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Show CL5FFORD B. HARMON SAILS f ROM NEW YORK FEB. 25 TO ATTEMPT fLSGSIT ACROSS ISTHMUS Of PANAMA M J W XtM-BOX KITE TO M& &&;' 1.v H ifcw1' y f a - j" ; tor aV4?! H NEW YORK, Feb 15. Clifford B. H Harmon, the celebrated aviator, has H completed his plans for attempting tho H hazardous venture of flying In an aor- H oplano from Colon across the Isthmus H of Panama from ocean to ocean. Ho 1 BtartB from New York Februarv 25 H on ,the Btcamshlp Moltkc wiUi all hlB H apparatus and assistants. His report H will have Imporiant Influence la de- H termining the attitude of congress Hl toward fortifying tho Panama canal H as his course takes him over the b!- H ditch. Experts sav aviators could de- H stroy any fortifications erected at the H canal by means of dropping bombs from tho sky. Tho topographv of the land over which Harmon will fly is Mich as to produce cross currents and eddlep In the lower air strata, these currents paralleling the configuration of the land und bolng atmospheric disturber dis-turber for at least 150 foot abovo tho earth. The-refoie, In order to gain the cons-taut air tho aviator should attain a height of from 150 to 550 feet ah aoon b practicable- after the launch-lng, launch-lng, an altitude greater than would be necessary under normal conditions in the Unltod States. By tho time tho navigator is over Gatun, six miles ficm the ntarting point he should bo at least 360 foot up, and abovo tho I famous Culebra cut, three-fourths of tho distance between Colon nnd Panama, Pan-ama, ho will havo attained his greatest great-est height. Of course it la feasible and may be found desirable to go much higher, but tho altitude mentioned will bo sufficient for the aviator to discern the Hargxavcs box Ttltcs and flags which it is purposed to diBtrlbuto along tho routes kltos to Indicate the route and flags to mark available spots for landing In case tne motor goes wroug. A kite placed abovo Gatun dam will bo readily discernible from j the ship at tho start. Kites also aro ! to bo flown abovo Bahla and Tabcr- ' nil! a. |