The Archive · 1931

Japanese Goodwill Flight

United Press

London, Aug. 1 Completing a Aight from Tokyo which began at the Haneda Inter. national Aerodrome on May 29 Messrs, Ryotaro Kumagawa and Moritaka Kurimura landed in their monoplane, the "Young Japan," at the Hanworth Aerodrome to-day.

The Japanese aviators, who represent Hosei University on a goodwill Might to the capitals of Europe, had landed at the Croydon Aerodome before they flew to Hanworth, At Hanworth they were greeted by the Japanese Consul-General, the First Sccfetary of the Japanese Embassy and by Mr. Hackisuka, a representative of the Hanworth Flying Club.

Th an interview with the Press Messrs. Kumagawa and Kurimura said they made-the flight to qualify. for pilots' certificates, They landed first at Croydon to undergo. the customs formalities. They will re-

Ubeir all-metal Ford trimotored monoplane, 'AS soon' as the first refuelling operation bad been completed the Fort Worth ard the refuelling plane flew on toward Unalakloct where the second refuelling contact issu be made.

Originally it had been planned by refuel the Fort Worth for the second time over Nome. But it is raining hard at Nome, hence the decision to make the ' second fuelling contact at Unalakioet, Unalaklect, which is nearly 500 miles due west of Fairbanks, is Norton Sound and about 150 miles southeast of Nume. From Una lakaleet the Fort Worth can follow course over the Aleutian Islands rect to the Kuni Islands and Japan or, still accompanied by the refuelling plane, a course can bg laid toward the Siberian sh.xas of the Bering Strait where a think refuelling operation can be catriek gut before Messrs. [Robbins und Jones turn southwestward for! the long dash to Tokyo. 4

It is predicted here that the weather for the next few days will be clear all the Unalakleet across Strait to the shores United Press. way from, the Bonn of Asia

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