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MYSTERYPLANE
Here's another for the racing fans.
The photo is from the EAA archives.
Answers will be published in the
February, 1992 issue of VINTAGE
AIRPLANE. Deadline for that issue is
December 20th, 1991.
The August Mystery Plane brought
out a number of replies. Emil Cassanel-
10 of Huntington Station, New York
sent a detailed report:
"The Mystery
Plane is the Emsco B-
3A built by the E.M.
Smith Co . of
Downey, California.
The 'City of Tacoma'
was used in an at-
tempt to fly from
Japan to Tacoma,
Washington. The
pilot was a Canadian,
Harold Bromley, and
his navigator was
Harold Gatty. Due to
the weight of the fuel,
they elected to start
from a beach at
Sasashiro, Japan.
Even with low tide
and sand stretching for
32 NOVEMBER 1991
ByGeorgeHardie
a mile and a quarter, the Emsco required
a ramp to boost its take-off perfor-
mance. It took three weeks for the local
villagers to build the ramp.
"The Emsco took off on September
15, 1930. Four hours outbound they
encountered clouds and Gatty had to
navigate by dead-reckoning. The
Emsco's Sperry artificial horizon failed,
making Bromley's task more difficult.
The exhaust system collector ring frac-
tured and exhaust fumes began to seep
into the cockpit. Neither pilot was
aware of the problem.
In a break with the clouds, Gatty was
able to fix their position and found that
expected tail winds had not material-
ized, and they did not have enough fuel
to continue . They
..
turned around and
landed 15 miles from
Sabishiro. After twen-
ty-two hours of nearly
continual blind flying,
the flight was over."
Henry Hellert of Vin-
vennes, Indiana adds
more:
"The Emsco 'City of
Tacoma' B-3 registered
NR153W was designed
for long range flights,
1005 gallons capacity.
The dying Emsco com-
pany hoped to capture
news headlines with the
flight. Purchased in
1930 for $15,000 by
John Buffelen for a
Tokyo to Tacoma trans-Pacific flight by
Harold Bromley and Harold Gatty, they
did fly some 2,500 miles but were
beaten back for weather.
"In 1931 and ex-Army flyer Tom Ash
changed the plane's name to Pacific ,
and attempted a take-off for a trans-
Pacific flight , but ground looped. He
declared the plane unfit for the Pacific
flight.
"In August, 1931 Don Moyle and
Cecil Allen refurbished the aircraft for
another Pacific flight. After a
nightmare of a flight, they finally
reached Nome, Alaska, only to learn
that Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Hender-
son had successfully completed the
trans-Pacific hop.
"The plane was then sold for a mere
$4,000. It was modified to carry fish
and cargo, occasionally passengers. It
found its way to Mexico where it was
eventually scrapped - after a Japanese
delegation wanted to restore it."
Other answers were received from:
Charley Hayes, Park Forest, IL; Marty
Eisenmann, Garrettsville, OH; H. Glenn
Buffington, Eldorado, AR; Cedric Gal-
loway, Hesperia, CA; Thad Spinola,
Rutherford, CA; Ralph Nortell,
Spokane, W A; Robert L. Clark, Chan-
nel Islands, CA; Robert Wynne, Mercer
Island, W A; Herb deBruin, Bellevue,
WA; and Ted Giltner, Tamaqua, PA .
.....
RATION
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