The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-03
Robbins and Jones
 Over Siberia
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time. In weather that was favor able, the great tri-motored re- fueling ship took off soon after the drone of the Fort Worth's single motor was headr overhead. While the two ships roared for an hour and five minutes over Fairbanks, with the big refueler lowering always above the Tokio bound plane, the small crowd of watchers saw Jones, the navigator, stand half out of the cockpit. As the planes circled slowly about, a perfect refueling contact | was made and after exchanges of messages. the two ships headed off into the west, toward the town of Unalakleet of on North Sound, 400 | miles away.
 The original plan had been for the plane to be refueled here, then fly to Nome, accompanied by the refueler, take on another load of gasoline there, and then drone out over the sea. Once across the sea, the flyers faced a southward route which was laid out down the coast line of Asia to Tokio, where a newspaper has offered $25,000 for the first nonstop flight from the United States to Japan.
 While the planes circled here, reports came that storms were brewing over Nome and that the section of the northland country was blanketed by heavy fog.
 Determined to go on, this time to complete their flight the flyers decided to turn from their original course.
 There was a possibility expressed that upon reaching Unalakleet they might decide to continue on 150 miles to St Lawrence Island and make their refueling contact there, just that much nearer to their destination.
 Both Jones and Robbins were confident when they left Seattle. Since their first trip ended in fail ure, they had changed their plans somewhat, choosing what they be- lieved was a better route and their plane had been equipped with new 425 horsepower Wasp motor which gave them @ cruising speed of 138 miles an hour. They be- lieved this would cut their time from 55 hours, as originally plan ned, to about 45 hours.
 The route Jones and Robbins planned to follow across the sea to Siberia was different from that followed by Post and Gatty and the army round-the-world flyers who landed here several years ago. Post and Gatty flew to the north, the army flyers to the south. Rob- bins believed the middle-course would prove the best of the three.
 BOARDMAN AND POLANDO
 Istanbul, Turkey, Aug 3.-(UP) Iando, American transatlantic fy- a flight to Tokio.
 "Our plans are indefinite" Boardman told the United Press delightful time here, I can't say yet where we will go from here. It all depends"
 tance flight record when they flew here from New York without stop last week, were guests over the weekend on Mustapha Renal Pasha's yacht.
 The president received them in a special audience Saturday at the newly developed Turkish Spa at Yalova, where they were accom- panied by Joseph Grew, the United States ambassador. Premier Ismet Pasha and Foreign Minister Rushdi Bey also attended.
 T am proud to see and talk with idealistic, courageous young men like you," Renal said. Your ex- ploit is an unprecedented victory for flying technique, courage and endurance. 1t transfers two differ ent nations into one family.
 Your flight will greatly encour- age Turkish aviators. You have united the hearts of Americans and Turks by linking great country of the new world with turkey, junction of the countries of the old"
 Boardman and Polando were guests at dinner in their honor given by the municipality of Istan- bul last night. Boardman in his first speech since the flight said they had chosen Istanbul because Turkey always has captured my imagination"
 q wanted to see your country" the flyer said, land to see the stirring changes which are occur ring here. Also, Istanbul is geo. graphically situated on one of the natural routes on flight from New York, either for long distance record or a. world flight.
 "As aviation develops Istanbul will undoubtedly be one of the air terminals of the world
 WOMAN GOING TO ROME
 Old Orchard, Me, Aug 5.-(UP) Mfrs Gertrude Loffredo, Buffalo. N. Y., aviatrix who plans a trans- atlantic flight to Rome. may start from Old Orchard Beach instead of from New York.
 The Bellanca monoplane Liberty. which Hellig and Hoiriis flew from New York to Germany. has been purchased by the Buffalo woman. and was reassembled at Scarboro airport last week.
 Following . test flight. Mrs Lof- fredo intends to fly the Liberty to Paterson, N. J., for overhauling and inspection, then take 1t to Buffalo and back here for the take off.
 Mrs Loffredo's tentative decision to start from old Orchard instead of from New York was said to have been prompted by her desire to reach Europe sooner than Laura Ingalls,, who contemplates a solo hop from New York. The Buffalo woman will be accompanied by Captain Renato DQnatis Italian