The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-13
Heads Across Bad
 Wastes or Siberia
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 were relayed to New York where the wives of three of the flyers were anxiously awaiting word of their progress.
 Richard stoddart, radio engineer, reported at 11:31 a. m. EDT that "all is well" and sent greetings to Mrs. Stoddart, Mrs. Cornelia Con- nor, wife of Harry P. Connor, navi- gator, and Mrs. T. L. Thurlow, wife of the crews other navigator.
 Ready At Fairbanks
 Eleaborate preparations were made here to replenish the planes sup- plies for the last leg of the flight to New York. The 3,000-foot run way was newly marked, and 1,700 gallons of gasoline and 200 gallons of oil were made ready. Any parts of the plane which may have been weakened in the flight from Yakut- six will be replaced here.
 Among those waiting at the Fair banks airport to greet the flyers will be Mrs. Post, widow of the man whose record is under assault. In Alaska on visiting trip, she chang ed her plans to be here for the arrival.
 Although Hughes is expected to attempt a nonstop flight from Fairbanks to New York, officials timers have been stationed at Ed monton, Alberta, Winnipeg and Minneapolis in the event he decides to land at any of those places.
 In New York preparations were already being made to receive the flyers tomorrow or early Friday. Extra police details have been as- signed to handle what is expected to be the greatest crowd in history at Floyd Bonnet Airport.
 Faces Mixed Weather
 AS Hughes headed over the top of the world from Yakutsk he faced mived weather conditions which it was believed would force the air. men to fly by celestial navigation much of the time. with the aid of radio bearings.
 Light fog was reported over the Boring Sea, but conditions this side were better, with ceiling of 5000 feet and 20 miles visibility reported inland. Weather conditions here were excellent.
 Although only 100 miles of open water confronted the flyers on the Yakutsk- Fairbanks leg, the flight presented greater Hazards, even, than the 1,700-mile jump over the Atlantic.
 The entire eastern end of Siberia is covered with mountains with no major water courses to guide the flyers toward the sea.
 Off At 8:01 A. M.
 Moscow, July 13-(UP)-Howard Hughes took off at 8:01 a. m. today on his breath-taking flight around the world from Yakutsk, Siberia, headed across the sub-Arctic Wastes for Fairbanks, Alaska. PAST miles away. Hughes expected to make the perilous flight across eastern Siberia and the Boring Strait to Alaska without a stop, and from Fairbanks to complete his record flight by a nonstop trip to New York.
 When they left Yakutsk, Hughes and his four companions in the twin-engined New York Worlds Fair 1889 were 5,837 miles from New York and 8,911 miles lay be- hind them much more than half way around the world.
 Their elapsed time on departure was 60 hours and forty-one minutes and the flying time AZ hours and 21 minutes.
 New York On Thursday
 Hughes hoped to be back at Floyd Bennett airport in New York tomorrow night, lowering the record of the late Wiley Post by three full days.
 They made the 2,158 miles from Omsk to Yakutsk in 10 hours and 31 minutes at speed of 205.2 miles