Famous Woman Aviator
p. 75 · Read in the full issue
To Visit Lae
MRS. EARHART PUTNAM, the famous American aviator, intends to leave California early in March on a flight round the world, her route being mostly through the tropics. She will fly via Honolulu, Howland Island (in the Phoe nix group, right on the Equator), Lae (New Guinea), and Northern Australia —thence via the East Indies to India.
The hop from Howland Island to Lae, 2550 miles, will be her longest non-stop flight. The plane’s cruising range is 4,000 miles. The entire flight will be 27,000 miles. Mrs. Putnam will be accompanied by Capt. Manning, a veteran American merchant marine officer. The plane will carry a rubber raft, and two-way Morse and telephonic radio.