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Major F. L. Martin, Commander of the World Cruise (TIME, Jan. 14, et seq.) was lost again with his plane-The Seattle. The three other planes were waiting ahead of him, 400 miles west, at Dutch Harbor (Alaska), while high winds and repairs delayed their chief at Chignik (Alaska). Before Major Martin left, he found it necessary to scrape 400 pounds of ice off his plane and thaw out his gasoline pump. The promise of calmer weather proved deceptive, and with reports of 100-mile-an-hour gales in the North Pacific, the second disappearance of the Seattle...
MacLaren, British flier, half way across India last week, was forced down in Rajputana. His engine was so damaged that he needed three days before going on. The American world fliers were at Dutch Harbor in the Aleutian Islands, awaiting Commander F. L. Martin who was still at Chignik, the last stopping-point on the American continent. They have travelled a few hundred miles less than MacLaren, but they have almost covered the worst part of their itinerary and will now head to milder, southern climes. MacLaren's worst troubles...
...Chignik, the expedition awaited a new engine for their commander's plane. This was to be their last stop on the American continent. They were scheduled to wend their way over the sparsely populated Aleutian Islands, with only a few fishermen to help in case of need...
Seward marked 2,900 miles traveled out of the 27,000 necessary to encircle the globe. Another 450 miles landed Lowell H. Smith, Erik Nelson and Leigh Wade at Chignik in spite of more "hardboiled" Alaska weather in the shape of snow squalls and high winds. Even the hardy aviators showed every sign of exhaustion, increased by anxiety at the disappearance of their Commander Major Frederick L. Martin. In spite of fatigue and weather they were preparing to seek their comrade, when news arrived of his rescue in Portage Bay by the U. S. destroyer Hull. A leaky tank...
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