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Show CROSS-NMH I FLIGHTPLANNED :Army Aviator to Leave Florida Tonight for California I JACKSONVILLE. Fla.. Sept 4. Llelitenaht James H. Doolittle. array 'aviator, expects to hop off tonight I from the beach at Neptune, near here, confident that ho will have dinner to morrow night on the shore of the Pa clfic at San Diego. Cab, more than 2200 miles away. The airplane in which the aviator flew Saturday from Kelley field, San Antonio, Texas; to Jacksonville, a dls ; tanceof 1050 miles without a stop or a "miss" by the motor, was ready for the start today and reports were that I the storm Sunday night over Tampa bay would have no bearing on the flight. Lieutenant Doolittle plans to start from the beach sometime alter 10 j o'clock tonight, departure depending entirely upon the tide. At low tide the boach tor miles Is 600 to 800 feet in width, as hard as concrete and as smooth an a table. When he attempted attempt-ed 1o start early last month It was only a short time after Ihe tide began to ebb and in running over the com-partivelv com-partivelv narrow beach Ihe machine struek soft sand, swerved and was wrecked in the surf Lieutenant Doolittle Is making the flight alone and at his own expense to demonstrate the feasibility of moving mov-ing aircrart long distances quickly In emergencies. He plans only one stop en route, at San Antonio, for fuel. oo |