Show HONOLULU FLIGHT MORE THAN JUST ORDINARY HOP L aleut leut corn com knefler mcginnis Alc GinnIs regards the mass flight of six navy planes from san francisco to honolulu as simply a routine performance perform ince these planes were ere des designated for patrol duty at pearl harbor in stead of being shipped to their des tin atlon they were flown by a crew of 30 men over 2400 2 miles of open I 1 to skilled fliers this mav may be just another night hop but it Is nevertheless of striking significance in the development of long iong distance aviation both commercial and mill tary the stretch between the united states and handall all is 1 the longest 0 over ver water hop in flying the pacific between haw all and the philippines or other parts of asia a number of islands might serve as stopping points general bilbo balbo brought the italian air squadron to the united states last summer without making makin any nonstop flights equal in distance dis distance to the one lust just completed by the american planes they have set a new distance record for mass flights almost any part of the world may te reached without flying over more than 2 2400 miles of open sea in a single stage aviators have spanned the distance between our western coast and honolulu a number of times gut but most of 0 these flights have been expert mental solos when six navy pline planes make the trip in formation without accident or undue difficulty the range of the airplane as an instrument of destruction in war time Is graphical ly illustrated |