| Show i.- i. European Fliers Prepare Prepares f F For or Flights s to America By Divergent Air Routes LONDON July By 23 By The Asso Asso- Associated I dated Press Four Four attempts to cross the Atlantic ocean by airplane from the cast to west two British and two German are taking definite shape Apparently the first of the four will be that of Captain F. F T. T Courtney Court Court- ney British aviator who plans a aI I 1 mile mlle flight from London to New NewYork NewYork NewYork York and back stopping each way ay at Newfoundland for fuel and establish establish- establishing Ing for the first time a 1 tentative commercial airplane route He has been in camp at Calshot a suburb off of I Southampton HIS IllS ROUTE MAPPED His l route by stages e will l be from f Calshot d to Valencia v Ireland r d ea a dis distance dis- dis distance tance of miles thence 1700 miles to St. St Johns Newfoundland thence 1200 miles to New York following the same route on the return Captain Courtney will fly Cly a Dor- Dor DornIer Dormer nIer mer metal all-metal flying boat propelled by two Napier Lion engines and wilt will be accompanied by Flight Lieu Lieu- Lieutenant Lieutenant Lieutenant tenant F. F W. W M. M Downer Donner as na navigator tor and R. R F. F Little as engineer The other British attempt Is con con- contemplated contemplated by Colonel F. F F. F of the British Imperial air air- airways airways ways 1 and Leslie Hamilton a British air taxi owner Capt Robert II Mac Mac- Macintosh MacIntosh intosh may be taken t. along as a pas pas- The latter and have ha some hours of flying each to their credit and the two ha have ha e carried nearly passengers across the English channel without an accident LONDON LO DO TO OTTAWA The attempt aU will be bo made in a range long-range Fokker monoplane driven by a British Jupiter cooled air-cooled engine This expedition will take off oU from London on a stop non-stop flight to Ot Ot- Ottawa Ottawa tawa Ont where a stop will be b made to refuel after which another takeoff will be bo made to somewhere in Eu Eu- rope The aviators a will stay in the theair theair air nir as long loner as possible in hope of setting a new long distance record One German attempt is proposed by Herr Lieutenant Otto Koennecke year old German army officer vrho vho Intends to fly an metal all-metal monoplane mon mon- monoplane monoplane carrying two who ho arc are said to be financing the trip end and enda anda a radio operator It will be pro pro- propelled propelled propelled by one Bavarian and two Wright motors BERLIN TO CALIFORNIA This venture will be backed un un- unofficially tin tin- officially by the German government It will start from Berlin and an at attempt at- at attempt attempt tempt to make a a. stop non-stop flight to New York will be made and then to San Francisco The southern route by way of the Azores Acores has ten ten- tentatively tentatively tentatively been selected Koennecke will carry a long range radio set His tanks will carry enough fuel for 70 0 hours and he expects to attain a a. speed of miles mUes an hour Koennecke brought brou ht down 46 enemy airplanes during the war The other German attempt is in inthe Inthe inthe the hands of ot Ernst German ace who will WUl fly Cly a specially con con- constructed constructed constructed Rohrbach plane having two power high Bavarian motors His plane now being constructed is of the semi-hydroplane semi type He lie will be accompanied by one expert a aviator and one pilot His course has not been n definitely decided upon An in influential In- In Influential industrialist Is s sponsoring the project is a 1 stunt aviator and as a arar aar tar ar ace brought down 62 enemy airplanes He is prominent in the new glider developments in Germany having ing flown a 8 glider from the highest point in Germany for a long distance |
