Northwest History. Alaska. Distance Flights.

• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1932
• Subjects: James Mattern; Nome; Alaska; airport; Lockheed cabin monoplane; St. Lawrence island; Khabarovsk; Bering sea; Della Mattern; New York; United Press; Walla Walla; Dixie; the Siberian coast; Northwest; Pacific > History > 20th century; Bering Sea; Lawrence Island; Lookout; Pacific; St Lawrence Island
• Online Access: http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/90262

Alaskans On Lookout For Jim Mattern. ALASKANS ON LOOKOUT FOR JIM MATTERN NOME, Alaska, June 12.—(U.P.)—The local airport here buzzed with excited people today as the time approached for the expected arrival of James Mattern, who is attempting to circle the globe in his speedy Lockheed cabin monoplane. The weather was slightly cold and overcast. The thermometer reached 43 degrees above, but was steadily falling. A slight southwest wind was blowing, but not hard enough to bother the flyer. Several mechanics were ready for necessary work on the plane, and a hangar, where the plane will be kept, was well lighted and heated. The wireless station here was working 24 hours, as was the station on St. Lawrence island. Coast guard boats were patrolling waters he must cross to get to Nome. The flight from Khabarovsk to Nome is probably the hardest phase of the undertaking. Bering sea, which he must cross, is rough at this time of year, and heavy fogs and storms rise quickly. WIFE OF FLYER SHOWS ANXIETY Mrs." Delia Mattern, wife of Jimmy Mattern, who is attempting a solo flight around the world, will not meet the flyer when he lands in New York at the end of the flight. Mrs. Mattern told a United Press correspondent that she will leave Dixie, a little town near Walla Walla, .shortly before the flight is over, and meet her husband at another place. When informed the flyer was thought to have left Khabarovsk, on the Siberian coast, for his long over-water flight to Nome, 2409 miles away, Mrs. Mattern said she is more concerned about his safety on this hop than anyon ehe has undertaken on the trip.