The Archive · 1930

THIS SUMMER

New York, June 9.

Roosevelt Flying Pickd.' officials to-day that Roger Q. Williams was planning to make a tra Atlantic flight soon to some uns announced European city.

He is to fly in the reconditioned Bellanea monoplane Columbia in which Mfr, Charles Levine, piloted Clarence Chamber! flew across the Atlantic.

Williams, with Lewis H. Yancey, made a non-stop flight of the Atlane tic in the aeroplane Pathfinder from Old Orchard, Me,, to. Santandery in, on July 8-9, 1929. They had intended to go to Rome in n single "hop" but head winds and fog com= pelled them to descend at Santander because of fuel shortage after they had covered 3,400 miles in 81 lits 82 min, They went on to Rome Iater—United Press.

The East-West Attempt Los Angeles, June 9.

Avt Goebel, the well known aero plane pilot and winner of the Dole Contest Might from Oakland to Hawaii in 1927, completed tests of his Lockhend monoplane Yankee Dooille to-day and announced that he would depart for New York on Tuesday, After reaching New York he will ship the Aeroplane to France for York

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