Show I. I So AIRMEN AIRMET CROSS CROSS- SIERRA NEVADA rt r r o r o 18 I f l T Ti f i fiND T lr EASY A f r Flight Over This Range Never Before pushed New Page Is I Written in Aviation I j I By Associated Press I SACRAMENTO ENTO Cal March I J. J if le l tors n In ree De Haviland anes ries at Carson City Nev in the first successful success success- i ful flight over the Sierra Nevada mountains moun moun- was received by telephone at Mather flying field by Captain T T. T S. S i Voss post adjutant No word had been received from First Lieutenant I Frank D D. D Hackett who also attempted I I the flight in a Curtiss light training I II airplane I I IRENO RENO Nev March The gov- gov I gov-I nt airplanes which left monte mento this morning reached Carson City at 1035 experiencing no difficulty ty in the flight over the Sierras I The machines ascended to a height I of Teet in the flight over the I mountains making the trip in ono one hour I I and thirty minutes Governor Boyle has abandoned his Intention of making the trip from Carson to Reno I Three machines reached Carson at atthe the same time and the fourth which pursued a somewhat different line of flight arrived shortly after noon PLACERVILLE Ca Cal March The army aviators passed over Placerville Placer Placer- ville at a. a m. m today By Associated ed Press MELBOURNE March 21 Canadian Press Dispatch via via The Reuters commonwealth government is offering offer offer- ing a prize of for the first successful suc suc- flight from Great Britain to Australia that is undertaken by Aus Aus- SACRAMENTO C t Cal March Army aviators in three airplanes left Mather flying field fiel early today in an I attempt to fly over the Sierra Nevada mountains to Reno Nev The flight across the Sierras never has been accomplished The flight is being made by five corn com officers and one sergeant of the first class Captain T. T S. S Voss president adjutant said the army fliers were prepared to so go to an altitude of s I feet or higher to cross the moun- moun moun-I moun They planned to take the shortest air I route foule over ver the Sierras alter after circling over oer Sacramento The started on the flight I Lieutenant Colonel Henry L. L Vat Wat son flying officer First Lieutenants James S. S offIcer In charge of fl flying Tom S. S Curtis assistant officer In charge of flying Francis W V Buggies Ruggles engineer officer Second LIeutenant Charles W. W Schwartz flying fly ly- lyIng Ing Instructor and Sergeant of First Class Leon Conway aviation I I cian clan They left the field near here at I a. a m. m ANOTHER RECORD FLIGHT SAN lRA FRANCISCO CISCO March 22 A A record flight according to all available records for the long distance delivery of newspapers by airplane was wall established b by the San Francisco co Call and Post yesterday esterday when it ft sent a big bundle bundle bun bun- dle of Its editions to Stockton an airline airline air air- line distance or of sixty eight miles On March 6 6 the Los Angeles Evening E Express Ex- Ex press sent an airplane delivery to San Pedro I an airline distancE of eighteen mites miles Thus This waR ryas b believed to be the first delivery ery of papers ti airplane I TO CROSS ATLANTIC LONDON March 2 enu y l Continued on page 2 FLIGHT ABOVE HIGH SIERRA IS TRIED Six Army Aviators Leave Mather ather Field for Reno Continued from page 1 St. St Johns for the purpose ot of attempting attempt attempt- ing a transatlantic flight Morgan has returned to England to brIng out his machine Fenner represents Hawker who is now on his way here and will fly a machine I OTH OTHERS RS EXPERIMENTING ST. ST JOHNS N. N Ii F. March Two British airmen Morgan and Fenne have leased ground In the vicinity of for th the E prize offered by the Dally Daily Mall Mail for the first flight across tile the Atlantic was made Friday In behalf behalf be- be half ot of Major J. J C. C P. P Vod pilot and Captain C. C C. C Wylie navigator They propose to make the attempt In an airplane airplane air air- plane ot of horsepower le of a speed of ninety five miles an hour when carryIng a weight of 2632 pounds NOTABLE FLIGHT MADE LO LONDON DOX March 22 The Reuters first account Is now officially published published pub pub- of a remarkable long distance light flight over the North sea which was performed by a British airship airship air air- ship the US US-ll during the past few days The voyage took the form of a circuit embracing the coast of Denmark Den Den- marl mark Schleswig North r Germany and Holland The trip I was characterized by extremely unfavorable weather and therefore it ranks as the most notable flight ever under under- taken The total length of the round roundtrip roundtrip trip was 1285 all air miles and the time taken was forty and a half hours |