| Show U. U S. S FLIERS TO TO STOP THRICE ON OVERSEAS TRIP Air iJ Cruisers r Will rill Stop in jn HI i 4 ft n I i X J vl u al ri Azores z s Lisbon New cw York ork Ja 1 i id May Three I-Three Three giant h hy- hy d lanc of the American navy will start on a date yet ct to be announced an an- an flounced probably carl early next week on ona ona a a. 12 flight night in four stages st tobe to the be British Isles The actual transAtlantic transAtlantic trans- trans transAtlantic Atlantic venture details of which were ver announced toda today b by Commander John If Jr Towers Tower in charge of the expedition tion lion is a contemplated cruise in two stages 3 aggregating sr no miles from ba bay Newfoundland to Isis is bon hon Portugal while the projected I American and European coastal legs extend from Rockaway Point Long LonS' Is Island Is- Is land hand home station of the tho planes to and md from Lisbon to lo Plymouth Ply Ply- mouth England Flying at an estimated a average era e speed of seventy five miles an hour sixty five nautical miles mUes the squadron squad squad- ron rOil driven b by Liberty motors expected expect expect- ed cd to cruise from Rockaway awa to Halifax without a a. stop Commander Towers 8 said ld The Tite plan then Is to proceed to Trepassey on the tip lip of ot Newfoundland where the planes would I I be bc given en a weeks week's tuning up before undertaking the transatlantic flight I I I I The second and longest Jump the time I commander stated would be bc from Trepassey Tre- Tre passe to Horta on the tho island of or Fayal Fayal Fa Fa- yal 1 In the Azores A 1200 miles or f If the tho conditions w were ro favorable fa to Pun- Pun Ia la Del Gado on fl the Island of or San Miguel Miguel Mi 11 Mi- Mi guel ue also In the tha Azores 1350 1330 miles from rom Newfoundland The cruise to Portugal Portugal Portugal Por Por- would woul cover SOO miles g. g completIng In Ing the ocean trip thus leaving only tho the flight ht to PJ Plymouth mouth to round ont the proposed flight ht of oC than heavier air machines from America to Eng Ens land In his official announcement Commander Corn Com mander Towers To gave ga distances in nautical miles which are equal to statute or land miles mlles In the tho latter measurement the projected cruise ex extends e cx- tends over GOO miles mile 2172 17 of which lie llo In the tIme rou route mapped d out from Newfoundland Newfoundland New New- land to Portugal Weather Hawkers Hawker's Jinx St. St Johns N N. F. F F. F May 1 Weather Weather 1 conditions late today tolJa again prevented the start of the tho trans Atlantic airplane 1 flight ight by anI and anu flay Raynham |
