Evening star., 1931-06-27
Reach B!agoveschensk, in ST.
IBERIA, After Flight From
lrkutSh-Non- Stop Hop to
Nome Tomorrow.
MOTOR RUNS PERFECTLY
MORE THAN $500 MILES
Pair Will Halt at KhabarovSk to
Pick Up Weather Reports-Are
Spending Night of Rest Before
Lcng Flight to Alaska-Feel
Fine, They Say.

BY the Associated Press
SHANGHAI, June 27.-Wiley Post
and Harold Gatty, American around-S
the-world flyers, arrived at Blago-
veshchensk, Siberia, at pm. to-
night 6 a. m. Eastern standard time).
The flyers landed in a mudhole,
but were not harmed. They had
come from Irkutsk, $50 miles away.
They plan to leave for Khabarovsk,
eastern Siberia, at am tomorrow
q pm. Eastern standard time Satur-
day..
1RKUTSK. Siberia, June 81 (P).-Re-
suming their dash around the world,
Wiley Post and Harold Gatty hoped off
here at ll0 pm. Irkutsk time (2:10 am.
Eastern Standard time) for Blagove-
Schensk, Siberia, $50 miles eastward.
They were % hours ahead of schedule
on leaving here.
They hoped to reach Blagoveschensk
at o'clock tonight and rest there un-
til dawn tomorrow. Then they planned
to speed to Khabarovsk to pick up me-
teorological information from Japan.
Conditions permitting, they planned to
hop tomorrow morning from Khaba-
rovsk for a nonstop flight to Nome,
Alaska.
They were far ahead of their pell-
nell schedule and we'll past the half
way point in their 15,000-mile dash
around the world.
1,O5O-MiIe Hop.
They landed here at 11:55 am. to-
day Ql:55 pm. Friday, Eastern stand
ard time) from Noyo Sibirsk, complet-
ing the 1850 miles in 6 hours and 10
minutes.
Originally they had planned to go on
to Khabarovsk, 100 miles east of here
without stop, but decided to make the
shorter flight in order to pick up
weather reports They expected to
reach Blagoveschensk at o'clock to-
night and rest thsre until dawn tomor-
row, then proceeding to Khabarovsk.
Their flight from KhabarovSk will
take them across the remaining stretch
of Siberia, the Gulf of Tartary. the Sea
of OkhotSk, the Kamchatka Peninsula
and the Bering Sea to Nome distance
OF 200 miles.
The Winnie Mae roared into Irkutsk
with her motor working perfectly and
landed alongside the TransSiberian Rail-
way tracks after circlipg the city.
Despite the terrific physical strain,
the flyers jumped out briskly and as
serted they were in perfect condition.
They received a hearty welcome from
Russian officials and a handful of for
eigners.
Had Eight Hours Sleep.
Post and Gatty said they had had
but eight hours sleep since starting
their world flight in New York. They
insisted they we're feeling fine. however.
Some of the widest country in the
world lay beneatn the racing plane.
They crossed Lake Baikal, Immediately
east of here. and planned to follow
the Transsiberian Railway through the
transbaikal country and the Yablonoi
Mountains to Chita, 400 miles east Of
here.
At Chita they had to part with their
last manmade guide, the railway which
runs SoutheaStward from Clnta, where
as their course was straight into the
east. Between Chita and Khabarovsk
the desolate peaks of a half dozen
smaller mountain ranges pointed up at
them.
This course took them across the
frontier of Manchuria and through the
forbidding northern section of that
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