MAKE SEATTLE-JUNEAU HOP
Seattle Airmen Finish First Nonstop Jump In 8 Hours.
JUNEAU, Alaska, April 15. (/P) -- Completing the first Seattle-Alaska nonstop flight in the total elapsed time of 7 hours and 48 minutes, Pilot A. C. Eckmann of Seattle cricled Juneau at 2:48 p.m., Pascific coast time, and settled his Lockheed Vega seaplane no the harbor five minutes later.
The plane soared into the air from Bryn Mawr field, near Renton, at 7 o'clock this morning and carried, besides the pilot, Jack Halloran, mechanic, and Robert E. Ellis, navigator.
The flyers encountered some rain, strong winds and fog, which slowed them up. The plane is capable of cruising at 135 miles an hour, with a maximum speed of 163, and should be able to make the trip in seven hours under ideal conditions. It will be used for making fish surveys in Alaskan waters and will also do patrol work for the bureau of fisheries.