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Show Four Army Airplanes Make Landing at "Gold Beach" Near Nome NOME, Alaska, Aufr- -i. (Delayed) F'rospoeturB, mlnrrs anJ natives from villages for mllen around Nome Kroetcil the four United Sta;cs nrniy avlutorrt when ihfy landed on the famous fam-ous "Gold Beach" late vo.stcrdny. - Captain St. Clair Street, head of th airplane expedition, was enthusiastic over the flight. The machines left i Mlneola, l- L July 11 and were re-porte, re-porte, li Captain Street to le In perfect per-fect condition for a return (light tilts i KPEH1KNCE "We are enthuslastlp over the suc-rfs suc-rfs of the fllpht lii-eause ll has ac-CdlilpHslie.l ac-CdlilpHslie.l What was lielioved ti he the impossible, the estahliahmcnt of aeriul communication with Alaska," said Captain Street "The entire trip was made with the original motors and lh are still running." Kogs and storms that had delayed 'he departure of the aviators from Ruby gave way yesterdav to warm and clear skies. The aviators were first sighted fat-out fat-out over Norton Sound, and at 5:30 they made a perfect landing on the beach " The middle-west and Canada as far as iidnionston. Alberta, proved the most Ideal Hying territory," Captain Street said, in describing the Journej. After we reached the Rocky Mountains Moun-tains we found few landing fields, chiefly because of the rough nature of the country ami the heavy forests Ah we flew 6Ver Southeastern Alaska, We Sighted innumerable glaciers. In the Interior of Alaska, the unexplored terrltorj we could land only on the tiars of the rivers " Hot N t I ult Mill IU Phe trip determined the feasablllty ot establishing mall, express and is- nger communication with Alaska, Captain Street asserted. "I expect to see such routes established estab-lished in the not far distant future," he said Before h aving for the return trip to Mineoia the planes win urobabl) fly west to Cape Prlncs of Wales, circling Diomede Islands and possibly flying over the Siberian const for a short distance, dis-tance, according to Captain Street. The tllKht Will be made as soon as weather . ondltlons permit. |