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Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-08-23 | Page 2 | 'Shuttle' Starts Long Endurance Flight Tuesday

Type issue
Date 1929-08-23
Paper Salt Lake Telegram
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
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Article Title 'Shuttle' Starts Long Endurance Flight Tuesday
Type article
Date 1929-08-23
Paper Salt Lake Telegram
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
Page 2
OCR Text Shuttle St Starts Long tong Endurance Flight Tuesday P Army Fliers Flier Pilot Boeing Plane on Quadruple Crossing of Nation in Ref Refueling eling Test Captain Ira Ir Eaker of Q Question e tion M Mark rk fame and md Lieutenant Bernard Thompson of the Pan American go will good d flight will leave San Francisco next Tuesday in their Bon Boeing plane plant The Shuttle on the transcontinental endurance flight the Bo Boeing ing officials announced Frid Friday Fri Fri- I d day y S The plane will be refueled at Elko Nov and will pass o over or r Salt Lake Luke some time Ume Tuesday e en el route routt to Cheyenne e W Wyo o the next refueling refuel refuel- ing point In its t tto ho ro round trips to to New News York the plane will come conte by the way of ot Salt SaIl Lake three times the officials officIals s 's said ld On each each ach I occasion ve weather th r reports ts will win be bro broadcast to it fr from m the local air ak- ort After Arter completing UnS' UnS the two trips across tl lh the continent the plane will n fly over Cleveland 1 Ohl Ohi Ohio Ohio- in an at attempt attempt at- at tempt to establish sh a new endurance record Tl The e test lest Is being conducted d by the army postoffice Ice department an and the Boeing Air Tran Transport port company to determine the feasibility of or refueling re re- re fueling airmail carriers carriers' while In Ul flight ht
Reference URL https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s61g1v7h/16100759