| Show Pacific Nonstop onto Flight May Start Tuesday AIR C CHIEF If MAY MA MAYFLY flY TO HAWAII IN ARMY PLANE Maj Gen Patrick Reported Report Report- ed Ready for Big Adventure RIVALS SPEED PLANS Smith Army and Navy Race Rac for OAKLAND Cal June 27 AP Neither army Fokker nor its civilian civilian civilian ilian opponent will take off on the fh Honolulu flight before tomorrow Lieutenant Lester J J. Maitland and Edmund J. J J Moffett of the rival camps camps' announced today SAN FRANCISCO June Jure 27 AP Major Major Gen General ral Mason P Patrick trick chi chief f of the army air corps arrived ar are rived here today to give the final word t to Lieutenants Lester J. J land Maitland and Albert Hegenberger geron on or their nonstop flight to Hono Honolulu lu Rumors u m ors tha t G fa j 9 make th make flight were viere heard in narmy n- n army circles and when ask asked d dif if if he would go the general genera replied I would prefer not to answer that question at this time SAN FRANCISCO June 21 27 AP Ar The Examiner says Major General General General Gen Gen- Gen Gen- eral Mason Patrick chief chiet of the Continued on page 8 8 AIR CHIEF MAY MAYFLY MAYFLY MAYFLY FLY TO HAWAII IN ARMY PLANE 7 Continued from page 1 1 army air service was unofficially r reported In army circles here t to tobe tobe be planning to accompany Lieutenants Lieutenants Lieu Lieu- tenants Lester J. J Maitland Albert Al Al- bert Hagenberger on their flight fligh t toward Honolulu General Patrick PatricI was expected to arrive arrve here today The big big Fokker C 2 the army's entry In the Golden Gate 1 flight project was rolled from it Its Is I hangar at Crissy field feld today while its is pilot piot Lieutenant Maitland slept and a crew of mechanics began begar work upon it H. Air field feld officials were silent a as asto asto 5 to Immediate plans but presumably r the plane was being prepared fo for inspection by Major General Pat Pat- rick Whether the plane would I proceed to the Oakland municipal II I airport at once to undergo final fina I dressing for the takeoff was no not t made known but the on or I Ithe the army field failed to arouse th the I camp of Ernest L. L Smith civilian civian 1 flier fer who Is making every effort efort t to I hop off of ahead o of the army entry There was no activity at the Oakland Oakland Oak Oak- Oakland land field where the Smith plane completely assembled was scheduled scheduled scheduled sched sched- to undergo preliminary tests In Honolulu the navy threw a I cloak of secrecy about the preparations preparations tons o of Richard Grace former navel navel na na- vel reserve officer whose transPacific trans trans- Pacific plane was locked In a 9 guarded hangar at Pearl Harbor Harbo r rafter after having made an apparently 1 successful test flight yesterday The time o of the contemplated hop hop- off was not made known Ernest Smith local civilian file flier fer got his plane ready for test flights flight S last night after working feverishly 1 with a large force of mechanics I. I By setting a strenuous pace he expected expected ex ex- to complete all al preliminaries S f and be ready for the takeoff before sun sundown wn I. I In spite spIe of the fact that Maitland and IH announced they do not contemplate a takeoff before tomorrow the Impression that they would make an earlier earler start than that caused Smiths Smith's forces to work at frantic speed Although the chances of ot Grace and his navigator Lieutenant Eston B. B Koger oger for fOl a tal takeoff from the Ha Hawaii wal end today were unknown here Smith was conceded to have havethe havethe the tile best est chance to tl be the first to get get Into the air because whether or n not t General Patrick accompanies the army fliers flers they must await his arrival and approval of the plane before they can go It i was said The Oakland municipal airport where a special foot toot runway has been constructed was ready to accommodate both the army pane and Smith for their takeoffs Maitland Maitland Mait Malt land and Hagenberger inspected inspect d the Ute runway yesterday and pronounced it in splendid condition The weather bureau promised head winds for takeoffs either here hereon hereon hereon on in the islands today declaring there would be a fresh east breeze from H Hawaii wal to the tile half hal way mark and a stiff northwest breeze from there to the mainland with wih fairly clear weather at this en end cear