as
the graveyard of aircraft" feat
sufficiently fraught with danger in
the clearest weather, and foolhardy
when attempted during a fog,
| Semyon Shestakov, Philip Bolotov,
Boris Sterlingov and Dmitry Fufaev,
who have brought the Soviet ship
safely across three continents thru
gales, hail, snow and rain, were visi-
bly, downcast by the enforced delay.
They expressed their determination
to take off tomorrow morning, pro-
vided atmospheric conditions have
at all changed in their favor.
From the time that plans for the
present air journey were first
mapped out, Osoaviakhim, the popu-
lar U. S. S, R. aviation society whose
3,500,000 members subscribed funds
to build the Land of the Soviets, has
taken every precaution to insure the
safety of the crew. In striking con-
trast to the tacit encouragement of
hazardous stunt flying Ii the capi-
talist powers, the SoVie5 Dirdmen are
under orders not to risk blind fly
ing" when avoidable.
The concern shown for the well
fare of the workers and peasants in
the Soviet Republic is well illus
trated by the fact that while the
total length of Soviet airways has
now increased to 1S,461 kilometers,
not single accident has been re-
ported on any of the lines operating
there.
! Nevertheless, on the run across
Bering Strait from Siberia to the
Aleutian Islands, and all the way
down the west coast to Seattle, the
fliers were forced to battle through
fog as well as stormy weather.
Philip Bolotov, second pilot, has had
a vast amount of experience in sea
and night flying and handled the
controls on the dangerous hop over
the North Pacific and the mountain
Gus Aleutians, which are perpetually
banked in fog.
! Frank Ambrose, manager of the
Curtiss landing field at Valley
Stream, l.. l., yesterday told the
Daily Worker that for the last two
days the fog lowering over the
Great Lakes region has prevented
any planes from leaving the Cur.
tiss Airport at Dearborn, Mich. Not
even mail plapes have been permit.
ted.to take off, the governmns hav-
in gissud warnings against flying
until the heavy fog lifts.
The Friends of the Soviet Union,
in charge OF the mass receptions
to be given the U. S. S. r. aviators
at the field here and ir the Polo
Grounds on Nov. 3, yesterday an.
rounced the receipt of advices from
Detroit stating that the Land Of the
Soviets would depart for New York
this morning, weather allowing.
Two special trains will be held
in readiness at the Pennsylvania
station again this morning for
carrying the reception committee Of
i,4OO representing nearly 200 work.
ers organization an d language
groups, to the Valley Stream field
in case the fliers start today. The
train tickets bought Wednesday are
still good, but workers holding them
are urged to call Algonquin $3.50.
| s04S or PAS after $50 to learn
whether the fliers are coming and
at what time the trains leave.
The plane is xpected to take off
at eDtroit before a. M. and az
its average speed is 100 miles an
hour, it will arrive here about neon.