Balked by unfavourable weather and unable to establish contact with their refuelling plane before attempting the flight across the Pacific ocean to Japan Reg Robbins amd H. 8. Jones landed: at Solomon Field, "Nome, ening Pacific Standard The airmen had flown from Seattle to a point beyond Noi their Lockheed-Vega monoplane, the Fort Worth, There was a successful refuelling operation over Fairbanks ast night but the second attempt to refuel from the Ford trimotored monoplane ended in failure.
'The fact that the Fort Worth was forced to land at Solomon Field here has caused Robbins and Jones to abandon, at Jeast temporarily, their attempt' to make a nonstop' flight Srom Seattle to Tokyo in competition for the G.$25,000 prize offered by the Tokyo "Asahi," for the first nonstop flight between Japan and America in either direction.
'The Fort Worth left Fairbanks at $48 o'clock last night, Pacific nlandard time, Escorted by' the Ford plane and with fair weather conditions prevailing Messrs Robbins and Jones arrived over Solomon Field at two o'clock this morning. Upon the arrival of the planes they both disappeared into the northeast after the refuelling ship had landed at Solomon Field for a capacity load of gasoline, For some time observers on the round believed the refuelling operation had been completed successfully and oficlals at Solomon Field west Worth vas heading for the Bersig far az: to announce that the For!
With. the motor of their huge monoplane, the Hyphen, roaring perfectly Messrs. LeBrix and Doret, two of France's most famous aviators, started an attempt to, {to Tokyo without a stop wh took off from LeBourget Aerodrome, near Paris, at 442 o'clock Sunday morning, Paris ti On their long heralded flight, which is expected to result in the establishment of a new world's distant flight record, Messrs. LeBrix and Doret are accompanied by M. Mesmin, a skilled aeroplane machi nic. The Hyphen, when she started, carried 2,150 gallons of gasoline. Her total weight was ten tons.
At the start the National Metelorological en Suisse predicted ex-feel lent. weather conditions over the route although deviations from a straight line course may be necess-avoid bad weather spots Jover Asia, Fust before he started, M, LeBrix Jannounced that he and hi panions will take them in the Hyphen over Brussels, Koenigsberg,—Moscow, Nijninovgorod, Ekate Kras-9 Mukden, Seoul and then nto Tokyo.
Because the Hyphen fully loaded land weighing more than 10 metric tons Was difficult to. manipulate the start. was most thrilling. The take-off was a difficult piece of piloting.
"We expect to take 72 hours for the flight to Tokyo, allowing ten hours for the time' difference between Paris and Japan," M. LeBrix told. the, United Press before the start, "We expect to arrive, in Tokyo at noon on Wednesday, Tokyo time. "On our route we will Ay slightly navth of Moscow, Ekaterinburg, Tobolsk and Lake Baikal."
The aviators arrived at LeBourget Aexodrome, at 3 this morning. They found. that already the tanks of the Hyphen had: been filled with 18,100 liters of: petrol and 320 liters Jof oil. M. LeBrix examined the {weather repor's and found conditions most favourable for at least the first part of the flight.
The aviators awaited the arrival: of daylight and.then they took off. The plane arose with a great effort and she just managed to, clear, the trees at the end of LeBourget field.
The ight is being financed by M. [Francois Coty, the internationally /known perfumer.
He also financed plane the levelling of a special LeBourget runway 90° yards and. 1,700 jpards long. All: of the distance
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