The Washington times., 1929-07-09
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weather Bureau that at 5000 feet
~A-at which height the pair planned
to dy--it would be almost impos'
sible for q ship to sight them.
~ ships ON Lockout
1t Is highly probable, however,
that the plane win be sightsd
when Il touches the coast line OF
Europe.
International News Service cables
from Horta, Azores and European
coast cities Indicated that % pass
enger and freight ships were NOV.
ang along the southerly course,
(which the fIiers intended to follow.
YAncey ana williams, according
70 Or. Kimbal1, were sing1larly
winds for the first 1000 miles Of
their flight. These winds should
have increased the Pathfinder's
normal cruising speed OF 100 miles
by 10 to Is miles.
Travelling at . continuous pace Of
from 100 to 12s miles per hour, the
plane should touch the European
coast line at approximately 5 p. M.
today, New York daylight savings
time.
Weather conditions all along the
course are virtually ideal. DR.. Kim.
ball told international News Service.
Weati1er Very Good
'Williams ana Yancey should ex-
ferience favorable winds all the way
to the coast Of Europe, i" the weather
forecaster said. "Tl1e sky is clear
and calm from Newfoundland to
the Azores ana from the Azores to
the Spanish coast.
II have not as yet received com.
plete reports on conditions over
western Europe, but have every
reason to believe that they viii Be
highly propitious. There u posi-.
lively no cause for alarm in the
failure OF the fliers to be sighted.
If the Pathfinder fails to reach
Europe, Il IL probable that the fate
of Williams and Yancey win never
be known.
Their piane--a land plane carries
no emergency equipment Whatsos
ever, and, il forced down at sea, Is
almost certain to disappear beneath
the waves Immediately.
Approaches Spain
The plane in which Major Franco
and the Spanish fliers were forced
down on their flight to New York
was equipped with pontocns which
made It possible, for the plane to
remain aflOAt Indefinitely.
williams and Yancey's only hope
Df survival in event Of accident
would be the presence Of q ship
near at hand.
Thus far Yancey and williams
apparently have followed approxis
lEiaatelv the course Of the French
transatlantic plane, the Yellow Bird,
on its recent successful crossing. Tf
Ale Pathfinder Is favored with luck
a1sd ii able to remain in flight, it
nhoule be OFF the coast of spain this
Mfternoon.
2 Ths plane then would cross over
tAortnern Spain or southern France
and thence, skirtink the coast Of
the Mediterranean, to one Of four
Aiying fields on the outskirts Ok
Rome. Prior to hopping of, Yancey
sa1anounced they expected to be In
R0rne BY . O'Clock, Eastern day
light saving time, tomorrow morn
Ing.
May Set Records
d The total distance of the proposed
flight ID 4,700 miles, the greatest
distance any fliers have attempted
to span without stop. If Williams
and Taneey succeed In their at.
tempt, they will thus establish sew
eral records: Distance, endurance
without refheling ana that Of blaz.
Ing the first aerial trail between
American and the Eternal City.
Williams and Yancey, hoWever,
are determined to reach Rome 1T ali
costs. In All the twe1Ity.odd months
they have been preparing Tor this
flight, only TO meet with setbacits
and near disaster at each tale.off,
they have held out the eternal city
as their objective.
Il the flight ends successfully.
the airnhen win probably tell d tale
OF blind flying" virtually all the