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HONGKONG, MONDAY, MAY 12, 1924.
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MAJOR MARTIN REACHES SAFETY.
AEROPLANE CRASHES ON MOUNTAIN IN A FOG.
(Reuter's American Service.)
Cordová (Alaska), May 11.
Major Martin and his mechanic whose whereabouts have been unknown since May I have safely arrived at Port Møller, Alaska.
A wireless message from Marlin states that his aeroplane is totally wrecked, having crashed on a mountain in a fog on April 30,
They arrived exhausted at a trapper's cabin on May 7.. They found food in the cabin where they rested three days.
"Our existence, is due to concentrated food and our nerve.”
A message from Alaska stated that anxiety was felt regarding the whereabouts of Major Martin, the leader of the United States Army world flight venture. He was detained at Chiknik by severe. weather and 400 lbs. of ice accumulated on the machine. He left on the morning of May 1 to join his comrades at Dutch Harbour and nothing had been seen of him since. It was feared the prevailing storms might have forced him to make an isolated and precarious landing. Fishing vessels were requested to keep a look out.]
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Major Martin's machine which has been totally destroyed. This photograph shows it clearing the mountains.
OFF TO SAIGON.
to leave Attu Island. America around the world, and, incidentally, has long been making ato secure for the United States the Bangkok, May 11. bid for air supremacy and the fact birthplace of aeronautics. the D.'Oisy has left for Saigon.that her attempt.synchronises with honour of being the first country to encircle the world entirely by that of the British effort has, natur-àir. Washington, May 10-The ally aroused the greatest interest three American world fliers left in the two countries, Atka Island for Att Island, 530 miles distant, at ten o'clock yesterday morning.
American Flight.
4 To obtain information on the conditions of operating aircraft in various climates over land and sea throughout the world.
The American itinerary-has-been- The following officers of the Later. The world fliers have laid down northward along the American Army Air Service are arrived at Attu Island. They are coast of Alaska to Attu Island, in participating in the flight: Major now faced with the longest flight the Aleutians; from. there to Frederick L, Martin, commanding; of their programme, 878 miles of Nagasak!, in Japan; down the Lieutenants Lowell H. Smith, Paramashiru.
China coast and through Indo-Erik HeNelson and Leigh Wade, with Lieutenants Leslie P. Arnold
D. China to India,
Schulze, as From India the airmen will go and LeClaire via the Persian Gulf and through alternates. Mesopotamia to Constantinople; from Constantinople across
Shanghai, May 11.-Brigadier General William Mitchell, Assist- ant Chief of the American Air Service, has arrived on a tour of the Far East...
French Flight.
Europe to Hull; thence northward The French aviator d'Olsy's London, May 10.--A new uero cross the Shetland and Faroe fight is the result of lengthy plane is being despatched-to the Islands to Iceland, Greenland, advanced preparations. It was stranded Portuguese, airmen. It Newfoundland, Canada and originally hoped to organise, a is fitted with a radiator specielly Washington; thence back to world tour hat this was abandoned designed for long distance fights Seattle. Each of the in the tropics.
make
planes on the ground of expense. It was to is... expected
six decided last year that Doisy changes of motors. Five of should attempt to Bak up France Four Nations.
these motors are being forward- and Indo-China, continuing to Airmen of four nations-British.ed to the following places: Attu Tokyo after the machine had American, French and Portuguese Island, Nagasaki, Calcutta, Con- been overhauled at Hanoi. The
are at present, making long stantinople and Hull. Each of French Ministry distance flights, the British and these places makes the end of ed authorisation from foreign the American striving to fly round, division of the fight, there being countries to ay over their territory. the world, the French to reach six divisions. Tokyo, via Indo-China, and the Portuguese to fly from Lisbon to Macao.
Officially, there is no com- petition in connection, with the flights, but the fact that repre.
sentatives of four nations are
World Airway,
has obtain-
Britain, Siam and Japan have consented to allow the airman to land at their aerodromes and take The War Department of the fuel. The United States has United States Government has placed the, stores along the route issued the following statement of the American world fight at the flight of the airman's disposal. regarding the American aviators →→
participating lends an inevitable 1. The purposes of the proposed much to enhance the interest which Service added experience in long sporting feature which will do fiight are to gain for the Air distance flying and particularly in the world centres in the events. The British aviators the supply problems connected
therewith are already last advices reporting them delay. 2. To complete
their way on
an aeroplane
It is numoured that after reaching
compete with the British and American fliers who are trying to Tokyo, d'Oisy, will attempt to
encircle the world.
He arrived at Karachi in the after- noon of April 30, having created a ed India for repairs while flight around the world in the record for the fight from Europe to India. His time was 382-actual the Americans have also made shortest possible time.
3. To demonstrate the feasi-flying houra. He has now left good progress, to-day's cables reporting them as being about bility of establishing an airway Bengkok for Saigon.
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