Northwest History. State History. Aeronautics, Continued Airports, Commercial Service. Air Races & Shows & Non-Stop Flights. 1931 to 1937.

• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1936
• Subjects: Radio compass; Los Angeles; Moscow; Sigmund Levanevsky; Victor I. Levchencho; Russian flyers; Russia; Northern Siberia; Northwest History > History > 20th Century; United States > Aeronautics; Continued Airports; Commercial Service > 20th Century; Bering Sea; Fairbanks; Siberia
• Online Access: http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/141358

Compass Delays Russians' Flight. Compass Delays Russians' Flight LOS ANGELES, Aug. 3. (U.P.) —Mechanics tinkered today with a balky radio compass that forced postponement last night of the proposed 15,000 mile flight from Los Angeles to Moscow by Sig- mund Levanevsky, soviet air hero, and his co-pilot, Victor I. Levchencho. The Russian fliers said they hoped to start their pontoon- equipped plane northward tomorrow. Final motor adjustments will be made late today. The fliers have been preparing for the flight here for two weeks. They expect to make a leisurely trip to Russia. Stops include Alameda, Seattle, Nome, Fairbanks, and then across the Bering sea for northern Siberia.