Northwest History. Aviation 8. Wilkins' Expedition, United States.
Snow Blocks Arctic Trial: Detroiter Ready For Test Hop, But Storm Halts It -- Lanphier Recovers. SNOW BLOCKS ARCTIC TRIAL Detroiter Ready for Test Hop, but Storm Halts It—Lanphier Recovers. By Captain George H. Wilkins, Commander of Detroit arctic expedition. Copyright, 1926, by North American Newsp...
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ftwashstatelib:oai:content.libraries.wsu.edu:clipping/86135 2023-05-15T14:41:22+02:00 Northwest History. Aviation 8. Wilkins' Expedition, United States. Spokesman Review 1926-03-15 Snow Blocks Arctic Trial: Detroiter Ready For Test Hop, But Storm Halts It -- Lanphier Recovers. 1926-03-15 http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/86135 English eng nwh-s-8-3-14 http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/86135 http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0 Copyright not evaluated. Contact original newspaper publisher for copyright information. Northwest History Aviation box 8 snowstorm arctic trail George H. Wilkins Detroit arctic expedition Fairbanks trail flight three-engined Fokker monoplane Thomas Gl Lanphier flying division Northwest Pacific -- History -- 20th century Aviation Text Clippings 1926 ftwashstatelib 2021-07-26T19:16:20Z Snow Blocks Arctic Trial: Detroiter Ready For Test Hop, But Storm Halts It -- Lanphier Recovers. SNOW BLOCKS ARCTIC TRIAL Detroiter Ready for Test Hop, but Storm Halts It—Lanphier Recovers. By Captain George H. Wilkins, Commander of Detroit arctic expedition. Copyright, 1926, by North American Newspaper Alliance. FAIRBANKS, Alaska, March 15. -- A snowstorm that swooped down after a sudden change in wind today blocked arrangements of the Detroit flight of its three-engined Fokker monoplane. At noon, after three inches of freshly fallen snow covered the landing field, the men reluctantly taxied the Detroiter back into the hangar, covered the engine with canvas bags and slug lanterns in the bags to keep the engines warm. The season is advancing rapidly. It is quite three weeks ahead of normal years, and if the expedition is to take advantage of the period of fine weather that in the arctic usually precedes the advent of spring it must not delay. Major Thomas, G. Lanphier, unofficial army observer with the flying division, who strained a tendon a week ago in working about the planes and whose injury had occasioned some uneasiness, will be in condition to fly the Detroiter when she leaves here, he was told by a specialist today. The aviators were astir clearly this morning warming oil for the engines. Snow clouds hung low over the mountains to the west, but the wind was blowing toward them. By the time the motors were started, however, the wind had changed 170 degrees and the clouds swept down upon the field with their burden of snow. Text Arctic Alaska Washington State University: WSU Libraries Digital Collections Arctic Detroit ENVELOPE(-60.000,-60.000,-64.167,-64.167) Fairbanks Pacific The Landing ENVELOPE(-45.689,-45.689,-60.733,-60.733) Wilkins ENVELOPE(59.326,59.326,-67.248,-67.248) |
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Snow Blocks Arctic Trial: Detroiter Ready For Test Hop, But Storm Halts It -- Lanphier Recovers. SNOW BLOCKS ARCTIC TRIAL Detroiter Ready for Test Hop, but Storm Halts It—Lanphier Recovers. By Captain George H. Wilkins, Commander of Detroit arctic expedition. Copyright, 1926, by North American Newspaper Alliance. FAIRBANKS, Alaska, March 15. -- A snowstorm that swooped down after a sudden change in wind today blocked arrangements of the Detroit flight of its three-engined Fokker monoplane. At noon, after three inches of freshly fallen snow covered the landing field, the men reluctantly taxied the Detroiter back into the hangar, covered the engine with canvas bags and slug lanterns in the bags to keep the engines warm. The season is advancing rapidly. It is quite three weeks ahead of normal years, and if the expedition is to take advantage of the period of fine weather that in the arctic usually precedes the advent of spring it must not delay. Major Thomas, G. Lanphier, unofficial army observer with the flying division, who strained a tendon a week ago in working about the planes and whose injury had occasioned some uneasiness, will be in condition to fly the Detroiter when she leaves here, he was told by a specialist today. The aviators were astir clearly this morning warming oil for the engines. Snow clouds hung low over the mountains to the west, but the wind was blowing toward them. By the time the motors were started, however, the wind had changed 170 degrees and the clouds swept down upon the field with their burden of snow. |
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