Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-04-03 | Page 2 | Wilkins Tells Plans for New Polar Flight

PlANS fOR NW I H POlAR fU Hl Famed Explorer Visits S. S L. L En Route to Coast by Plane Sir Hubert Wilkins north polar and south polar air ail explorer and andi i hero liero of the dash across the top of I the world from Alaska to i t n o n. n j is going back to tho the antarctic i regions in September for a second secondI I attempt to fly across the south souti p e he declared Wednesday In Jn Salt Lake where he stopped briefly en cit route from New York City to San an Francisco and Los Angeles Captain Wilkins is 19 to Los Angeles for a conference with tho the Lockheed Motors company to obtain ob ob- ob- ob tarn tam from them all the rn c equipment for his south polo ash taSh plane Ho ITo left New York City day noon and arrived in Salt Lake Lako at 1 15 o'clock Wednesday afternoon afternoon after arter- noon by flying night and da day Ills His stop slop in Salt Lake Lako was wa-s for forty- forty five minutes only onh He lie left on a Boeing Air Transport plane piloted by Harry Huking for fOl Reno neno he will transfer to another plane for forth forthe th the tho bop hop over to tho the bay re-I re region TO CONFER IN S. S F. F Thursday he has a brief business conference in San Francisco and that afternoon will hop off for Los Loa Angeles He will leave Los Angeles Sunday via Western Vestern Air Express for New York City and Brill Bridgeport Conn Corn he h declared He lie will stop top between planes in Salt Lako Lake Sun Sun- day Captain Wilkins bas jias grown a a. full beard and arid mustache mustachio since his last las visit to Salt Lake when ho he hopped from rom here hero to the coast in the tho cockpit of a mall mail plane He said he Is enJoying enjoying enjoying en- en I this trip much better as It I has been clear all the way and despite despite despite de de- de- de spite the fact that he just jUit recently I Hm returned from rom the land of eterniti eter- eter eterI I nL ni niti snows near the south pole he be sa says s the capped mountains are the most beautiful 51 sight ht he has seen for many TO STUDY SUBMARINE His return to Bridgeport will be he for tho purpose of study studying ill further his tentative plans for a submarine submarIno dash und under r the south p polar lar ico floes Of or oi course tho the submarine submarino thing Is 13 net settled yet et he ho said but It has a wonderful possibility and every test In the world now Is being Leing conducted at Bridgeport to deter- deter th tho feasibility of the p pansI plans pans ans i I 1 believe a submarine could dash under the ice floes with jus jus' as much muc-h safety as a IJ plane can ran surmount surmount sur sur- mount them The big thing would be lie chemicals for melting ice ice- in plates places to provide breathing space