Evening star., 1934-10-29
K|NGSF0RD-SM|TH
REACHES HAWAII
ON3,19D-M|[EH HOP
TreacherouS Pacific Lays
Behind Airman on Way
to U. S.
FITZMAURICE'S PLANE
IS FORCED TO RETURN
Drops Part of Carriage Over Bel
gium-Jones Loses on Rec.
ord Return Flight.
BULLETIN.

SAN FRANCISCO, october 20
R.-Navy radio at Honolulu re-
ported that land had been sighted
by Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith at
7:45 am. Honolulu time Q2:15
pm. z. S. To.
In few minutes, Radio Corp. Of
America picked up this message
from Kingsford-Smith
Land identified as Molokai (the
leper colony. Have changed course
and will land in 40 minutes"
BY the Associated Press.
Sir Charles Kingsford- Smith and
his navigator reared Honolulu TO-
day on a trans-Pacific flight to the
United States, while on the other
side of the world Col. James C.
Fitzmaurice was turned back on
a speed dash from England to
Australia.
Sir Charles had covered all but
$50 of the $3.50 miles from Suva,
Fiji Islands, to Honolulu. He re-
ported "a bad hour" this morning
when his plane, Lady Southern
Cross. passed through a storm.
The first leg of his journey was
from Brisbane, Australia, to Suva.
FitZmaurice returned to Lympne
Airdrome, England, three hours
after he hoped off for Melbourne
when he lost the shield o. the
under carriage of his plane
Two British flyers, Cathcart
Jones and Ken H. Waller, landed
at Allahabad on a return flight
from Melbourne to England. AS
they did not expect to take of
again until tomorrow, there was
no chance that they could better
the record of 70 hours SO minutes
and so seconds established recent
ly by C. w. A. Scott and T. Camp
bell Black on a flight to Melbourne
HONOLULU, October 20 R1.-Bacl
over the trail he blazed in 1928, 81
Charles Kingsford-Smith sped towar
this midocean post today in his 1885
mile flight from Australia to Cali
fornia.
Terse messages from his plane. tn
Lady Southern Cross, through Sun
day and last night told of the un
swerving flight across the lionel
South Pacific from Suva, Fiji. At
am. (E. S. T) today he was reporte
but $50 miles from here, less than
third of the distance in the secon,
leg of the flight.
Everything splendid; good. smootl
night" was the message picked up b
the naval radio.
From his plane, on which he wa
perched atop a 20-gallon can of gaso
line, a reserve supply. Sir Charles fire
quently sent his "cheerio" over tn
air waves His messages described tn
planes hedge hopping" with a storm
encountered a short time after leav
Ing Suva. Later he told Of passin
over the Phoenix Islands and sti
later he informed the Fannings Islam
he would not have to stop there t
obtain an emergency fuel supply.
Falls Behind Schedule.
Should no untoward incident hap
pen. Sir Charles and his navigator
Capt. P. G. Taylor. were expected t
arrive here about 1890 pm. today
He had estimated on leaving Suv
the flight would require % hours, bu
the first two-thirds of the fight wa
slower than he had esti
mated. With the lessened weight @
fuel the planes speed probably Wi
increase
The noted Australian aviator ar
rived at Suva October 20 after
fight of 1,760 miles, but was unabl
to start for Honolulu until yesterday
Heavy rains first delayed the flighi
at one time submerging Albert Park
Suva. where he had landed.
The rains ceased and Sir Charlie
few the Lady Southern Cross 2
miles to NaSelai Beach, where it wa
fuel for the trip to Honolulu. An at
tempted take-of Thursday was frus
trated when a guest of wind fiippe,
the plane into the breakers. Cros
winds since then have kept the plan
On the beach until yesterday, whel
the second leg of the three-hop f1igh
began at los pm.
One message said they had throttle,
CONTINUED on Page 3, Column 81