Plane #1 - FDR, Harry L. Hopkins, Adm. William D. Leahy, Rear Adm. Ross T. McIntire, Capt. McCrea, Messrs. Spaman, Fredericks, Hipsley (SS Agents), Arthur Prettyman (valet). Plane #2 - Col. Beasley (Signal Corps), Capt. George Durno (ATC), Lt. George Fox (USN), Chief Ship's Clerk Terry (USN), Messrs. Bery and Marshall (SS Agents), Chief Photographer's Mate Black (USN) and First Sgt Hoch (USMC).

Going to Trinidad, BWI, via San Juan, PR

FDR and pilot Capt. Cone (Lt., USNR), left the dock and proceeded to the take-off area where the plane soared into the sky shortly after 6 AM enroute to Trinidad, BWI 1410 miles to the southeast.

Plane #2 took off at 6:34 AM and was in the air 30 seconds later, Capt. Vinal (Lt., USNR) at the controls. Plane #2 followed about 35 mies to the rear of FDR's plane. Shortly after taking off, course was set at 135 degrees. The flight leveled off at 9,000 feet.

Sunrise was observed.

The course was altered to 124 degrees.

The course was altered again to 129 degrees.

Southwest point of Great Inagua Island was sighted.

Haiti was observed.

Passage had been completed over the eastern portion of the Island of Hispaniola upon which Haiti is situated.

Plane #1 while over Haiti, circled Christophe's Citadel to afford FDR an aerial view of this historical fortress which he had visited in 1917 when serving as Assistant Secretary of the Navy.

Course was altered to 132 degrees.

There occured a minor weather front which was not as turbulent as first expected.

Course was changed to 136 degrees.

A celestial fix of the sun and moon was obtained.

The planes started their descent.

Trinidad, BWI was sighted.

La Boca Grande (the "Big Mouth" of the Gulf of Paria) was entered.

FDR's plane landed in the waters of the newly constructed Naval Air Station, Trinidad, BWI. The weather on the way down from Miami, FL was generally most favorable, as only light scattered clouds and no air disturbance was encountered. Upon landing, FDR and his party left in launches for the dock at the Naval Operating Base, and upon disembarking, transferred to automobiles for a 15-minute drive to the Navy Hotel at Macqueripe.

Over a cocktail, FDR chatted with Rear Adm. J. E. Oldendorf, USN, Commandant NOB Trinidad and Trinidad Sector, Caribbean Sea Frontier, and Maj. Gen. Henry C. Pratt, US Army Commanding General, Trinidad Base Command. Adm. William D. Leahy, Ross T. McIntire, Capt. John L. McCrea and Harry L. Hopkins were also guests of FDR.

It was desired that plane #2 take off for Belem, Brazil at 0430 the next morning. FDR's plane was not scheduled to take off until 0600. For a number of days, Adm. William D. Leahy had a chest cold, and on the advice of Ross T. McIntire, FDR regretfully decided it would be best if he stayed behind.

In Washington, DC, in late evening leaves by train for Newburg, WV