The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-06-18
BRITISH CROSS
POND SAFELY
Capt. AIeoek and Lieut.. Brown IL
vieker.-v;my Bombing Plane
"a Win $4,000 Prize.

COCK anu AAcut ANJiluN oIOWh
Vickers-Vimy bombing plane land
at Chfden, Ireland, this mornir
completing the first nonstop fig
across the Atlantic.
Their trip from st. Johns, Me-
foundland, was made in 16 hours,
minutes.
The landing was made at 9:4O Q
clock, British summer time. In tai
ing the ground, the machine strut
heavily and the fuselage ploughed il
to the sand. Neither Of the occ'
pants was injured.
The Aero club received messag
from Clifden not long after tn
transatlantic fliers landed, signed b
them, which merely stated that the,
had completed the fight in 16 hour
and IL minutes. They requested in
struction from the club.
In reply the club telegraphed Cap
tain Alcock:
"Keep machine intact until OBJ
server arrives"
Stood Trip Well.
The air ministry stated that GER
tain marks were put on the airplane
at Newfoundland which must be of
ficially identified by a member of the
royal air force before the flight is
declared to have been officially COM
pleted.
1t was said at the ministry that it
was probable that one of the officials
would leave Dublin in an airplane. 1t
is hardly believed there that the ma
chine could be repaired before sew
eral days had passed, and it was
thought that both aviators would
proceed to England by train,
Alcock and Brown stood the trip
well.
Third Great Effort.
The flight of the Vickers-Vimy BIZ
plane across the Atlantic was one
of the three recent notable and dar-
ing achievements by airmen.
To Captain Alcock and Lieutenant
Brown goes the high honor of having
made the first nonstop air passage
of the Atlantic, the achievement GO
ing to the credit of Breat Britain.
The Atlantic had already been
spanned in an air journey, however,
the feat having been performed by
American naval officers in the sea.
plane NC-4 with stop at the Azores
en- route from Newfoundland to Lis
bon, Portugal, the journey beginning
May 16 and ending May 81.
Flight OF Hawker.
Less successful, but no less daring
than the achievement of the Vickers-
Vimy pilot and navigator, was the
recent flight of two other British
liImen, Herryq G. Hawker and Lieut.
Commander Mackenzie Grieve on
Nay 10. They covered more than
Ialf the distance across the Atlantic
'efOre being forced to alight in mid
cean. For nearly week they were
'iven up for lost but finally turned
p safe on board a small craft which
ook them almost to Ireland before
he news of their drasti crescue was
elayed to shore by a British destroy
r.
Two Kinds of Experiment.
The successful flight of the Brit
ii airplane and the American sea-
lane were made in pursuance of diff
erent phases of experiment in the
roble moi the air. Elaborate pre-
autions were made to guard the NC.
and her companion flyers by de-
rogers placed at frequent intervals
lie aim not being so much to make Il
record as to establish the practical
ility of cross-ocean traffic by air
nder conditions of comparative
lfety.
The attempt of Hawker and the
lccessful flight of Captain Alcock
nd Lieutenant Brown were made
or a prize of $4,000, offered by v
le London Daily Mail.
A comparison of the records show
lat the NC-4 carried five men, 2,15O
autical miles in 26 hours and 81
inutes, while the Vickers-Vimy {
ane few with two men 1850 nauti-
Il miles in 16 hours and II minutes. v
The achievement of the British
yers sets new record for distance
,vered in a single flight, the longest
ngle jump of the NC-4 having been
,proximately 1920 miles from New
to Horta, in the Azores. ~
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