Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-21
PLANS OCEAN FLIGHT
Brucker Expects to Succeed
Where WeIIman Failed.
HIS WEATHER ADVICE BAD
Thinks Meteorological Conditions
Made Defeat Certain.
FLIGHT IN THIS DIRECTION
German-American Aeronaut Purposes
Starting From Canary Islands
Next February.
HIS WEATHER ADVICE BAD
FLIGHT IN THIS DIRECTION

BERLIN, October 21.-Joserh Brucker.
the GermanAmerican journalist. who Is
fitting out an airship expedition for
westbound flight across the Atlantic next
February. thinks that inefficient mete-
geological advice" was primarily to blame
for the failure OF Mr.. wellman's attempt.
Mr.. Brucker's airship. the Suchard. is
approaching completion at Munich. The
entire equipment will be shipped to the
Canary Islands at the end OF the year.
and the start westward will. II is stated.
be made in the full-moon week of next
February.
The Suchard is 200 feet long and has
$500 cubic meters gas capacity. De-
pendent from il is a motor boat thirty
five feet long and ten feet wide. Two
two-hundrcd- horsepower motors will
drive the airship by means of two propei-
lers.
Start Was Precipitate.
Commenting on Mr.. wellmans effort.
| Mr.. Brucker said:
1t would be rash, without exact knowl-
| edge Of Mr.. Wellmans intended course,
| to speculate on the lessons which his GAL
| liant venture provide for subsequent At
tempts
| his start was precipitate and made In
| spite of the fact that hurricane was
reported in the West Indies. and that
| such a hurricane always runs northeast.
| l have repeatedly said that Mr.. Welman
| lacked adequate meteorological counsel.
without which such a venture Is Ia
evitably destined TO fail
Not the Hurricane Season.
with existing air craft nobody can
| cross the Atlantic north OF the thirty
! fifth parallel. because the conditions
simply Will not allow IL. | believe | am
| the first to select for the transatlantic
| flight the region of the northeast trade
winds. ] have chosen, moreover. sea-
| son free from hurricanes. We will not
encounter any Lead wind, but Will most
| OF the time have with us a wind aver
aging fifteen or twenty miles an hour.
| Plus the velocity of our airsh!p, We
shall make thirty or forty miles an
hour. Our proposed route is free from
| fogs or even nlsts. as well as thunder
or other storms.
"All the leading German meteorologists,
including Prof. Hersesell. Count Yep
| pelin's expert, agree with me that our
route is the only one where an attempt
may successfully be made"
Not Bothered by Hurricane.
| Concerning Brucker's statement that
Wellmans flight was destined to fail be-
| cause his start was precipitate and was
made in spite of the fact that a hurricane
was blowing up the coast, Prof. Moore
said the hurricane, which was 1.5oo miles
away, and had no influence on the We'll
man dirigible.
Mr.. Wellman failed In his venture be-
cause ii is impossible, in my opinion, to
cross the ocean with an equilfbrator at
tached to a balloon" says the weather
bureau chief. II agree with Brucker that
with existing aircraft nobody can cross
the Atlantic north OF the thirty-dfth
parallel, because conditions simply will
not allow ii. In my opinion the only
feasible route would be to start from
| the east coast OF Liberia and fly to the
easternmost point of Brazil This route
would be in trade winds of a steady
westward motion, and the distance across
the ocean would be only one-half as long
as the trip proposed by Mr.. Wellman.
The route favored by me for a trans
atlantic flight is in belt comparatively
calm at certain seasons of the year.
while l admire Mr.. Wellman's spirit
and physical courage I do not hesitate
to say his project is, in my opinion i'm
possible of accomplishment il he al
latitude and fly below an altitude of
10000 feet. The Vaniman equilibrator
kept the dirigible too close to the water
Discussing Joseph Bruckers proposed
course from Teneriffe, Canary Islands, To
Porto Rico or Haiti and then over Cuba
to New Orleans, Prcf. Moore said this
route. while about 200 miles shorter than
Wellman's, would not be in winds most
favorable to the passage.