Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-11-24 | Page 4 | Biplane Goes on Long Journey

'fjipi mum W L0IU01llli Longhead Machine Essays Flight From California to Washington, D. C. SANTA BAI1FSA HA, Cab, Nov. 22,. Bound for "Washigton, D. C, with only two stops scheduied between, "102," the Longhead biplane, left Santa Barbara at 5:05 this morn ins. In addition to Chief Pilot Myerhoffer, the "102" carried A. It Berneau, assistant, assis-tant, and L.. G. Flint, mechanician. The biplane lias a carrying capacity of oOuo pounds and has a record of liUO miles' continuous flight with six passengers. passen-gers. ; Word was received hero today that the machine had passed Yuma, Ariz., at 9 o' clock tli is morning. J list before the start Mavor Nielsen ' handed O. S. T. Myerhoffer, the chief pilot, messages to the mayors of Dem-ing, Dem-ing, X. .L, and Peoria, ill., where the machine wil! alight for supplies. Demin.g is expected to be reached by 1:30 o'clock tills afternoon and Pebria on Sunday afternoon. af-ternoon. The machine party will lay over at Peming until Sunday morning. Washington is expected to be reached si.. me time Monday. Myerhoffer also carries a message from Governor W. D. Stephens to President Wilson. The plane carries supplies sufficient for a U'lHi-mile non-stop flight. It will follow the Southern Pacific railroad tracks across tho deseret. 1 1 was corns t mo ted here by Allan and Malcolm Loughe .d and can reach an altitude of about l-f,ueO feet.