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where his plane, the City of Rockford,
was abandoned. If feasible, he plans
to refuel the abandoned plane and fly
1t into the nearest base on the return
flight.
Five-Day Trip.
The trip from Chicago to Berlin,
weather permitting. will be made in
five days. There will be no attempt to
break any speed records and there will
be no long water hazards nor endurance
jumps. In fact, the 4,750-mile route as
mapped for the flyers by the American
Geographical Society, includes only two
hops across the open sea, each less than
300 miles in distance.
Heading northeast from Chicago, the
Untin Bowler will follow lnie almost
as straight as that marked by string
stretched across a map between Chi
cago and Berlin. A stop will be made
In Milwaukee and then the big boat
Will spread its wings over the North
Circle. its radio flashing messages to
The Star and selected group of as
sociated newspapers as it speeds over
Canada, Greenland. Iceland and on to
Bergen, Copenhagen and Berlin.
If all goes well the air yacht will
then lay in q new stock of supplies and
hurry back to Chicago by way of war
saw, Stockholm, Bergen and the same
Far Northern route to complete the
first transatlantic round-trip fight in
history.
The fight is based upon airways
and not steamship routes It's aim
is to demonstrate that Chicago is
the natural and the best terminal
for a fight line to Europe and
that the Northern Circle, with land
most of the way, offers fewer hazards
than any other air lane.
Sponsoring U. s. Terminal.
1t expects to show the practicability
of terminal in the Industrial center
of the UnitedsStat from which planes
could be dispatched to and received
from Central Europe. Feeder lines al
ready radiate out of Chicago making
direct connections with Mexico and
Central America, and a f1ve-day hook
up for mail service between Central
America and Europe is poss. bile.
The plane will investigate the pos
Sibility of an eastern branch in
the FARGO Islands. from which London
and Paris could be served via Scotland.
but will make no attempt to fly the
route.
Some OF the outstanding advantages
of the Northern Circle, or overland
passage to Europe, as pointed out by
Cast and Cramer include:
The fact that the distance from Chi
cago to the mainland of Europe, be-
cause of the, spherical nature of the
earth'S surface, is less than 200 miles
further than the distance from New
York to the European mainland.
That while the north country is a
land of intense storms, they are not
local storms. but can be predicted al
most to the hour, and that long pc
riods of dependable weather may be
expected
For more than 600 miles in Green
land flyers can obtain tail winds blow
ing either east or west by merely
Changing their altitude. This is posi-
sible because Of the dome of ice over
Greenland. which causes air currents
to always flow outward toward the Gulf
stream. become warmed and flow back
at a different altitude.
Bases 500 Miles Apart.
That bases already have been estab-
lished every 300 miles along the route
and could be set up every 400 miles
along so per cent of the course The
cost of bases every 400 miles would be
less than the expense of establishing
one of the proposed floating islands in
the Atlantic.
That the longest hop on the northern
route can be made on six hours fuel,
while the other way 80 hours is the mini
mum. This gives the Great Circle a
pay-load possibility, feasible in the
| Summer under existing conditions, over
which a ship can fly and still keep
Henry Ci1ci, stratford, Conn. 1872