New Britain herald., 1919-05-21

 or linen and veneer was set up in a repair shop today to be reassembled. 1t seemed slight structure for the burden assigned to it and, with the forward parts wrenched and torn. a vehicle of doubtful strength to brave a passage of the upper regions of the Atlantic
 Morgan Loses Faith
 This view is held by Captain c. W. F. Morgan who declared today that he could not put his former faith in a machine so damaged as the Martin side was in the crash of Sunday His statement indicated that he would not fly with Raynham in this second at- tempt to win fame, for which the ma chine is being rebuilt. However. Captain Morgan said he did not con- cur in the opinion of physicians who told him that the injuries he received Sunday ended his flying days. Cap tain Morgan said when he recovered from his injury he would make an effort to obtain a new plane and start an independent flight for the British Isles.
 Raynham is Optimistic
 Raynham is of the opinion that his machine could be made fit to fly, either with a new engine, or with the old one. Following an inspection of the motor experts said it had suffered little in the accident and could be put in shape for the great test demanded of it.
 Want Better Weather Reports.
 An attempt is to be made by the several eXpeditiOners here preparing Tor flights to obtain more satisfa ctorv weather reports than any heretofore obtained. Meteorologists of the ex- petitions met last night and consid cred defects due to transmission de- lays and a request will be made of the British air ministry for more vol luminous report. An instance of the dangers of delayed information, it was said that the minor depression reported near the Azores before Har- ny Hawker set out on Sunday had grown to great storm proportions be- fore the next report arrived on Sun day night. It was added that had an immediate report been made and for warded promptly the missing airman might have been warned in time to avert disaster. This instance was cited as an example of shortcomings of the present system, regardless of whether if had any connection with the theory that HaWker's Sopwith plane was overcome by this storm.
 Bombing Planes Preparing.
 /Ji pearance, which must be taken into consideration as part of the hazards of transatlantic flight, members of the other cross ocean expeditions to- day continued to mature their plans for flights with the next full moon, three weeks hence. From Harbor Grace came word that the Handley- Page super-bomber would be in the air within ten days instead of a fort night as the operations of assem bling this machine are being expedited Captain AIcott of the Anglo-Ameri- can team which will attempt a flight Tn a, Vimy bomber expects the latter machine to reach here tomorrow or Friday. While here he will use as his base the Mount Pearl plateau air drome vacated by Hawker. Flying Iieht to Harbor Grace he will there take on full load of 865 gallons of gasoline before hopping off. His plane will have a range of 2,440 miles. Captain Alcott said today he would carry as life saving equipment only an inf1atable vest as he considered other contrivances of such doubtful vaIua that he would not burden his machine with them