Globe Flight

Last week at Brough, England, the American world fliers refitted their planes. Pontoons and new engines were installed in preparation for the final dash across the Atlantic by way of the Orkney Islands, Iceland and Greenland, to Labrador. By Monday all preparations were complete, and the fliers waited only for the chain of U. S. naval vessels, commanded by Admiral Thomas P. Magruder, to take up their positions. The cruiser Milwaukee reached Nova Scotia to make maps of the region over which they will pass; the Danish steamer Gertrude Rask smashed through the ice to Greenland to carry supplies for them.

The official log of Plane No. 2, recently made public for the first time, records the progress of the flight since the take-off on Mar. 9, and gives the complete itinerary projected for the last lap. The most hazardous point in the entire schedule is the stop in Greenland. Naval officers expressed apprehension as to the ability of the airmen to land on the ice with pontoons. Ice conditions are to be feared, as it will be impossible for the Navy to afford protection for the last 150 miles of the trip.