Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-05
GAS PLANE
FOR PACIFIC FLIGHT
MoyIe and Allen Shift Plans
for Take-off Tomorrow
at Samushiro Beach.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SAMUSHIRO, Japan, September s.
Flying Q monoplane which has twice
failed aviators seeking TO span the North
Pacific. Don Moyle and C. A. Allen Of
California arrived here today and conf
IDENTIFY began final preparations for a
nonstop 4.4oO-mile Night to Seattle,
Wash.
They new here from Tachikawa Air
port, near Toxic, q distance Of 375
miles, in 4 hours, Is minutes. Later
they inspected the mile-long runway
on the beach here and started loading
the plane with the 1920 gallons Of gaso-
line they believe necessary to carry
them across the ocean.
Last year Harold Bromley and Harold
Gatty Brought the plane to the beach
here. They started for Tacoma, but
were forced to return after flying 800
in an attempt to take on for the United
States in the monoplane.
Plan for ~ Hours In Air.
Moyle and Allen have installed larger
gasoline tanks In the plane and made
changes in its structure which they be-
lieve will enable them to get of the
beach with q heavy load and remain In
the air A hours.
Their projected route to the United
States lies over the Kurile Islands. north
OF japan proper. It was here that Col.
Charles A. Lindbergh and his wife ex-
perienced difficulty during their recent
night to Japan. Fog and storms are
prevalent over the Kuriles much of the
year.
Take-OR Postponed.
The Moyle-Allen route would take
them over. the southern part of the
Boring Sea, the Aleutian Islands and
down the western coastline Of North
America.
Tho flyers announced they would not
atCempt 70 start tomorrow, a. originally
planned. because Of heavy rains here
and unfavorable weather reports from
OF British Columbia.
The plane will carry 1.020 gallons of
gasoline at the take-off. The flyers
planned to economic on fuel by setting
q cruising speed Of IFS miles an hour
estimating the gasoline consumption at
tnat pace would be about 23 gallons an
hour
While here Moyle and Allen are guests
OF Mayor Kobiru Imaki of Misawamura,
q village near Samushiro.
HerndOn's Chances Questioned.
Aviation Bureau officials considering
the application OF Clyde Pangborn and
Hugh Herndon. jr., for Q permit to fly
from here to Northern Japan to at
tempt q transpacific flight, question
whether the plane would be airworthy
with . heavy load Of gasoline.
The bureau notified the American
embassy Of this today. The embassy
previously had made representations to
the Japanese government In behalf of
the application.
Because Pangborn and Herndon took
photographs Of and few over fortified
japanese territory in coming to Toxic,
and subsequently were fined for it,
newspapers have predicted that the
application eventually will be denied.
Dumping Of Gasoline Cited.
Japanese aviation authorities cited an
experience Of Pangborn and Herndon
at Roosevelt Field. N. Y, at the start
of their projected speed flight around
the world. in questioning the airworthi-
ness Of the plane.
They pointed out the flyers once had
been forced to dump 800 gallons Of gas
oline to clear high tension wires after
taking on for their flight across the
Atlantic.