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ROUND THE WORLD with the- Automatic Pilot [[box]] RECEIVED AT [[box]] Postal Telegraph THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM Commercial Cables All American Cables Mackay Radio [[box]] This is a full rate Telegram, Cablegram or Radiogram unless otherwise indicated by signal in the check or in the address. DL | DAY LETTER NL | NIGHT LETTER NM | NIGHT MESSAGE LCO | DEFERRED CABLE NLT | NIGHT CABLE LETTER WLT | WEEK END CABLE LETTER RADIOGRAM [[box]] 1933 JUL 21 PM 7 57 [[CUT OFF]] ECT VIA SEATTLE = FAIRBANKS ALASKA 139 P JULY 21 1933 SPERRY GYROSCOPE CO 40 FLATBUSH AVE BROOKLYN NY) PILOT WORKED ALL TIME EXCEPT SHORT TIME WHEN LINE BROKE STOP BEEN IMPOSSIBLE FLY SUCH WEATHER WITHOUT = POST Telephone Your Telegrams to Postal Telegraph The line referred to in above telegram is the oil supply line. "The days when human skill alone and an almost bird-like sense of direction enabled a flier to hold his course for long hours through a starless night or a fog are over. Commercial flying in the future will be automatic." Quotation from N.Y. TIMES Editorial of July 24th, 1933. SPERRY SPERRY GYROSCOPE CO., Inc. BROOKLYN - NEW YORK PAGE 10 INTERNATIONAL AIR RACES