Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-06-16
Get Big Reception.

London, Jnne !. 16.-London cele-
brated today the achievement of the
two British airmen who yesterday
completed the first nonstop trans
Atlantic flight meanwhile preparing
for a formal reception to the air vic
tors, Captain John Alcock and Lieu
tenant Arthur w. Brown.
Examination Of the Vickers-vimy
airplane In which; the two men few
1850 nautical miles In 1s hours and
IL minutes from st. Johns, N. f., to
Clifden, near Galway. Ireland. has
been completed by Aero club officials.
who found the seals intact on the
marked parts of>the airplane. this Of
iicially establishing the authenticity
of the flight. 4-.
! Meanwhile the aviators are on their
Lieutenant Brown, the navigator. auf-
Tered bruises when the machine
landed. In a bog. The biplane was
badly damaged.
Features Of the trip were the
carrying Of the first aerial mail across
the Atlantic and the transportation Of
two nnascots. dog and q cat.
{ Enthusiasm over the, success of the
trip. It 5is 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 a nat spinI ,1Es
EARLY in the fight the half gale, in
which they took off fron, St. j ohn's
tore off the propeller that drove the
wireless dynamo and made radio com
sstr,te, Ldeveehana I;rown sale, i. ssaas
Wtrp &ha q f.hralae-s h. gig III S ,..88 81.
BAD weather. g >ssccomp panied by fog
permitted only three observations for
laying the course, while ,sleets stopped
S the working OF the petrol Indicator
!. Strilke Cold Weather.
Captain AlSock. describing hts ex.
periences while flying at an altitude
OF II 900 feet. said :
"It was haiiing and showing. The
machine became covered with ice by
6o'clock in the morning and remained
80 until an hour before we landed
My radiator shutter and water tenn.
perature indicator were covered with
ice four or five hours. Lieutenant
Brown continually had to climb. ur
in the fuselage to chip off the ice witt
gave trouble being full of frozer
particles which came out when we
descended to lower altitude an l1oul
before landing"
The aviators said they did not fee
hungry during the fight but were
extremely thirsty. t
"For time" Captain Alcock said
1--WE spoke to each other through, tn.
communication telephones, but thes,
broke down after four hours and W,
had to discard them. Then had t.
shout to Lieutenant Brown. Most o
our Conversation consisted @of tap
ping each other on the shoulder ant
going through the motions Of drink
Ing" ~ 's+fs' -.
Wrecked on Landing. 2,
London, June 16.-When the Wick
-vimy biplane driven by Captain
John Alcock was first sighted cross
ing the Irish coast, says aydispatcl
! to the Daily Mail. from Clifden,r Gal
way, an airplane few out Of the Oran
more airdrome. to render assistance
This machine landed near the Vim,
but was wrecked. owing to the soft
ness Of the ground. :
When the vickers- vimyf landed
Lieutenant Arthur Brown tn
z navigator, said to- Captain Alcock
What do you think of that for fame
navigating?" and the pilot Of TIL
machine responded f&''Very good
The two men who had just complete,
an epoch-making voyage then shool
hands. ~ -E' re
When assistance reached tn