Non-stop

Hitherto, no seaplane has flown for more than 15 hours at a time. Yet, this summer, U. S. navy fliers propose to go from San Diego to Honolulu, something over 2,000 miles--at least 20 hours--in a single hop. And Frenchmen propose to capture the Raymond Orteig prize of $25,000 for a continuous Paris-New York flight.

Delaware River. Up and down the Philadelphia estuary, Lieutenants Kyle and Schildauer last week drove the PN9 from 10:22 one morning to 2:58 the next afternoon--a total of 28 hr., 36 min., making about 2,300 miles. Their faces badly wind-bitten, the crew . had been so deafened by the roar of engines they could hardly hear the eager greetings when they landed. They had completed the test for the Honolulu trip.

Villacoublay, French Government airdrome, saw the completion of a seaplane with a 500-h.p. motor capable, it is said, of flying for 34 hours, and thus fitted for the Paris-New York flight. Two war veterans will fly it: Francis Coli and Paul Tarascon. The latter acquired a wooden leg in pre-War flying and later shot down eleven German planes in battle.