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NON-STOP
FLIGHT
Breaking of
Record
SHATTLE. Oct. 1 (A.A.P.).
The U.S. Navy Lockheed plane
Neptune, which left Perth on
Sunday afternoon in an attempt
on the world's non-stop record,
contacted the Civil Aeronuatics
Administration radio station at
Everett, Washington, at 5 a.m.
(Greenwich mean time), asking
for radio direction-finder bear
ings to determine her position.
She was 43 hours from Perth and
75 miles off the coast, thus break
ing the long-distance record.
The plane aiso contacted the
C.A.A. station at Oakland, giving
the same information. The pilot
advised that he would shortly de
cide upon his future course. He
was checking the weather condi
tions, fuel supply and other
data.
A Navy spokesman said the
weather was good, so that the
plane might continue to fly for a
considerable distance.
An indication that the crew
might be considering the question
of extending the flight to Wash
ington was given by a message
picked up by Puget Sound radio,
saving that the crew would check
the weather across the United
States. --
At 11.14 a.m. (Greenwich time)
the plane passed 45 miles north
of Cheyenne. Wyoming, at a
height of 11,000 feet, on a direct
course for Des Moines, Iowa.
Commander T. D. Davies radioed
that he would fly beyond Des
Moines if enough fuel remained.
When the plane had not- been
heard of for fourteen" hours the
Navy ordered all Pacific coast
radio stations to continuously try
to communicate with her. The
officials, however, expressed no
concern regarding the Neptune's
safetv. heeanse she was following
a route which was taking her
well south of the weather ships.
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