Show ITALIAN PILOT SHOWS SKILL IN BIG BU PLANE Travels Over Ocr Land In Ii Texas III In Ship Built for Water Yater SAN fA ANTONIO Texas April 2 fly By By The Tho Associated Press Commander Francesco de Pinedo Italian airman who Is touring four continents on a mlle mil aerial journey journe waved good bye t to ti tithe the gulf gult of Mexico today and com corn completed completed his first dry land hand Ian 11 hop i In Inthe Ii the United States when he v from froni talve t toS iiA t l Ills His gigantic twin motored monoplane which Is equipped t to toland ti land hand on nothing but water mad made the mile SO journey without mis mishap mishap hap and Is In shape to speed awa at 4 30 o'clock tomorrow morn morn- morning mornIn mornIng ing In for Elephant Butte Dam New Net ew Mexico where It will land on th the waters Impounded led by that dam His Ills next hop will be he to the Pa la Pacific laI chic ocean at San Diego Calif I PLANES mET MEET nOI Commander De Do Pinedo turned his plane to tho the west wet early e this hi morning at New Orleans his first firs stop In the United States Slates and lieu flew approximately approximate miles along th tin the gulf SaIl arriving at Galveston short short- shortly ly h before 11 After ACler three thre hours spent In tuning his plan planche he took off oft for tor San S' Antonio a at ai p. p m. m and flew lew almost du duo due west until he crossed the city an and came to rest Test on the tho waters o oMedina ot 01 Medina lake lale 30 0 miles away awn A flight light of five lve army arms planes me methe met the flyer near the outskirts of ot th the city and formed an escort for him until he had located the lake which is hidden among deep hills After Arter circling the lake once th the Italian dropped to the surface while the other machines sought sough nearby landing fields GRACEFUL GRACEFUL- LANDING I Army fliers filers who witnessed Do De Pinedo's Pinedo graceful landing ex ex- expressed expressed pressed surprise that he had no not taken more time in examining the lake lako and selecting a n. landing spot Tho The flyer dismissed the compliment mont ment with a smile Speaking to Brigadier General F. F P. P Lahm commandant of the air corps training center here he said As soon as I 1 saw sats it It I knew 1 It was all right I hope that by the tho of ot this month I will drop my piano plane Into the Tiber at Rome with withas as little trouble as I I. I had here The rite aviator admitted that It would woul 1 take some unusual flying to carry him back to his home by that date His ills route roule takes him from front Ele Ele- Elephant thant Butte dam tiani to San Diego up tip the tho ho Pacific coast to the Canadian border order and east through Chicago Montreal and New r-ew York TonIc Irom From New l ew York he ho plans to fly to New NewFoundland ew and thence to Rome nome n |