PACIFIC FLIGHT.
AMERICA TO HAWAII. } AMERICAN PREPARATIONS. * - (at cm®—sbisb Ataocurtau—catvawftl (AUBTBALUS ATO K-Z. CAIU AMOmtIOK.) (Received June 21st, 5.5 pan.) WASHINGTON, .Tone 20. The Navy Department announced that a naval aeroplane flight from tk Pacific Coast to Hawaii would probably start on September 2nd. It bat sot been decide® whether the start will ta made from San Diego or San Franeiteo. Later. Captain Stanford Moses, commndtr of the aircraft squadron with. the battle fleet, will command the flight route, which will be patrolled by teavwwla. The battleship Arizona, the aimaftcarrier Langley, and the aircraft tesder Areestook will be stationed 600 milts apart, between the mainland and tl« islands, for the purpose of gather!** weather observations. Six dtiUojtn will be scattered at 200-mile iaterrals , | in the gaps between the itatfoa afeifVe I Two mine-sweepers will also patrol t&o route. The delay in selecting the start!ag» r! point i 3 due to considerable rivalry between San Diego and Baa Ftaaeiaeo foe the honour. [The sea route from Sam Praaeiaeo to Honolulu is 2095 miles.]
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Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18414, 22 June 1925, Page 9
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172PACIFIC FLIGHT. Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18414, 22 June 1925, Page 9
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