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Show SOUTH AMERICA IS CROSSED BY AVIATOR SANTIAGO, Chile, Wednesday, July 30. Lieutenant Locatclli, a member of the Italian aviation mission now in Argentina, Ar-gentina, completed today an airplane flight from Btienos Aires to Valparaiso, his trip marking the first crossing by air of the South American continent from the Atlantic, to the Pacific. Lieutenant Locatelli several days ago covered the first stapp of the flight from Buenos Aires to Mendoza, on the eastern edge of the mountains, where he waited for good weather. Ho starled early this morning to complete the flight, crossed the Cordillera Andes, and after circling over Valparaiso, landed at Vina del Mar, near that city. This afternoon ho flew to Santiago, landing at the airdrome of the Chilean military aviation school. The Italian aviator acted as an aerial mail pilot on this trip, bringing several sacks of mail matter from the Mendoza postoffice as well as a number of private pri-vate letters. |