The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-17
ANIATORS SHAKE HANDS
AFTER COMPLETING THEIR
EPOCH-MAkING VOYAGE

London, June 15.--When the Wick
Nimy biplane driven by Capt john
Alcock was first sighted, crossing the|
Irish coast says Il dispatch to theI
Daily Mail, from Clifden, Galway, AM
airplane few out of the Oranmore air1
drome to render assistance. This NAL
chine landed near the Vimy but uni
fortunately was wrecked owing to
the stiffness of the ground.
When the Vickers- -Vimy machinel
landed Lieut.. Arthur Brown, the navi.|
gator, said to Captain Alcock.
What do you think of that for fancy
navigating?' and the pilot of the ma i
chine responded: Very good"
The two men who had Just com-|
pleted an epoch making voyage then|
shook hands.
When assistance reached the ma i
chine, the two aviators We're helped toI
the ground and it was found that Lieu-|
tenant Brown was slightly injured on|
the nose and mouth by the Jolt givenI
them when it struck the ground. BothI
men We're deaf and dazed and were|
unable to walk steadily for some min
utes. They quickly recovered howl
ever, ana were escorted to the wirelessI
station in triumph being given the best
hospitality available. They distributed
cigarettes as souvenirs and gave away
the small dog and cat which were mas.
cots during the trip. The entire equip
ment was rainsoaked by the downpourI
over the journey.
Describing the trip the aviators said
they had very trying ordeal. Cap.
tain Alcock saying the sun came out |
only once, when the biplane had at
tanned height of 1000 feet. Only
three astronomical observations wefe
possible during the voyage. The aIti.
tude of the machine varied from a few
rect from the water up to 10. 600 and
the fliers never sighted single ship.
Came Near Hitting Ocean
Il didn't know once during the night
whether | was upside down or not"
said Captain Alcock. Once we as.
cended hurriedly when we saw the
green Atlantic only 80 feet below
The breaking away of the propeller
generating current for the wireless
station apparatus soon after the start
prevented the men from communicat
ing with the shore. When 1t happen.
ed, Lieut.. Brown noticed that the
propeller had carried away with it one
of the stay wires, but he did NOT tell
captain Alcock until after they had
lahded at Clifden. When Alcock learn
ed of the incident he said.
Il would have turned back had
known"
weather conditions We're very bad
iuring the trip and Lieutenant Brown
mad to climb from his seat to clear the
zee away from the petrol gauge. After
breakfast today, Lieutenant Brown
went TO bed, while Captain Alcock in
Spected the machine. The lieutenant
however, was unable to sleep and soon
got up. BY noon both We're looking
perfectly well, and willingly distribute
ed autographs to admirers Captain
Alcock wanted to fly to England i'm a
borrowed plane, but his companion
L nave had enough flying for a Bit
FIRST transatlantic Postman
CaptalnAlcock exhibited a bunch of
'ainsoaked letters which he had been
isked to mail if the flight was success
ul, saying:
Il am the first transatlantic most.
nan"
Ihe two aviators said they were on.
y once in real danger. when the ma.
nine went into a flat spin. owing to
he pilot being unable to tell how the
nachine was moving. Lieutenant
3rown,noicing that the compass
leedle was swinging from side to side
the first indication that something
vas wrong-managed to get Captain
Alcock TO understand the difficulty.
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