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...soupy fog, then sat down at Hopedale. Mrs. Lindbergh exclaimed over the "wild picture of indescribable beauty" presented by Labrador's inland landscape. But, as nearly everyone knows, the Lindberghs were not on a sightseeing trip. They were in Labrador, en route to Greenland and probably Iceland, to help Pan American Airways decide whether or not it wants to try building an airline along that route to Europe...
...sturdy blackshirts jumped to their feet, chins held high, and chorused "Present." Also sad was the case of a lonely ground crew near Julienehaab. Greenland. For weeks they had waited there to give service to Balbo's planes in case they should choose to land en route from Iceland to Labrador. They never caught sight of the flying armada...
...Soon all were moored, and General Balbo and his officers went ashore in motorboats to tread rose petals, cast by Italian children on their way to Londonderry's Guildhall. The 24 seaplanes rode at moorings, drinking gasoline by the hundred-gallon in preparation for the next jump to Iceland, en route to Chicago. But there were 25 that took off from the home base at Orbetello the morning before (TIME, June 26). Twenty-five crossed the Alps at Spluga Pass, roared over Zurich and Basle, and trailed shadows on the soil of Strasbourg, Mannheim, Cologne. The 25 wheeled over...
...route from Orbetello lies northwest to Amsterdam (870 mi.), to Londonderry, Ireland (630 mi.), to Reykjavik, Iceland (930 mi.), southwest to Cartwright, Labrador (1,500 mi.), to Shediac, N. B. (800 mi.), to Montreal (500 mi.), to Chicago (870 mi.). Following'a three-day fete at the World's Fair the squadron will hop east to Port Washington, N. Y. on Long Island Sound. Unlike the South Atlantic flight, on which General Balbo left his planes with the Brazilian Government in barter for coffee, he will lead this squadron home again through the sky. The route, undetermined...
...like crack athletes at the Scuola di Navigazione Aerea (long distance school). The airmen are the pilots, navigators & crews of 24 seaplanes which spade-bearded General Italo Balbo will lead late this month to the Chicago World's Fair. The 6,280-mi. flight will be made via Iceland, Greenland and Montreal in daily hops, the longest of which is 1,560 mi. from Iceland to Labrador. Last week an advance squad of ten Italian mechanics and radiomen left Copenhagen for Reykjavik to set up an overhaul base for the armada. Three airplanes arrived at St. Johns...