Show I SEAPLANES APlAN H HOP r rOff Off lii LONG N JO JOURNEY Thirteen Naval Machines Start Second Sec md Lap in Trip to tp Panama SAN DIEGO Co Cal CaU I. I Dec 31 Thir Thir Thirteen teen planes of ot tho the navys navy's aerial San Panama Diego expedition were were ready today at San Bartolome ba bay miles south of here for the second hop of their Journey southward However of officers officers officers of- of expressed no dismay y at the hoodoo number On the other hand I general satisfaction was expressed at atthe atthe atthe the result of yesterdays yesterday's mlle mile flight t. t While the personnel l of ot the air ex expedition expedition expedition ex- ex was busy in the early morning morning- hours replenishing stores of oil oU and gasoline from the fuel vessel that had awaited their coming a a. weary crew of mechanics carpenters mates and others was ending a nights night's labor on the NC 5 the fourteenth of the fleet to start at North Island naval air station station station sta sta- tion here The Tho NC- NC NC Flyers ivers met ill luck yesterday when they crashed Into a heavy heay swell of off San Diego harbor as they struggled to get their ship Into the air A leaking hull hun forced the NC 5 to return for repairs A hast hasty survey surey showed that with hard work by bYall all al allhands allhands hands the pluck of the ships ship's crew might be rewarded by making their plane fit for a n. long flight tomorrow in an effort to overtake the fleet ai at Magdalena bay or across the gulf gult of California at ba bay Every man at the station competent to work on the hull hun was pressed into I I immediate service and hurr hurry calls cans were sent out for those on liberty electric electric electric elec elec- I lights were installed and all night I tho the work went on on Today the main fleets fleet's objective is Magdelana bay about miles from here making the days day's flight about I miles |