Davis County Clipper | 1927-05-20 | Page 7 | Lone Aviator Heads Plain to Paris

Lon- Lon Aviator Heads Plain to Paris I CIt Poosevelt N Captain Y-Captain Y Charles A gh gh s monoplane ar I rh Axed cd ed horo here at 5 o 0 clock Friday morn morning Ing for Cor a n possible hop off ott to Paris Firis It ItI was towed two miles from Crom Its Ita hangar I at Curtiss field Before Defor It could start for Paris It t was as necessary to put I more mora gallons of ot gasoline In It At AtC C 0 o 0 clock tho the work worl of fueling the tir plane was un ler leray way ay and It was as estimated the tho hop might t sta-t at nt 7 Thero There was little wind nd and no fog foe Rain Hain hall had ceased Daring s preparations Commander Richard E 1 Byrd a 8 I plane the Americans America was ns rolled out of i Its hangar indicating the tho possibility of ofa ofa ofa a raco race to Paris forthwith