DETAILED ORDERS
THE OFFICIAL PROGRAMME,
(Received May 31, 8.30 a.m.)
NEW YORK, 17th May.
The New York World's Washington correspondent states that the Navy Department has made public the contents of the sealed orders given to the pilots, showing that the seaplanes'", flight was planned in the minutest details many months .ago. . The orders outline the speed, equipment, route, and crew of the seaplanes, the manner in which the course was to be patrolled by war vessels, the wireless arrangements, the place of landing in the Azores, etc. The orders state that after arrival at Azores; the seaplanes were to take in fuel.quickly, and remain not more than a night, then start for Lisbon (900 miles), and thence, after a night's stay, fly to Plymouth, England miles).
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Evening Post, Volume XCVII, Issue 127, 31 May 1919, Page 5
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127DETAILED ORDERS Evening Post, Volume XCVII, Issue 127, 31 May 1919, Page 5
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