FIND CROSS WINDS Lieutenant Maitland accompanied accompanied by Lieutenant Hagenberger navigator flew to Oakland airport yesterday in an army service servie plane I from Crissy field feld Twice they tried the long runway and later an announced announced an an- they had encountered crosswinds crosSwinds cross crosswinds winds that probably would present presenta a serious problem in the handling of their Fokker With these winds it was explained the Fokker would probably not be able to take of off with wih is Its weight of pounds This announcement was followed by another that if i similar winds prevailed consistently the army men might go to Mather field feld Sacramento Sacramento Sacra Sacra- mento for the From early morning to night I thousands of automobiles traveling in continuous streams went to the Oakland airport Hundreds of po police po- po lice officers struggled constantly constanty and not entirely successfully to keep the crowds from the runway and Smiths Smith's camp where the expert expert ex ex- pert mechanics mechanics mechanics' and their helpers worked feverishly to straighten out outa a thousand intricate details of motor connections Instrument Intal In- In tal tion wing attachments and tempers sharpened by the lack o of sleep Smiths Smith's plane has a gasoline capacity capacity ca ca- ca- ca of gallons Lieutenant Maitland's plane Is designed to carry 1040 gallons Each expects to be able to travel miles mies on this amount of fuel fuel The distance to Honolulu is 2400 miles In Smiths Smith's camp It i was said that the test flights will wi be with wih graduated graduated graduated grad grad- loads After flying without gasoline in the tWo vo main gallon ISO tanks in the fuselage the plane would be brought to earth and the tanks filled fied to one-half one capacity it i was said and in succeeding flights this weight gradually Increased until un un- un- un til tl the maximum tank capacity was attained SEES SMITH PLANE Walter Waler F. F Parkin inspector for forthe forthe forthe the aeronautic branch of the United States department of omm appeared at the ca en I p p to in inspect inspect in- in sped the civilian civian ane j in He said he was particularly in interested in the placement of ot the main n-iain gaso- gaso ine lne l tanks as these constituted the p principal weight and would have to tobe tobe toe b be e so placed as to permit a perfect balance alance b In the ship Parkin had declared prior t. t to to- hi his appearance a at the camp that If i S Smith mith made the flight before the d department of commerce had approved up- up p proved roved the planes plane's condition he and andis h his is backers would be subjected to fine and Smith would forfeit h his is pilots pilot's piot's license After a talk with wih Smiths Smith's backers back back- c ers ers Parkin said they could apply t to o the commerce department for an experimental license and proc proceed ed with wih the flight immediately If i the department gave Its is telegraphic aPproval ap aP- aP- aP They said they would make malte s such uch application and the contrOversy controversy controversy contro contro- versy was considered closed cosed Smiths Smith's supporters declared that even If I the army plane beat him to the Smith and his Los Ls Angeles navigator Charles H. H Carter Carter Carter Car Car- ter could give them a six-hour six start and beat them to Hawaii HawaI However if Grace awaiting an opportunity to start a flight from rom Honolulu should hop off of before Smith his backers said they would await the result of the eastward flight before making their start SAN FRANCISCO FRANCISCO- June 27 21 FRNCISCO United Press Press Ideal Ideal weather conditions conditions con con- should prevail over the Pacific Pa Pa- for fo attempted flights within I the next tw twenty four hours tire the weather bureau said sid Conditions will wm be more favorable favorable favor favor- able for a flight ight westward than L for a from the Islands to the i mainland according to the tion From Irom Honolulu to the one hundred hundred hun hun- dred and thirty fifth thirty meridian I winds winds' are blowing moderate to tc I fresh east cast and northeast with with- r partly party cloudy Showers are com cam common mon throughout the area From com j I the one hundred and thirty fifth thirty meridian meridian- to California moderate i northerly winds are Increasing to tc I fresh Weather is clear generally |
