MOSCOW TO SAN FRANCISCO

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 21 June 1937, Page 6

MOSCOW TO SAN FRANCISCO

SOVIET PLANE TAKES OFF MAY REFUEL AT NORTH POLE [United Press Association—By Eiwrrr Tnl^graph—Copyright! NOME (Alaska), 18th June. Information has been received that a Soviet single-motored monoplane with a crew r of three took off from Moscow for San Francisco, and expects to arrive on Sunday at daybreak. The flight is being made either nonstop or with a landing at the North Pole station for fuel. POSSIBILITY OF AIR SERVICE (Received 21st June, 9 a.m.) MOSCOW, 19th June. Twenty-four hours after departure the Soviet lifted the veil of secrecy surrounding the attempt made by the aces Chakalov, Baydukov, and Belyakov to fly to San Francisco via the North Pole. The latest wireless received from the fliers states that they reached latitude 85, longitude 58. They had crossed Franz Josef Land and were ner -ps the pole. The weather was excellent. The object of the flight is to test the p jssibility of the Moscow to San Francisco air service with an intermediate stop at a special meteorological station at the Pole itself. NORTH POLE CROSSED (Received 21st June, 9 a.m.) SAN FRANCISCO. 19th June. The Russian Consulate received a report that the Soviet plane crossed the North Pole 171 hours after leaving Moscow. It may arrive here on Saturday evening.