FLIGHT TO HAWAII
AN AMERICAN ATTEMPT ARMY AIRMEN SET OUT By Cable.—Press Association. —Copyright Received 9.5 a.m. OAKLAND (CALIF.), Wednesday. A TRI-MOTOR Army Fokker monoplane piloted by Lieutenant Lester Maitland and Lieutenant A. Hazenberger Left on an attempted non-stop trip to Honolulu at 7.10 this morning, Pacific standard time. Lieutenant Maitland has estimated that he will reach Hawaii in 27 hours. Tho plane is loaded to 18,9001 b. It was escorted 10 miles out to sea by 10 Army planes. Mr. Ernest N. Smith, who also was to essay the flight, was delayed. He watched Maitland and Hagenberger suddenly don helmets, jump into their plane, and roar away. Smith said: “I can give them two hours’ start and beat them.” He and Captain* Carter (navigator) made a take-off shortly after the departure of Maitland; but after seven minutes he was seen to return, the windshield being broken. He postponed the flight. It is believed that his machine is not suited to a long journey. The spectators believed that Maitland and Hagenberger were posing for photographers, until Maitland shouted: “Good-bye, boys. We’re off!” Atmospheric conditions are ideal over the Pacific. A message from San Francisco states that the army plane passed the Sonoma 750 miles out at 2.40 p.m.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 83, 29 June 1927, Page 15
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208FLIGHT TO HAWAII Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 83, 29 June 1927, Page 15
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