Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-29
NC-4 DELAYS.START
ON FINAL LEG OF
0VER-0CEAN FLIGHT.
Navy Department Advised
That Plane Will Not
Move Today.
CABLE COMMUNICATIONS
PREVENT QUICK REPORTS
Commander Sends Details of the
Trip From Ponta
Dclgada.
HISTORY OF MEN IN CREW
Head Was Formerly Stationed Al,
Hampton Roads, Where He Cam.
ouflagcd the Scaplancs
CABLE COMMUNICATIONS
PREVENT QUICK REPORTS
HISTORY OF MEN IN CREW
INV A,socI,,.d rrc..

ltan naval seaplanc NC-i will not
start tomorrow on the final lap OF the
heht from Rochaway Beach. Long Is
land, TO. plymouth. England. the Navy
department was Informed late tonight
II dispaich from Lisbon, Portugal.
Whe.e Licntenant-Commande A. c.
lead and his crew o.. the NC-4 are
Hwaitins favorable conditions for re.
sumption "f the overseas flight
The dispatch. which Mas ned at
10 i. NJ. Lisbon time. ana was re-
,cdson winch .mpe!lcd Comma ndcr
i'cad to postpone beginning the las;
OF tnf n'snt;, The message merely
PREVIOUS dispatches 20 t!Ie Savy be.
parimeni from Commander Read and
htar-Adm!ra! Punkett at Lisbon. re
SeiVed sho!tly after Il. NJ. today. had
thought the announcement; that the
american seaplane would resume its
aenee OF moro DEFINITE information
naval oihcess were inclined 10 believe
tna' untavorahie weather conditions
had developed over tac I75-nlie route
10 Plymouth. the real end o. the trans
atlantic flight.
Reports Come slowly.
Communication With Lisbon both by
sable and ,hroush me American wire
!css station near Bres; Is subject TO
considerable delay. and II was believed
mat no. furiner word would be re-
\
fore tomorrow
The eabIeEran, received late today
~ ssi lf' A. roS'a wssElaa,on Hs!Epaa i'is i'ms 6
May q. Wind about 2i0 degrees, speed
- miles. VISIBILITY good, Sighted ali
missed on accoun, OF compass jarrins
SSnsyeattul: Landed Llsbon SH?i' s'si P. ~" 81.
plane excellent condition. Expect 10
leave for Plymouth morning OF .s,h.
"eathe. permii,ins.
i0iiSw.; !!S,t.i ,,r,xea .,,.,>
Gonthuslasticaiiy received py officials OF
Portuguese government and diplomats
corps on board United States steam.
ship Rochester. NC-i ready to con.
Wi NO. nte Star, gepsna,ns befoTs nn9n ~ea'hsr
ecncster viii! dcpar, for Plymouth May
Records of Crew Mcmbcrs
The navy records today disclosed the
OF the Nc-i, ls thirty-two years old.
and native OF Nc" Hampsh.re. Gradu-
atins from Annapolis he tllcd various
assignmen;s untIi 1915 wnen he re-
ported a, the naval air station al
Pensacols for instruction he took
Bay Shore, L. J.. Two years afterward
and later assumed charge OF Il similar
post at Miami, Fla.
The following year ne MAS detached
for duty In connection with canouhag-
ing seaplanes at Hampton Roads Later
he held other posts until he was named
TO take part III the crosS-ocean flight.
lio IS married ana has one chlo,
boy.
born in OHIO. and is thirty ;;one years
old. He formerly was an enlisted man
and won his way TO commission
through meritorious service He re-
Marcn Is 1918. and on August 81 he
VAS Sent TO Halifax for duty al the aiI
station there.
ON September 81, 1915, he was made
transferred shor, Time later te
and assigned 10 the NC division on
April II for tho transa tlantic Hight
T'iiot From New York.
Lieute"an, Elmer F, s,oHe P!ic! ss4 WA,
OF the most sensational OF the gov
crnments ayers. He formerly was
seaman on the coast guard cutter
vice was promoted and sent into the
aviation service. He served in the
Bureau OF Construction and Repair
q reputation for ability.
Lieutenant lanes l.. EreeSc, engineer.
s9rn Years !" od e vas and is % 70
IN. Bureau Of steam Engineering un-
iii he was assigned TO prepare for
War War he he served as a ,esi, pilot for en-
perimental machines and also was en-
gagged in the development of power
member of the heavier than air
enejneering section of the Bureau Of
Steam Engineering. In January. 1919.
he was detailed to the special board
10 make a study of equipment and
power plant installa ton of the sea-
planes preparing to fly the Atlantic.
Radio officer From Ohio.
ficer. was born in Cleveland in 1894.
He assisted in the development of the
radioScompass used on the NC-l, the
NC.3 SEnd the NC-4. Before he Joined
the Ui#ted States Naval Reserves in
August, @191S. Ensign Rodd served as
a Radio operator on steamers on the
Eugene s. Rhodes and f. H. Howard
were the chief mechanicians of the
NC-4 Howard was originally assigned
10 make the. journey, across the sea.
but he lost his left hand in an acct
dent on the plane at ,Rockaway and
Rhodes was substituted: Rhodes en-
tered the navy as coal passer and is
now known as one Of the best engi-
neers in the service. lie is twenty
eight years old and his homo is Somcr-