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Show Magellan's Countrymen Plan New Form of World Tour Plana to bo used an rund-th. wrld flight (tha rout af whwK ia ah own art tha ana) fcalaw) ta aa , mad by Captain Sscadura Cabrl and Admiral Oag Cautinha. Poctugu aviator. y ALEXANDER HERMAN, NEA worvbta Staff Writ. NKW YORK. Bept. 2 A coupl of PortUsfueaa ar preparing to ba-come ba-come th M axel Ian of tha air. da4TClln, you will rocalL was th Tlrst. to clrcamnavlajat th a lobe He did It by sailboat mora than 40 yeara aao. And now two of hi countryman are set on emulating hi feat by airplane. They are Captain Racadura Ca-bral Ca-bral and Admiral Oigo t "out In ho, who laat year flew from Llabon to Klb Janeiro, Rrasll. th first totac-complrah totac-complrah that difficult fllahl serosa tha Atlantic. According tn an snnouncement i received hers by R. B. Noorduyn. I American repreeentativa of An thony H. O. rkker. famous Putch aviator, th Portusueee flier hav purtbaed five Kokaer seaplaneafnr their flight. The men do not etpct to fcop off until early nest year. Their emir will b eastward from Uetvon i through India t Japan, a distance of t7 ml lee, serosa th la-if to to Vancouvem and tha over t'ansda 1 to Newfoundland, another 7fc mile, arid than down along th I'ntted Htaie a way. and over the Atlantic by way of the Aanree. Th course of the btat part of the trip haan't been mapped out fully yet, so M dlstanc eanmn b calcu latwt. Rut it la eat I ma ted that ther vflll b at least 4000 mile to the last Ian, making a trip of about SJf.fto mil around th world. I "The flight.' aaya Koorriu n. "will b watched with tntwrwat by 1'niteil Htates of t trial becaus th plane that 1'abral and i'mitinho will us ar of soniswhat alltnlar design to th Kokkrr ara plane purchased by the Tnteed Htates navy. W It h t he pmpoeed rou nd -1 h world exnedltum to be attempted by the t'nlted Plate air service, the Krltiah effort and also that uf the French, haw developed an International Inter-national air rac of greater import r snce than any ottempted hitherto." The aeaplanea to lie uaed by tho Portuguese have a wing a p rend of sixty-five fet and carry a useful load of 1100 pounds at a pcd of IIS miles an hour. |