Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-06-09 | Page 4 | Following Sky Trail over Ocean to Jungles

Following Sky Trail Over Ocean to Jungles 5 S x 94 1 r jj v wAIR w S tit i 55 5 I t t T 5 t 5 s Ir 5 ft 5 x A b 4 5 5 5 5 5 r I 5 5 5 A 5 dA 45 S y 2 5 ss AIR EXPLORERS AFTER LANDING AT PEARL HARBOR HONOLULU Gerald Brown flight engineer left Raymond Booth copilot Stephen assistant en engineer engineer en- en Captain Lewis A. A Yancey navigator Russell Rogers pilot Richard Archbold expedition ex ex- pe it on leader t Flying Scientists Winging From W Wake al to New Guinea WAKE ISLAND June 9 AP Six AP AP Six fliers were pioneering a anew anew anew new air air- route in the he interest of science as the American Museum of Natural History's f flying ying boat Cubit Cuba pushed its way through uncharted skies between ti tiny r W Wake island and New Guinea In command of Richard Richar Archbold the big ship is on its third and final leg of an mile flight across the Pacific ocean started last Thursday from San Diego Cal From San Diego the ship flew to Honolulu Yesterday it landed at Wake island after a a. mile 2300 nonstop nonstop nonstop non non- stop flight from Honolulu It was the first kirst time a plane had flown from Honolulu here without stop stop- ping Clipper ships of Pan American American Amer- Amer ican can Airways fly the route but halt at Midway island Archbold took of off at p. p m. m on the mile 2300 hop from Wake to Hollandia New Guinea The New NewYork NewYork NewYork York scientist-explorer scientist and his companions companions com corn are the first to undertake the flight Archbold said the plane would set down at Guam if bad weather was encountered ered Russell Rogers Vas ws at the controls controls controls con con- of the Guba but the responsibility responsibility responsibility of n navigating the plane planer rested on the shoulders of Lewis A. A Yancey of New York veteran transatlantic flier The plane will be based at Hol- Hol years while Archbold and his companions will join other scientists already on the scene in exploring the jungle region around Lake Lake- feet above sea level and obtaining specimens of New Guinea plant and animal life