Washington, July 26.
Permission for a German aeroplane which will attempt a round-the-world fight, to land in Alaska, was sought from the U.S. Department of - State today by the Reich's Ambassador here, Dr. Hans Heinrich Dieckhoff.
From functionaries in the German Embassy, it is learnt that this craft will most probably be a many-motors ed Focker-Wulf, with a crew of four men, The proposed globe-girdling plane will follow a route from Germany south-east to India, then to China and Japan, across the Pacific to Alaska, through the United States, over the Atlantic Ocean and back to Germany. Plans for the last lap are not final, however, and possibly the craft may land in Ireland.
It is not mentioned here whether this group of German aviators will attempt to shatter the record set but several days ago by the American sportsman, Howard Hughes and his four companions, who circled the earth in less than four days—Havas.
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