Ogden Daily Standard | 1918-11-23 | Page 7 | Biplane Starts on Non-Stop rip to Capital

BIPLANE STARTS . TfflP TflCAFITAL SANTA BARBARA, CaL. Nov. 23. Bound for Washington, D. C, with only two stops scheduled between "102," the Longhead biplane, left Santa Barbara Bar-bara at 5:05 this morning. Just before tho start Mavor Nielson handed O. S. T. Myerhoffer, the chief pilot, messages to mayors of Deming, N. M., and Peoria, Ills., where the machine ma-chine will alight for supplies. Deming Is expected to bo reached by 1:30, o'clock this afternoon and Peoria on Sunday afternoon. The machine party i will lay over at Deming until Sunday morning. Washington is expected to be , reached some time Monday. I Myerhoffer also carries a message' from Governor W. D. Stephens to President Wilson. The plane carries supplies sufficient for a 1200 mile non-stop flight. It will follow the Southern Pacific railroad tracks across tho desert. It was con slructed'here by Allan and Malcolm Loughead and it has a carrying capacity capa-city of 2500 pounds, which includes three passengers, and can reach an altitude al-titude of about 14.000 feet.