Northwest History. State History. Box 16. Lindbergh Kidnap Case.

• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1931
• Subjects: fly; circumference; Tokyo; computation; office; New York; starting point; flight; distances; Northwest; Pacific > History > 20th Century; United States > State History > Lindbergh Kidnap Case > Northwest; Pacific; Aklavik; Bering Sea; Canada; Hudson; Hudson Bay; Moose Factory; Petropavlovsk; Baker Lake; Barrow; Kamchatka; Nome; Point Barrow; Alaska; Siberia
• Online Access: http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/93043

Lindberghs Will Fly 7132 Miles. Lindberghs Will Fly 7132 Miles. To Cover Distance of One-Third Earth's Circumference on Tokyo Hop. Washington, July 23. — Colonel and Mrs. Charles Lindbergh will fly nearly one-third the earth's circumference to reach Tokyo. This is the computation of the navy hydrographic office which puts at 7132 statute miles the New York to Tokyo route of the projected Lindbergh flight. The distance becomes 7254 miles should Washington be the starting point. The 12 hops in which Lindbergh has planned his flight through Canada, Alaska, across the Bering sea, Kamchatka and Japan were found to range from 336 miles to 1115. The distances given were: New York to Ottawa 336 miles, to Moose factory 461, to Churchill on Hudson bay 751, to Baker lake 377. to Aklavik 1115, to Point Barrow, Alaska 537, to Nome 523, to Karaginsk, Siberia 1067, to Petropavlovsk 454, to Nemuro, Japan 897, to Tokyo 614