Dr. Murray made the flight from
Spokane to Juneau without inci
dent, coming through British Co
lumbia. He arrived at Whitehorse
Friday and came to Skagw&y for a
brief stop Saturday afternoon, then
proceeded here.
He was enthusiastic about the
temporary landing field just com
pleted. He said it is a fine field
ahd ought not to be lost for that
use.
Dr. Vance’s plane Is a two-place
Fairchild 24, powered with a 125
horsepower motor. It has a cruis
ing speed of 105 miles an hour and
fuel capacity for six hours sus
tained flight. He will use it in
covering the Territory. He will
remain here for several days, get
ting established. His first trip
will be to Wrangell where he be
lieves he will be able to land on
the beach. After the arrival of
his mother, on the next trip of the
North Star, he will fly to Fair
banks and out of there visit all
of the communities with landing
facilities. This winter he will
switch to skiis and cover those not
having fields.
Two Alaskans
To Be Guests of
Soviet Union
FAIRBANKS, Alaska. July
23.—Bound for Moscow to be
guests of the Soviet Govern
ment, BUI Lavery and Clyde
Armi&tead, Fairbanks mechan
ics, who aided the Russian avi
ators in the rescue of refugees
from the Arctic ice floes, left
here Friday enroute to the
coast to board the steamer
Aleutian. They will visit in
California then go to Washing
ton and receive their passports
from Soviet Ambassador Troy
anovsky, thence to New York
to board a steamer for Russia.
