Outstanding in the passenger of the steamer were the three Portuguore aviators whose recent 11,000 mile flight from Lisbon to Macao recalls the exploits of their men in the 16th country.
proceeded to Seattle. The aviators were Squadron Commander Bute Paes, commander of the ight from Lisbon to Macao; Lieut.
Gouveis, who acted as mechanic, and Loader Sarento de Bieres. Com-mader Paes told a long story of the hardships that the party was forced to put up with, especially at Bushire, where the Persian Government held them for three days because they did not have passport vises from the Persian consul; the wreck of their first plane at Badana; the leg from Benghasi to Cairo; a non-stop jump of 850 miles, and the forced landing: inn Chinese cemetery near Sun Chun, within a few hours flight of their goal. The airmen went via San Francisco and New York to Montreal, on thei way to Lisbon,
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