Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-23
.DO-X ENDS VOYAGE
|. TO UNITED STATES
Giant Flying Boat That Left
Germany November 5
Lands at Miami.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MIAMI, Fla, August 22.-The Ger
man flying boat DO-x, largest airplane
in the world. landed on the placid
waters OF Biscayne Bay today to COM
plete Its leisurely voyage from Germany
to the United States, begun last Mo-
vember S.
The big ship took OF from Antilla.
Cuba. early this morning and was first
sighted over Miami at 1925 am. fE.
s. To. After circling the city several
times 1t landed a few minutes later.
Arriving ahead Of SCHEDULE, the Do-x
caught the Miami Welcoming Commit
tee. newspaper men and photographers
unprepared and as the plane settled In
the water numerous seagoing craft put
on TO greet the ships crew and pas
sengerS.
II was several hours later, however.
before the officers, mechanics and pas
sengerS were brought ashore,
Leisurely Expedition.
Clarence Schildhauer Of PHILADELPHIA.
American co-pilot of the craft de-.
scribed the fight from South America
as "leisurely expedition, from which
many technical advantages had been
brought to aviation"
Explaining the delay Of almost 10
months in the ships progress from
Germany to Brazil and thence to North
america, Schildhauer said IL u,as mot
the purpose Of the crew to make q dash
against time.
The feasibility Of transocean air.
nners. capable OF carrying many pas
sengerS quickly across the ocean = I1n
said, is the test of this exuedition >,
The flight of the DO-x from Ger.
many 70 America has been spotted with
mlsnaps. After she left GERMANY one
wing was destroyed by fire in PortusaI
Motor trouble caused additional delav
In the Canary Islands. After CROSSING
the South Atlantic and reaching Brazil
!asC June engine trouble again kept
the ship out of the air.
Repairs were completed several days
ago. however. and the journey north
ward was resumed The ship reached
Anttla, Cuba, last night.
Schtdhauer said the DO-x would
remain here until Tuesday "at least "
From here it will proceed to Charles
ION, >. C.; Norfolk, Va, and New York.
put dates OF arrival at these cities are
indefinite.
Passengers and Crew,
Aboard the DO-X were II members
OF the crew and 10 passengers.
The passengers were Mrs. Clara
Adams OF Pennsylvania, a newspaper
woman, who also made a trip around
the world on the Graf Zeppelin: Dorit
Won Clausbruch Of Germany, George N.
Grouse, q Brazilian commission rner.
chant; Lourival N. de Ameioa. Brazilian
newspaper man; Robert Gait Asphalt.
also Brazilian journalist Hans vii
kens, German business man: Theron
Griffin. Pan-American Always mech
an1cian from here; Arthur Makarevicz.
australian newspaper man, and Carlos
Galvani and daughter, Margarda Gal
vanl. Who boarded the ship in Cuba.
Members Of the crew were listed as
Paul Berner, head Of the expedition. en-
g1neer and representative of the Dor
nier Co.; Fritz Hammer, captain: Maui
rice Dornier Of the Dornier works:
Cramer v. Clausbuch and Schiidhailer.
pilots: Horst MerZ OF the national
ministry OF transportation in Germany:
Wilhelm Niemann, navigation and mali
ofncer; Otto Kiel engineer on board.
Harvey Brewton, engineer for the Cur
tiss Motor Co.; Ernst Brombefs. Adolf
Marquardt. Emil Fischer Heinrich Jae-
ger, Joseph Dabernig, Fred Schmidt.
mechanics, and a steward
Her officers indicated today the plane
would ny back across the Atlantic after
visiting New York. The route would
be by way of Newfoundland, the Azores.
Spain and England