Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-16
FIRST NONSTOP
OCEAN FLIGHT IS
WIDELY ACCLAIMED
London Celebrates Daring
Feat of British Aviators,
AIcoCk and Brown.
ATLANTIC DASH MADE
IN is HOURS, IL MINUTES
Ice, Hail and Snow Add to Perils
of Vickers- Vimy Bomber's Voyage.
Altman Describes Trip.

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the two men flew 1850 nautical miles
in sixteen hours and twelve minutes.
from ST. Johns, Newfoundland. to
Clifden, near Galway, Ireland, has
been completed by Aero Club Off
Gals, who found the seals intact on
the marked parts of the airplane,
thus officially establishing the au-
thenticity of the flight.
Meanwhile the aviators, tired, put
happy. are on their way to London
and may reach here tomorrow. Both
are well, but Lieut.. Brown, the naVi-
gator of the plane, suffered bruises
on the nose and face when the ma
chine landed in a bog. The biplane
was badly damaged and may have to
be dismantled.
Dog, Cat, Letters Carried Over.
Features of the trip were the car
the Atlantic and the transportation
of two mascots. dog and a cat.
Enthusiasm over the success OF the
trip. it is commented, has not been
accompanied by any minimizing of
the great dangers the aviators en-
Countered Once, the airmen said. they
barely escaped being plunged into the
sea when the machine went into
fat spin.
Early in the flight. the half gale in
which they took of from st. Johns
tore of the propeller that drove the
wireless dynamo and made radio COM
munication impossible. At the same
time. Lieut.. Brown said, a stay wire
had broken. but of this he did not
speak to his companion until they
landed. Capt. Alcock said he would
have turned back had he known this.
BAD weather. accompanied by fog,
permitted only three observations for
laying the course. while sleet stop,
ped the working Of the petrol indi-
Gator.
: Hail and Snow, ID 600 Feet Up.
riences while flying at an altitude of
1900 feet, said:
1T was hailing and showing. The
machine became covered with ice by
s o'clock in the morning and remained
so until an hour before we landed.
My radiator shutter and water tenn
perature indicator were covered with
ice four or five hours. Lieut.. Brown
continually had to climb up in the
fuselage to chip off the ice with a
knife. The air speed indicator also
gave trouble. being full of frozen
particles. which came out when we
descended to a lower altitude an hour
before landing"
Capt. Alcock said the vickers COM
the damaged biplane, but he gave II
as his opinion that the job would re-
Quire several men and that they
would have to lay track to get the
machine out of the bog
Not Hungry, But Very Thirsty.
The aviators said they did not feel
hungry during the flight. but were ex-
fremely thirsty.
For time" Capt. Alcock said. I'VE
spoke to each other through the COM
munication telephones, but these
broke down after four hours and we
had to discard them. Then had to
shout to Lieut.. Brown. Most of our
conversation consisted Of tanning
each other on the shoulder and go
ing through the motions Of drinking"
By the Associated Press.
LONDON, June 15.-The final goal
of all the ambitions which fiyine men
have ventured to dream since the
Wright brothers first rose from the
earth IN a heavier-than-air machine
was realized this morning, when two
young British officers. Capt. John AL
cock and Lieut.. Arthur w. Brown
landed on the Irish coast after the
nrst n%stop flight across the At
1antic ocean.
Greeting Plane Wrecked.
When the vickers-yimy b,n,,n.
driven by Capt. Alcock was first
sighted crossing the Irish coast. saws
dispatch to the Daily Mail from
tlifden. Galway. an airplane few out
der assistance. This machine landed
near the Vimy. but unfortunately was
wrecked. owing to the softness OF the
ground.
When the vickers-vimy machine
landed. Lieut.. Arthur w Brown. the
navigator. said to Capt. Alcock:
what do You think of that for fancy
navigating?' And the pilot of the
machine responded: Very good"
The two men who had Just Completed
an epoch making voyage then shook
hands.
Men Deaf, Dazed, Unable to Walk.
Vixen assistance reached the ma
chine the two aviators were helpsd
20 the ground. and 1t was found that
lieut. Brown was slightly injured
on the nose and mouth by the Jolt
given the machine when it struck
the ground. Both men were deaf
and dazed and were unable to walk
steadily for some minutes They
quickly recovered. however, and were
escorted to the wireless station in
triumph. being given the host hos
pitality available They distributed
cigarettes as souvenirs, and gave
away the small dog and cat which
were mascots during the trip. The
entire equipment was rainsoa ked by
the downpour during the journey.
Trip Very Trying Ordeal.
Describing the trip. the aviators
said they had very trying ordeal
Capt. Alcock saying that the sun came
out only once when the biplane had
attained a height of II. eco feet Only
three astronomical observations were
possible during the voyage. The alti-
aude of the machine varied from a few
] feet from the water up to $4,000 feet
sand the flyers never sighted a single
fship.