PACIFIC FLIGHT

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXII, Issue 12532, 18 April 1935, Page 5

PACIFIC FLIGHT

COMMERCIAL LINE TO ORIENT INITIATED. Huge plane hops off for HONOLULU. CREW OF SIX. CAPACITY FOR 5*2 PASSENGERS. (U.P.A. by Elec. Tel. Copyright.) (Roc. April 17, 7.15 p.m.) ALAMEDA, Calif.) April 16 Blazing a commercial line to the Orient, the Pan-American clipper plane hopped off at 3.50 p.m. on the first leg of the journey to Honolulu The. plane has four motors with a total of 2800 horse-power and a crew of six, captained by Mr Edwin ■ C. Musick, who has spent 22. years in commercial aviation. He ha's never had a serious accident in 10,000 hours and with more than 1,000.000 miles of flying. The othcr s are; Chief Pilot, R. G. 1). Sullivan second in command who took off Engineering Officer Yictori Wright; navigation officer Fred Noinan ; junior Flight Officer Harry Canaday; radio officer, To men Jarhoe, junior. Tho plane, raced along th e surface for a quarter of a mile in 30 seconds. The weather conditions were ideal and with a cruising speed, of 150 to 160 miles an hour it was expected to reach Honolulu in 16 to 18 hours. A new radio compass, developed after tests by Colonel and Mi's Lindbergh, wa s carried out. Stations at Alameda, Kcncoho Bay and Hawaii began sending directional signals. The clipper weighed 41,5001b5, and carried three thousand gallons 'P gasoline and 300 gallons «1 oil enough to take her 3200 miles, and IQ2 pounds of mail. The piano has u passenger capacity of 52.

ALL THE EASE OF PLEASURE FLIGHT.

PLANE 712 MILKS OUT

(U.P.A. by Tel. Copyright) (Roc. Aprii 17, 8.35 p.m.) ALAMEDA, April 16.

The clipper is proceeding apparently with all the case of a short pleasure flight. Progress messages state that at 8.30 p.m. the plane, was 712 miles out with an average speed of 152 miles per hour. DESIGNER’S FORECAST GIANT-TRANS-CCEAN 1C LINERS. AUSTRALIA TWO OR THREE DAYS PROM. AMERICA. (U.P.A. by Elec. Tel. Copyright.) (Ree. Aprii 17. 8.25 p.m.) NEW YORK. April 16. Igor Sikorsky, designer of the plane constructed for the scheduled transpacific passenger flight addressing a luncheon in his honor, said.;— “Wo are now at tho cud of the preparatory work f°r the giant transoceanic liner. This will he a very interesting era we arc about to lire in. i.t .will bring Europe within 24 hours passenger travel of Ihe United .States and Australia but s two or three day trip. ROUND WORLD IN FOUR. AND HALF DAYS. VAXGBO RN ’ S PL AN 8. (U.P.A. by Elec. Tel. Copyright.) Glee. April 17. 10.50 p.m.) * • NEW YORK. April 17 Afr Mollison. who was also present at Mr Sik“i sky’s dinner predicted a seven hour service with Europe via the stratosphere. Pangborn described his plans for a non-stop round the world flight in yuly or August, refuelling in air over New York. M.oscc,>v and Chita, between start and finish at San Diego, California. H P expects to complete the flight in four and a half days