Show berlin to buenos aires in five days new air route to use flo floating at halfway half way house washington after many years of prophesy and experimentation a floating halfway half way house honse for trans ocean airplanes may soon appear on the atlantic ocean between africa and south america on a pro posed air route linking berlin and leading south american cities the ocean air field says a bulletin from the national geographic society will be the West falen a ton vessel which has been successfully used in experiments in the north sen sea the West falen has been constructed ted especially to serve as a floating island by a german at air r transport company which owns and operates many of germanys germanas Germ anys lending leading air lines continues the but bulletin the proposed air route on which the West falen will he be used will bring rio de janeiro alres and ant other cities of south america within five fire days flying time of berlin I 1 n the first section of the to route ute lies es between berlin and cadiz spain the second between cadiz and bathurst gambia on the west const coast of africa and the third wit will be the 1050 1150 mile trans athistle section between bathurst and aernam buco recife easternmost city of fhe he south american continent Writer will be used on the second land and third sections the canary islands form an emergency place for the second see sec glnn between and ter zambuco nam buco huco however the atlantic Is without and the len will be anchored somewhere between these cities th the e West falen according to those who have flown the south atlantic will be more satisfactory than a floating island of type because it will not be permanently anchored it will go to tile tho assistance of stranded planes at the rate of 12 knots |