Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-09
DESTROyERS SCOUR
WATERS FOR CREW
OF LOST SEA FLYER
First Leg of Journey Gov.
cred in Nine Hours by
Aviators.
NC-4 REPORTS OIL TROUBLE
AND QUICKLY DISAPPEARS
Commander of Expedition to
Leave for Trepassey, N. F.,
Some Time This Morning.
USE WIRELESS CONTINUALLY
riots Keep In Close Touch With
Convoy Vessels and Chiefs in
Washington.
USE WIRELESS CONTINUALLY
iiiots Keep in Close Touch With
Convoy Vessels and Chiefs in
Washington.
fEv AssocIatnd prarn

."e 'hrce navy seaplancs which started
from Rockaway Point l.. l.. This morn
ing OH the trst leg of the transatiantic
hlsht arrived safely at Halifax. nayy
onc'ais were bending every energy to-
n'sht 10 locating the third, missing
n,se ,nr; early in the afternoon No re-
=. commanded by lieutenant econ,.
nTtnr m1nI5r r. a; C. Read, had been received
McDermut. first station shin. Iocaied
more than sixty miles NORTH Of Cana
Gou f:'% ana mr less thar, half way to Half.
ing the McDerp,ut and the neSt shin
beyond him. the Kimberly. in search OF
Re- Read mhisSns haa rsnoTtsJ seapane ;s Commands
Ins .ns McDemut that the oil, pumn 4
Sie Sh one & or his motors was giving trou-
The eng Sawv me might nsn, have to come down.
rssardins re the missing Nca. aH'armaeinn snd o,iin
mad been forced to descend. nrobabiv4
rs s, a result OF further trouble with tic
soon u,, after WIEN thN =, 6egnn e 70 work poorlY
A., oni.crs Grow ANXIOUS. ~
sond,a As the Nc radio apparatus hasa,
hve miles when the boat is on tks
surface Of the water, officers beiIevs,i
ninil commander IA, Read had been unable to to
the destroyers which lined he 'mN ro,te ob
resa res ,rS ne nours passed and no word came
grew more 'nn nnv ms missing plane. officers
planes crew ''e sea
and Go%@andsp MGas, m,,ds Towers, with the Ncsl
III. ~ Traction less than nine hours. tia
saT thev tool, on hcinc Inc ma map oyer the course
planes went through the test in sI,cS
ihShion as to convince officers hern
Enrlamd ims nrdGspSets ,Se for reaching plymouth
a'rmen. We're exceedingly brilliant.
commander John IT. Towers who
,oousnt the two giant scaplanes safely
70 gn, %. anhounced that he expected
70 set away tomorrow morning OH the
second leg OF the journey which viii
take the aircraft to Trepassy. y. n
= ro mnsrnnce Of $50 miles. Commanded
port or Professor Alexander McAdie.
me meteorological expert at Harvard
GHni,ierS'ty Ha,ifaS Nv who sent tho word from
INA a'i,nE aa.i, tnis morning which caused
sor McAdie said tonight thar tbaf.
present ,in favorable atmospheric condi-
IONS , were likely to continue tor an
other tWenty-four hours at least
Give Wireless REPORTS ~
Eacn OF tho three planes had n
triple radio installation when il left
hocka ~. M way One set was the telephona
cy which they ed with eaci,
other while in Hight at a distance o.
score OF miles or more. Stations aud
guard ships listened in" on many OF
Inc ,. second set was the regular long
distance radio installation and the
third was the equipment for the radio
compaSSes.
AS the planes approached one OF
the patrol vessels. long before II vas
sighted. the long distance radio was
nuZZinE Questions and answers flash
ed back and forth dealing 10 direr
tions for navigation. Important com
munieations were relayed to and from
the speeding seaplanes. some from
Washington; one carrying greetings to
acting Secretary Roosevelt. who watch 4
ed the trip with keen interest all dav
rs the departments messages came in
Another relayed cable gave assurances
from London that every facility of the
British admiralty would be at the dis (
posai of the daring American airmen
when they reached British waters
the Navy Department worked out per-
fcctly. Repeatedly messages from Com
mander Towers, sent from his tlagshin
the desks if officers here in a few min
utes OF the time they were sent In.
tercepted by any of the radio stations
clear to Halifax. they were rushed io
Washington on the navy's leased wire.
Start mt 10 O'Clock.
gun when three NC (Navy- Cur,issp
hydroairplanes left the governments
air station at Rockaway Beach at 10
ourney-Rockaway to Halifax. TIE
Ms, with Commander John II. Towers.
chief OF the expedition. was the first
plane to take to the air.
the Nc-l; with Lleutenant-Com-
mander T.. y. l.. Bellinger. and the
NC-4. with Lieutenant-C t-Conmander A. G..
ltead as the commanding officers were
close behind the NC-3 ~
the planes were escorted to sea by {
a squadron of navy scout planes
From Halifax the route runs 1850
miles TO the Azores. another 500 miles
TO Portugal. and on to Plymouth. EnS.
land. The total distance between Rock sI
away Beach and Plymouth Is 1896 riau-
teal miles.
The NC-S cruised for minute north
erly IN Jamaica Bay. moving at halt
speed through the water, and then
turned west for tho open sea. The
throtties were thrown wide omen, and .
with roar of the 1000 horse bower
motor the plane took TO the air .ss
First Trnnsoccan Flight Besins.
One minute later the NC,I lifted
herself from the water. followed witnsst
In hfty seconds by the NC-4, and tho !
worlds nrst transoceanic fiisht Was
actually in progress ~