Salt Lake Telegram | 1925-05-03 | Page 1 | New Record is Made for All Metal Planes

NEW c IS i iMADE I MADE fOR ALL METAL PLANES I I 9 Proves Capacity Capacity Capa Cap city for TransPacific TransPacific Trans Pa Naval Plight Flight t PHILADELPHIA May 2 Mak lal Mak Making ing a new worlds world's record for non- non nonstop nonstop stop step flights for seaplanes the all- all metal hull hull P 9 9 built to fly ny from California to to Honolulu 1 dipped into the Dela Delaware ware river r today after be being being being be- be ing In the air all 28 23 hours and 36 min min- I utes She canle came down Only be because because because be- be cause she ran out of gasoline The flight to test her capacity for tor the Pacific cross-Pacific hop was pronounced pronounced pronounced pro pro- a success in every way by naval officers She took the air all so easily at 10 1022 22 a. a m. m Friday with 1300 gallons of gasoline that observers said she could load more fuel and stay Ini In the air air longer Her engines ran smoothly and the thelong thelong long flight was without especial I Incident the pilots said Those aboard w were were re Lieutenants C. C H. H and J. J R. R Kyle I Jr who took turns in piloting the big plane and Captain L L. M M. Woolson Wool Wool- son a civilian aeronautical expert and Chief Machinists Machinist's Mate Charles Sutter who also took their turns I on watch DISTANCE TEST TET The 9 observers observers' said flew at atan atan atan an average speed sufficient to carry her farther than from San Diego to 10 the Haw Hawaiian ilan islands At Atthe Atthe Atthe the end of the twenty seventh hour holtI it was announced she had flown just far enough to equal the distance between San Diego and Honolulu It was j jointed out by exper experts s' s that In lii a straight-away straight flight light fl flying ing conditions would be somewhat easier and that the plans plane probably could go mUC mush h faster In the same number of hours than she she shedid did In the test The 9 FN followed a cou course lse of about forty miles mlles In length up Ul and down the Delaware from the na navy yard to Fort Delaware When Vh n she had almost exhausted her gasoline the pilots changed their course and flew across th the river from the Pennsylvania to th the I New Jersey side until the tanks tank were drained When hen this occurred the pilots turned the hugo huge craf raft Into the wind and easily settled on the river surface at p. p mas m m. as thousands on the shores cheered GREETED BY CHEERS CHEER Lieutenant was tas th the first to step out after the seaplane was towed to the navy yard ald docks His face was drawn and tired ai as ashe ashe he put foot on on earth Cheers Cheer greeted him on all sides and cries went up Yo broke the record I r thought the hue thing would never neve run out of gasoline he said Behind Lieutenant I came cam Lieutenant Kyle He lie peeled I off oCt his leather helmet and other othe and looked at his watch Ive got to make a couple of o telephone calls he said and Im I'm late ate now We didn't begin to feel the effects effects ef- ef until today said Lieutenant Lieutenan Yesterday we slept In n hour half-hour shifts but toda today we our naps until we ise put In about an hours hour's sleep each time We Ve didn't have an any trouble going to sleep toda today either The Theman Theman Theman man off duty dropped Into a I. I nap as soon as his turn came AIR IS EXCELLENT The air yesterday esterday was good and l st night was particularly smooth making It comparatively oos easy to fly at an even een rate Today Today To To- day however there thero was a wind and the air was as rough and bumpy None of us would make as long ong a flight light as that again If It could be avoided I suppose we feel eel that way because were we're Just out of the plane After a days day's rest est well we'll feel differently about it DU During the event the fliers were In n communication with the experts at the navy yard ard by means moans of signal signal sig- sig nal lal lamps flashing code and also by jy means of notes dropped on the lying field by tiny parachutes The he plane had haI broken the old worlds world's record cord for lor seaplane endurance endur- endur ance nce flight at a. a m. m toda today That mark 14 hours 83 53 minutes and nd 44 seconds was established on n July Juh 11 and 12 12 1924 by Lieu Lieu- Lieutenants tenants F. F V. W. Wood Wend and J. J Bierce B. B Pierce at Washington THIRD FLIGHT This Is III the third flight the 9 iN 9 has las made in an endurance test I She was forced down by engine Continued on page 10 NEW RECORD IS I MADE FOR ALL METAL PLANES Continued from page 1 trouble the first time after 9 hours 21 n minutes and by a driving rainstorm rainstorm rainstorm rain rain- storm on the second occasion after atter she had been in the air about three hours The hull of ot the 9 9 is constructed constructed constructed con con- of ot stronger than wood and about third one-third the weight of steel She has a wing spread of ot 72 feet teet 10 inches and is fully fifty tIfty feet long She is equipped with high lift planes and is an improvement improvement improve improve- ment over other similar cruiser type seaplanes She has two gear geared d horsepower Packard motors With AVith a a. crew of ot five men gasoline gaso- gaso line line and Ine and military supplies the airplane airplane air airplane air air- plane weighs nine tons of ot which four our and one-half one tons represents structure and the other half hale the load oad