The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-01

ing-and the precision of their per- formance has been one of the amaz- ing phases of their record achieve ment.
 They left New York at dawn on July 23 and with a stop at liar bor Grace, NED, flew on across the Atlantic without incident. They landed twice on their way to Ber- lin, once at Chester, Eng, and again at Hanover, Germany, but stopped only briefly each time.
 After short sleep at Berlin, they | hurried on to Moscow. They had planned only to refuel and spend an | hour or two in the Soviet capital, but a banquet was ready in their honor and they spent the night, getting lit tie sleep before proceeding on the perilous flight into and across Si- beria to the Pacific.
 Stops at Novo- -Sibirsk, Irkutsk, Blagovestschensk and Khabarovsk were made on the rapid cruise across | Siberia's wastelands. Only once was their hint of trouble. They landed on a muddy field at Blagovest- schensk and 1t took them all night Saturday to dig their plane out of the mire.
 Their longest halt was at Khaba- rovsk, where they remained nearly 28 hours and slept soundly for the first time since leaving Roosevelt field They were in good physical condition and rested when they start ed the long and hazardous 2,300- mile flight over the north Pacific toward Boring Strait and Nome, Alaska.
 The flyers reached Nome at 9 p. m. Monday, EST, from there on across the North American continent the journey continued with the amazing rapidity and expert precision which has made it one of the mar velous eXploints of aviation history. Some Opinions New York, July 1.-UP).-Maj. James H. (Jimmie) Doolittle, holder of the worlds speed record for sea- planes, in commenting on the round the world flight of Wiley Post and Harold Gatty, said to-day he thought the achievement which, in his opin- ion, they are sure of completing, is the most remarkable performance aviation has seen so far, the more so because the men are flying along a route wholly unknown to them.
 Post and Gatty, said Doolittle, have been fortunate in the weather en- l why they should not complete their trip in something under the ten days they have allotted to 1t.
 Speed flying, according to Doo- little, such as Post and Gatty are doing, is essential to the future de- i velopment of aviation. It is through speed that air craft are able to com- pete with other forms of transporta- tion.
 Comparing the present flight to that of Colonel Charles A. Lind bergh made in 1927, Doolittle said Post and Gatty have the advantages of improved instruments but that their route has been one wholly un- tried. Lindbergh's was shorter
 flight and he could keep in touch to a certain extent with the steam ships whose paths he crossed. He said, however, the flights were about equal in their value to the progress of aviation.
 Quebec, P. O., July 1.-(UP).- "A pair of real men who are doing lot for fiying"-that is Capt. Frank M. Hawks appraisal of the globe girdling Post-Gatty team.
 Captain Hawks, who returned from Europe last night on the Elm press or France, a1ter Settlng spec tacular series of speed records and winning an international trophy as the outstanding flyer of the year greeted his welcomers with, "what word of Post and Gatty?" l Informed that they had reached Edmonton safely, Hawks sighed with relief and said, That's the best news I've heard to-day" | Hawks will be here a few days then proceed by plane to Ottawa and | Toronto.