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...faster and stronger airplanes become, the further they can fly and the heavier the weather they can endure, the more obviously necessary to them becomes Radio. It was not insignificant that the first plane to cross the Atlantic westward on a nonstop flight from one airport to another, found its way through Newfoundland fogs and magnetic disturbances almost entirely by radio. The Bremen, only plane preceding the Southern Cross, had no radio and was lucky to strike land where it did at Greenley Island...
...armed themselves against before taking off from Portniar-nock, Ireland. This was the fog that had swallowed Nungesser and CoU; Hamilton and the Princess Loewenstein-Wertheim; that nearly claimed von Huenefeld and the Bremen pilots. Now their own fuel was running low. No chance of making New York nonstop, or even U. S. soil. They must be somewhere near Harbor Grace Newfoundland, but how see the airport through such a fog? Then came a rift. The plane dived through it to a perfect landing at Harbor Grace. Thus last week after 31 trying hours, the Fokker Southern Cross, already famed...
...Pablo Sidar, called "The Madman" for his nerve, set out to capture the glory that had eluded his friend Carranza. In a special Emsco monoplane bought by public subscription, Sidar and Lieut. Carlos Rovirosa would fly from Cerro Loco (Crazy Hill) 5,000 mi. to Buenos Aires, the longest nonstop flight ever attempted. Rain and winds loomed in the South. Madman Sidar laughed. Near Puerto Limon, Costa Rica, Madman, co-pilot and plane were caught in a storm, cast into the Caribbean, drowned...
...Wichita, Kan. It took them only 14 hr.. 45 min., 32 sec., nearly three hours faster than any previous crossing of the U. S., but Col. Lindbergh deprecated efforts to credit him with breaking the record of Capt. Frank Monroe Hawks which, he pointed out, was a nonstop flight with a heavy fuel load. The Lindberghs held to levels between 14,000 and 15,500 feet. Purpose: To test the theory that airplane speed and efficiency are to be sought above storm areas, in rare atmosphere...
Mexico City to Washington. Vainly again did a Mexican try to fly nonstop from Mexico City to Washington. 2,300 miles. Last year it was the late Emilio Carranza. Last week it was Joaquin Gonzalez Pacheco, with Clifford E. McMillin of Syracuse, N.Y., in a plane named for Carranza. Like Carranza, Pacheco reached Washington, but not until after forced landings...