AERONAUTICS: New York to Peking

Brigadier General William A. Mitchell has organized an air route between New York and Peking with three intermediate stops: Winnipeg, Nome and near the Amur River in Siberia. The General predicts that a passenger will be able to start from New York at three o'clock in the afternoon and land in Peking at ten o'clock in the morning of the third day. The General backs up his somewhat bold prediction by describing a number of safety devices.

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