Show 1 T MAGNIFICENT l ACHIEVEMENT A KRIVAL of Lieutenant Commander McGinnis L nis U. U S. S N. N and his is squadron of naval seaplanes in Hawaii after a mile 2400 flight from San Francisco in little more than 24 hours was the he dramatic end cud of a n magnificent achieve achieve- rene t. t Intact and with no mishap the craft and personnel made nade history which the tile cold formality for- for mality of the naval report fails to disguise when it sets the e exploit down as a routine transfer of eq equipment from the Pacific c coast coasto to to o Honolulu Incidentally the record flight started at Norfolk Va continued through the J Panama anama canal and has added luster to the 1 proud roud record df Sf the American navy and its bold Airmen m Q Is h Just why WIlY the feat was planned and executed will perhaps remain in the confidence of Washington officialdom Plausible explanations ons will be widely published It may be that at dt can be made ronde to appear nothing more than thana a 8 novel nOtel method of transferring service equip equip- ti nent except to experts who can get the true tru leaning out of this reco record a written in the sky It is e easily appreciated that instead of a nere handful of planes in this formation there might have been fifty or a hundred Too the theline theline line of ot ships stationed at intervals along the route might have b be been eq indefinitely prolonged Refueling might have he e Q arranged Several mile 2400 hops bops could take 9 pur ur 1 seaplanes to sev- sev eal ral destinations It is something for interesting interesting interesting inter- inter esting speculation speculation even even outside the United States tates Americans were not the only ones who that flight ui There will be bc many words 9 written about this feat in the air ail Some ome of it will will be factual some will be reasonably speculative and then here will trill be much written by Mr Hearst's imaginative young men calculated to intrigue the readers of his chain of papers up and down clown the Pacific coast There Ther will be no occasion to become unduly excited over the matter im- im mediately We may mar however register pride in the accomplishment of the gallant navy airmen air- air men and ponder its significance It is sign i- i cant There can cnn be no doubt out that |