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Show ; U. S. PLANS OVERSEA j ; FLIGHT DURING MAY 1 WASHINGTON. March !!. Lieutcn- I ant -Con inlander Bellinger has been or- , ' dered from Norfolk to Washington for work in connection with the prepara-Lion, prepara-Lion, of plans for the' transatlantic flight to be undertaken by a big navy seaplane ; some time- in the sprint?. It was said today at the navy tie pa rtnient t hat no orders had been issued for the flight it-. it-. -self and that in all probability the plane would not start across the Atlantic u n-til n-til some time in May, The pilot has not been selected. Tentative plans for the flight provide . for placing destroyers every few hundred miles alone: the route, so that at no time " will the big plane be unaccompanied. The route of the flight, has not defi-, defi-, nitoly been determined upon, but probably prob-ably will he from some point on the . nort h At hint ic coast via tho Azores to l'Vancc or -Great Britain. The sea pi a no will be equipped with .. wireless and by means of a relay t h rough the destro ers it will l)e able .to maintain constant communication . with shore. |