Flies Over Panama Canal.

New York Times 100 years ago today, April 28, 1913:
Fowler Makes Trip from Pacific to Atlantic in 55 Minutes.
Special Cable to The  New York Times.
    PANAMA, April 27.— Robert G. Fowler, the aviator, successfully flew from the Pacific over the canal this morning in a hydroaeroplane with a passenger, landing at the Atlantic side, in fifty-five minutes. A picture was taken of the operator and machine in motion.
    The flight has frequently been termed impossible, on account of the air currents over Culebra. Fowler flew directly over the cut, and was able to carry out various evolutions despite wind obstacles.
    Leaving Panama Beach at 9:45 A.M., he circled over Panama City and the canal's entrance for a while, then rose high and steered toward Colon, where he encountered a twenty-five-mile breeze. In continuing to Cristobal the motor suddenly stopped, after missing fire, through the gasoline giving out. Fowler succeeded in landing with ease on a reef. The pontoon was torn, but otherwise his machine was undamaged.