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Show IN ARfZONA' Transcontinental Aviator Avia-tor Vhhin Two Days of His Goal Maricopa, Ariz.. Nov. 2. With less than 500 miles, or a little more than two days' flight under favorable circumstances cir-cumstances between him and his goal, C. P. Rodgers, pioneer transcontinental transcon-tinental aviator, prepared today to enter en-ter upon tho last lap of his loner flight wnlch has brought him ovoi-Ltad ovoi-Ltad from New York and which, barring bar-ring mishaps, will land him ultimate! at Pasadena, Cal. Rodgere spent the night at Marico-t Marico-t "r p'anned to start early for Phoenix, where he was scheduled to gm. an exhlb tion flight beforo resuming re-suming his flight west. He sail he would limit his stay in Phoenix to such time as was required to fulfill liis contract for a flight there and would return to Maricopa, turning westward and following the Southern Pacific tracks to Yuma. He said ho hoped to reach Yn.i tonight Phoenix, Arl.. Nov. 2. Aviator Rodgors who left Maricopa at 9 4.1 this inofninp, arrived here at 10 30, making the distance of 45 miles at tho rale of a mile a minute. Tucson, Ariz., Nov. 2 Aviator Fowler expects to resume his transcontinental trans-continental flight from this city at 1:30 o clock this afternoon He will stop at Bensou Lordsburg. Demlng and El Paso. |