Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-05
Indy UNDECIDED
ON Time OF FLIGHT
Colonel Says Details as to
Date of Departure Yet
Undetermined.

BY the Associated Press. a.
NEW YORK, June 5.--Col. Charles A..
Linbergh told the Associated Press to-
day that he would have to give the
matter considerable study before he
decided on the exact time and route Of
his flight with Mrs. Llndbergh to the
Orient this Summer.
I'VE are planning to go and have APP
piled to the State Department for pass-
ports" he said. but can't say any
thing. as to just when, because I don't
know.
LAS to routes, there are several pos
sible ones. There are several questions
to be considered, including fuel supply
Before I 60 expect to pee my old
friend. DR.. James II. Kimball Of the
New York weather Bureau"
Want to See Orient.
The primary purpose OF the trip,
which will carry the Colonel and Mrs.
Lindbergh over the Pacific, is to see
the Orient, he said.
I'VE have been looking forward to
the visit for some time" he declared.
Plans for the return journey are still
uncofnpleted, he said. No information
as to whether 1t would be by air or
by steamship was available.
If a schedule for the flight is dr. wn
up, departures from it may be made
before the journey is over, he indicated.
Preparations for the flight are being
rushed. At the North Beach Airport,
Queens, mechanics are hitting the
colonel's Lockheed plane with pontuons
for use in the journey. Mrs. Lind
bergh Is getting more experience in the
air.
The Lindberghs flew from Hasbruck
Heights, N. j.. yesterday to Hicksville,
where they lunched at the Long Is
land Country Aviation Club.
Flew Back Alone.
Mrs. Lindbergh went up for a SOLD
flight soon after luncheon-she OBJ
tanned her pilots license last week
and later the couple few in two planes
to North Beach. where Col. Lindbe-gh
left in the Lockheed for the pontoons
to be attached.
Mrs. Lindbergh few back to Hicks
vile alone and Col. Lindbergh called
for her in his automobile. She was
still flying when he got there. They
then inotored to Senator Morrow's
home.
While details are unsettled, the Pa.
ciflc flight probably will be made from
the Alaskan Coast over the Aleutian
Islands, across the 600-mile stretch Of
ocean and over the tip of Kamchatka
and along the Kurile Islands to Japan.
This is the same route the Army
round-the- flyers took. Another
possibility is a more northern route.
which would only necessitate flying
over 56-mile stretch of water at
Boring Strait.
Will Relieve Each Other.
Mrs. Lindbergh, the former Ann
Morrow. would be at the controls with
her husband, relieving him OF the full
strain of such a flight The plane
they will use is the same one she
helped pilot in the 14-hour flight from
California to New York last year.
The colonel will have different prob
lens than on his Paris flight four
and other excellent conditions. On
the Pacific he may expect wind. fog
and storms. Flying to Paris he needed
no exact determination of his position.
If such determination Is necessary
ever the Pacific, he Is equipped for 1t,
having learned navigation, how to tell
by sun or stars where he is since
he became famous. Mrs. Lindbergh's
ability to pilot the plane will give the
colonel ample opportunity to make OBJ
servations. She, too, has studied nav
igstion.
Possibly the Lindberghs will greet
another flyer while over the Pacific.
Seiji Ycshihara. known in his own
land as the japanese Lindbergh,"
plans to fly to the United States along
the same route the colonel may take
Naturally wings would dip in salute II
they sighted each other.
HOP HELD SOUND UNDERTAKING.