Show COLUMBUS COLUMBUS 2ND i SETS OUT FOR FORi i NEW WORLD IN BIG SEAPLANE I I II Lean Leaves s Spain Boun Bound for forI I South America and 1 i New York Yorki jl MILE FLIGHT Farewell Ceremony Held In III Ruins of Historic I I Convent j i S L p L PALMAS IA Canary I lan ls Tin Tsu Wy D 2 Cv The TheA I A J PIT SS 1 Command Cr i r r Franco a in J JI Jh h here r liFt afternoon Ine I log the HIP first t Ie le leg of the Ibl project project- projected ct- ct t-eil t Pel ed flight from Crom Spain to 10 Argen Argentina I tins tina t PALOS rALos pain N Jan 22 lIly 22 22 Ry RyThe The Associated Three Thrle a started at S 8 o'clock this morning In the sea sla seaplane plane Ne NI Ultra Plus-Ultra on the first leg ot of a flight for fOI Bueno Dueno Aires and possibly New York Tork The Tho Th first stop will hp he h Las Palm Palmas Palma as Canary Islands lelanda The aviators are arc Corn Com Commander mander Ramon Franco Captain De Df Alva Alsa and Ensign Duran The distance to Buenos Aires Alres and New ew York Is miles The Columbus Columbu ot of the air Corn Com Com Commander mander mander Franco Is i seeking again to link Spain with the Americas and from the exact spot in the Domingo o Rubio canal here whence the Para els of ot Columbus Columbu set I forth The length of the first ho hop Is 01 miles I ts t's From Palos to Buenos BuenosAires Aires is 1 I miles milts Franco has been k known own as The Jackal since his aviation school days because he wor wore a n large lock of ot his shaggy black hair down over his bronzed race face ROUTE DESCRIBED From the Canar Canary Islands still sUit i proceeding southward oft off the African coast the th flight I will beto be to the Cape Verde Islands From the Cape Verde Verdes there l willbe be a jump of ot 1432 miles to For For- Feln rando pando ln o Do NO Noronha and nd then a 8 flight of ot to ti the lIe can can mainland at Pernambuco Fernambuco Bra Bra- Brazil xii zil Skirting the coast cout o of Brazil the path ot of o the Nc Nt Ultra Plus-Ultra will willlie willlie lie as the th crow crow flies fills 1264 miles from Pernambuco Fernambuco to Rio Janeiro Then will come a jump of ot 1382 I miles milea to Buenos Alrea where the light flight as at present arranged will end At BUln Buenos a Aires Alres it will 11 be do- do determined de determined whether The Jackal end his hili companions companion shall point the prow row ot of the seaplane northward for tor an aerial voyage of ot addi addi- additional additional miles mills to New York CRUISERS FOR FOn SAFETY S For the trip across the Atlantic front the Cape Verde erde Islands the Spanish navy has stationed th cruiser Don Blaz de Lezo at the Saint Paul Rocks about two thirds two ot of the way across and the tor tor- tor- tor torpedo torpedo boat destroyer Alcedo at Fernando do Noronha In the Ne Ultra Plus-Ultra food tood for tor torten forten forten ten days das is carried An apparatus for tor distilling drinking water from sea aEa water Is a part ot of the ships ship's fixtures In case ot of accident the seaplane Is xo so outfitted as to be beable beable beable able to cruise at a speed of from 35 to 10 40 miles an hour The actual flying time to Buenos Is expected to be 66 56 hours but there will wll be a two-day two rest for tor the aviators at the Cape Verde Islands IN IX ANCIENT COX CONVENT Bl Before Cote leaving Palos Comman Comman- Commander Commander apr der Franco was embraced at cere- cere ceremonIes cere monIes by Marchena Colombo president ot of o the Columbian society who expressed wishes for divine guidance In the noble and pa- pa patriotic patriotic pa patriotic enterprise The comman comman- commander commander commander der remarked This place which once gave Columbus all aid for tor forthe forthe the discovery of o the new world rOw gives rives wings and well ell wishes to the aviators who are about to mark out a new route to lo the Americas with their seaplane The farewell ceremonies were held heid In the ruins of ot a convent where Columbus In 1484 persuaded ed d the th prior to enlist Queen Isa- Isa Isa Isabella's bellas bella's bellas bella's aid for tor him 00 |