Seward daily gateway., 1932-06-27
LONG COMMERCIAL
 HOP COMPLETED BY
 MC GEE A|RWAYS SHIP

What unusual incident happen ed on the flight?" Pilot E. Call, of the McGee Airways was asked by The Gateway upon arriving in his brand new Stinson, Jr., pon- toon plane on Saturday from An chorage which city, on Thursday, marked the end of four weeks of continuous commercial flying with two salesman during which time about 4,000 miles were covered.
 What could have happened?" Call shot back. 'The trip was an enjoyable one and the ship func- toned perfectly, as it should, for it is the newest plane in Alaska and a wonderfully smooth ship to handle"
 Though young in appearance, Pilot Call is old in flying experience. The following brief log of the hop is probably without parallel in the annals of commercial flying in the Northland. The only halts made were to disgorge extra pas sengers, picked up at the score of places visited, to permit the sales men to call on their trade, or to take aboard fuel.
 The SaleSmen are those two pop- ular chaps, Lyle Hebert, represent ing the Schwabacher Hardware Co.,, and MT. Condon, representing the Schwabacher Grocery Company. Leaving Anchorage the first of the month, Call flew direct to Fair i banks, then on to Fort Yukon, Cir cle City and Eagle, then back to Fort Yukon. The next day the par ty once more flew to Circle and Eagle, then to a lake below Eagle two extra passengers who were landed on small lake from which point the two were to begin their seasons prospecting; then back to Fort Yukon.
 The following day Call pointed his plane toward distant Beaver. There he found more prospectors who wanted to go into the Chan dalar country, 15O miles inside the Arctic Circle, so he accommodated them. But upon arriving at the lake designated it was seen that the lake was still frozen over which eliminated any possible chance of setting down. Scouting around Call finally found a smaller lake which was open and on this he landed the boys. On the same day he flew to Rampant and Tanana.
 The next day saw him heading for Ruby, the next day to the Koy- ukuk and Nulato, and the following day, the party was winging it's way to Unalakleet and Nome, soaring across Norton Sound.
 Golovan was the next stop, then in turn, Shatulic, Unalakleet again, and Anvik, all in one day. Shag- lux was made the next day, and then to Holy Cross Here, another crowd of passengers boarded the plane for short hops, after which Call took-off for Russian Mission and Marshall. The next day Pilot Station and Mountain Village were visited, then back to Marshall.
 The next day saw them at Beth el; next, Napiamute, Sleetmute and then again, McGrath. Iditarod was called on the following day where they remained overnight and in the morning, returned to Bethel
 Medfra was the last stop after which Pilot Call headed for An chorage, where, as had been said, the party returned last Thursday.
 The Saturday flight to Seward by Call and McGee was the first time the new plane, a beautiful job, had flown here and, during the few hours it was setting on the beach, many took advantage of the opportunity to inspect the ship at first hand Modern instruments, handsome interior finish, and con- fortable accommodations, were quite evident. The plane is equipped with { one of the famous Lycoming mot ors, a motor which Pilot Call en- unused over more than anything else. It may be recalled that this