The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-08-11
SOVIET ACES
 ARRIVE HERE,
 HOME BOUND
Airmen from Russia Land
 Here Last Evening Greeted by Crowd
Continues, rom Page orej

and ali day Sunday and Sunday night, unable to take off because of the adverse flying conditions. 1 Yesterday morning the sky cleared, the weather became perfect and l they took the air arriving at Ket- chikan shortly after II o'clock Ju- neau time. Their plane was ser yiced and after receiving weather reports from Juneau, took off from ] Ketchikan at o'clock, Juneau time, and leisurely flew north to Ju- | neau, arriving over the city at 5:46 o'clock and tying up at the PA float at sos o'clock 4'n'e'e
 ''fis ''-'s Interpreter
 After the flee had been broken, ? l following their arrival and becom- 1 ing acquainted with those welcom- 1 ing them at the hangar's float, Frank Karabelnikoff took over the duties of interpreter The two So- 1 yiHt fliers told him they were 1 tired, wanted their plane checked 1 and intended to take of on the hop to Fairbanks at 10 orc11 o'clock 1 this forenoon, weather permitting. l iissd. N9 An Old Friend Ae aRJust about that time, Karabel- ilikDff said: s42e
 b-IeyaneYisky, here is friend, of yours. You met him when in Fair banks several years ago on your trip to the states. He says your girl in Fairbanks is married"
 f'1I am sorry to hear that" and then extended his hand over the side of the cockpit and said: Hello Bassett. ."f3fts'' t. 7nf'H
 s. C. Bassett, traffic manager in Juneau for the PAA, the friend mentioned. extended his hand and fellowship was renewed.
 Stevenson Reports
 R. H. Stevenson, Operator -in- Charge of the Juneau station, Sig nal Corps, United States Army, in- formed the fliers the Corps was ready to extend weather informa- tion when they were ready to hop off again. The airmen replied they had excellent reports as fur nished by the Signal Corps on the entire flight from Seattle and ex- pressed their appreciation. The To- cal station and the plane have been in minute communication with each other during the time in the air, from Seattle to Juneau.
 H. J Thompson, of the Juneau Weather Bureau, was also thanked by the fliers for the excellent re- ports furnished by him and his staff.
 Tired and Hungry The fliers admitted they were tired from their period of being down" at Swanson Bay, and their flight, but like all human beings, also admitted they were hungry and believed, they would go to a hotel. after dressing in civilian clothes, dine and then take rest
 The fliers quickly changed their !. flying outfit and were escorted to the Gastineau by Bassett and Rus sian friends, and the visit in the Capital City of Alaska really began.
 &,Sit ats Fine Plane ,t,-t
 Respects paid to the fliers, resi- dents then began to pay respects to the blue bodied, red winged, spec ially built Vultee monoplane with : the insignia U SS.R.-H POS on the under side of the wings. .. It's a rbeaat,t was the general tribute paid, and that was enough, for it. is all that. tA 9 Last evening while it was still daylight, hundreds, from a distance of several feet, inspected the plane.
 Uptown the fliers were being en- tertained and entertaining, receiv- ing and sending radiograms and thoroughly enjoying themselves. ,i They proved good mixers and Ju- { neau fell for them and the atti- < tudea was reciprocated.
 Time, From Seattle During the. evening and this fore noon the Soviet fliers through in- terpreters gave out many interest ing bits of information
 For instance the. flying time, meaning the actual time in the air between Seattle and Juneau, via Ketchikan was six and one half hours.
 I From Seattle they flew off the course several times. low and then high attitudes. exploring into air I currents,
 The monoplane, pontoon equipped, behaved splendidly on the entire flight, and arrived here as in good condition as at the take-off at San Pedro. A magneto on the right, side of the motor needed at tention and this was given here. \ Levanevisky said the air route \ from, Seattle north to Juneau. fol- lowing the inside passage used by steamers, was just one of grandeur and tho c,,rfono ,r,oc ao+tsl ,