Salt Lake Telegram | 1933-06-10 | Page 3 | Fliers Start Long Sea Hop

FLIERS FLIERS 81 START ART LONG SEA HOP Will Attempt to Span Atlantic Atlantic Atlantic Atlan Atlan- tic From Spain t toS to Cuba I S By JEAN By-JEAN JEAN DE GANDT United Prell S Staff ff Correl SEVILLE Spain ain June 10 UP uP- uP Two Spanish fliers embarking on onne one ne of the most daring aerial adventures tures in history left their escort of military planes at the Spanish coast cout I today oday and headed over the Atlantic on n the longest unbroken over water flight ight ever attempted by a heavier than ban air machine The e fliers filers Captain Captan Mariano Barberan Barberan Bar- Bar beran eran and Lieutenant Collar hoped to be flying over Havana Cuba some miles mUes away within 45 hours If It they have enough gasoline they ley will continue an additional 1000 miles to Mexico City without stopping stop stop- ping ing otherwise they will land In Ha Ha- vana ana S The start was from the aIrdrome airdrome air- air drome rome at a. a m. m 1045 p. p m. m Friday E. E D. D T T. They had only miles to fly before reaching open sea It is 15 not intended to break any distance records their manager ger told the United Press It n is simply a straight line flight to try to reach Havana and an continue farther to Mexico Mex Mex- ico io if it there is sufficient fuel tue fuels to ii Their route led south to the Madeira Ma Mn Madeira deira islands and thence directly to the thc West Indies Depending on Celestial Celestial Ce Ce- observation to guide them the fliers filers planned to toland land on oh on some east east- eastern ern n Island sl nd of of the West Indies Indies' i If J the they found their fuel would not take them themas as tar far ar as Havana S Their plane was loaded with 1320 gallons of gasoline and 53 gallons of oil For food they had an egg and milk drink cold tea bananas mineral water and cognac The machine machin was so heavily loaded that it had to taxi feet teet before belore getting off the ground