| Show AVIATOR ATTAINS GUlf BORDER Mili Military ry Forces Add to Laurels in Air by Nonstop Nonstop Nonstop Non Non- stop Flight From Mexican Mexican can Line to Canada ALSO WORLD RECORD I FOR ONE-MAN ONE PLANE Cro Crocker ker Negotiates Difficult Route by Flying as an Low as 1 00 Feet to Escape the Clo Clouds d I I MOUNT l CLE CLEMENS NS Mich May 26 By A. A P. P P. Lieutenant Harrison G. G Cr Cracker landed at nt Selfridge field J here at o'clock eastern time t tonight completing a nonstop gulf to Canada flight Lieutenant Cro Crocker Crock Crock- ker k- k kI I er let left Ellington field Houston I Texas at 21 central time this I morning 1 Lieutenant Crocker flew lew over Canadian territory opposite Trenton on the final leg from Toledo Ohio to field Lieutenant Crocker said his engina engine en en- gina gine J performed perfectly except tor for tora fora a few minutes as he passed over part of ot Louisiana FORCED TO FLY LOW The greater greaten part of tho the l distance stance was as flown at a no h height of l O to tOO feet because of ot low hanging clouds At one point Lieutenant Crocker 1 said Bald he ho was flying l in so low that he feared his plane would crash into I the tho tree tops and ho was forced to toI torise torise I I rise through and above the clouds cloud to toa toa toa a height of feet He was obliged to to maintain this altitude for about an hour before he found a a. rift in the clouds that permitted him to get In sight eight of the earth again The gasoline supply of at gallons gallons gal gal- lons Ions was exhausted when his plane was 20 minutes minutes' away from Selfridge Selfridge Self Self- ridge and the r of the trip was made from the tho emergency ncy fuel NO TIME FOR COFFEE Two sandwiches were all Lieutenant Lieutenant Lieutenant Lieu Lieu- tenant Crocker ate on his record record- break breaking ng trip Ho He said he he had coffee coffee cof cot fee but bat did not have ha time to drink It General William Mitchell assistant assistant assist assist- ant chief of the air service was at Selfridge field and was one of ot the tho first frat to welcome Lieutenant Crocker This flight said General Mitchell Mit Mit- chell chien coupled with that of at Lieutenants Lieutenants Lieu Lieu- tenants MacReady l and K Kelly ll from coast to coast demonstrates conclusively conclusively con con- elusively that the United States can can put an air force in the center canter of tho the country and Inti move It to any border north border north south cast or west within eleven hours BREAKS RECORD FOR 1 ONE MAN AIRPLANE CHICAGO May ay 20 Lieutenant i Harrison G G. Crocker Croeker flying the same earne piano used by LI Lieutenant James II H. Doolittle In his gulf to rakes Lakes flight today broke the worlds world's record for fora I a nonstop flight for tor a one man plane formerly held by Lieutenant I according to records o of I army aviation officers at Chanute I field Rantoul I Lieutenant Crocker flew nt approximately 1400 miles In his nonstop flight from Islington field Houston Texas to field Detroit his time from taking off to landing handing beIng beIng being be be- ing 11 hours and 54 4 minutes COVERED 2275 MILES Lieutenant on September Septem Septem- ber her E li 1922 1921 flew 1240 miles from Kelly field Texas to San Diego Cal Cat In the same came plane pIano used by Lieutenant Crocker In iii 11 hours and 10 minutes At tho time Lieutenant Lieutenant Lieuten Lieuten- ant vas trying for tor a nonstop nonstop nonstop non non- stop flight from Florida to San Diego but landed at Kelly Jelly field His total elapsed time from Florida to California with the one stop was 22 hours and 35 25 minutes and the distance distance dis dis- dis tance c 2275 2276 miles Lieutenant bald Oakley G. G Kelly and Lieutenant John A. A MacReady made madea a record November 3 and 4 1922 for fora a nonstop flight for two men when the they flow low from San Diego to Indianapolis Indianapolis Indianapolis Indian Indian- apolis a distance of ot 2060 miles They were attempting a n. transcontinental flight and amI were forced down by engino en- en gino Ino trouble ATTAIN GOAL Tho Tho- amo men however shattered their former record May 2 and 3 1923 arid and made tho the longest continuous continuous con eon flight on record when the they went from New York to San Diego a distance of ot 2520 miles In 26 hours and 60 50 minutes The best record made by any for e eign flyer was accomplished in July 1920 1020 when Captain John A. A Alcock and Lieutenant Arthur M. M Brown Drown of tho tim British Royal Boyal Air forces new flee 1960 miles from St. St Johns X N. P. P to Ireland A co comparison of records record being made today with those of ot a II few tew years ago shows the marvelous strides l s In av In In tho past 10 years In 1912 Robert E. E Fowler managed to fir with many stops tops In between from San Diego to Jacksonville Jack Jack- sonville Fla In days day Tho The year previous C. C Rogers in a n. Wright pusher model biplane s stArted started stArt stArt- rt- rt ed cd from Buffalo New York September Septem Septem- ber ben 17 and reached Pasadena NohA No No- r. r |
