Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-06-16

wireless signals not intended for u.s.
he added.
when word was received here OF the
accident to the machine In landing ar
rangements were made for mechanics
Ia leave London Immediately to make
repairs.
Word came from Clifden this after
noon that the pilot and the navigator
OF the blplane were leaving for Sai
way, whence Lieut.. Brown planned y
travel by train to London. arrivinl
there on Tuesday morning,
Captain Aicock. however, hoped Z
be able to fly to London In the machin'
which made the record flight as sooi
as 1t could be repaired. II was plan
ned TO have him give an exhioitio'
over London in the machine. II pos
stble.
The Aero Club received a message
from Clifden not long after the trans
Atlantic fliers landed, signed by them.
which merely stated that they had
completed the flight in sixteen hours
and twelve minutes. They requested
instructions from the club.
Royal Air Force to Confirm Flight
In reply the club telographed Cap
tain Alcock:
Keep machine intact until observer
arrives"
The air ministry stated that certain
marks were put on the airplane at
Newfoundland which must be official
~ identified by member OF the royal
air force before the flight Is declared
to have been officially completed. II
was said at the ministry that 1t was
probable one OF it's officials would leave
Dublin in an airplane to relieve Alcock
and Brown.
II was hardly believed there that the
machine could be repaired before sew
eral days had passed, and II was
thought both the aviators would pro-
ceed to England by train.
Alcock and Brown stood the trip
well.
Their voyage was without accident
and without unforeseen incident while
on the way. so far as can be learned. II
wss q straight away, clean cut flight
from America to Ireland.
But the brief and modest description
which comes from the airmen at Cliff
ingly hazardous enterprise.
Fog and mists hung over the North
Atlantic. and the Vickers- Vimy biplane
climbed and dived. struggling to ex-
tricate itself from the folds Of the air
planes worst enemy.
1t rose to 1900 feet, swooped DOWN
almost to the surface OF the sea, and
at times the two navigators found
themselves flying upside down only ten
feet above tho water.
First Honor Still Belongs TO v. S.
The feat of Alcock and Lieut.. Brown
won for them the $4,000 prize offered
by the London Daily Mail for the first
nonstop flight across the Atlantic.
But they were not the first to fly the
ocean. That honor belongs to the crew
of an American naval pIane-the N.
CA. This plane started from New
foundland via the Azores and landed
on the shores OF Europe at Lisbon May
%.
tBy Associated Press.1
Galway. Ireland. Sunday, June To-
The correspondent endeavored to get
Alcock to describe the Impressions he
had during the flight while the aviator
was at Clifden today.
1T is difficult to sum them up said
Alcock. "It is curious to be able to say
that l had no sense OF remoteness. /
have done considerable night flying
and any sense Of loneliness has worm
off long ago. | do not think that eth
er of us had any thought of what We
were flying over being merely intent
on getting across" -
The correspondent asked Aicock as
to whether he regarded his flight as
beaten that of the America II
airplane n. ca. to this Alcock replied.
Il could not say anything but what
is good of the Americans. have been
treated very kindly by the Americans
while | was over there" Meaning in
Newfoundland"
New Outbreak in Costa RIGA.
Washington. June ls-The revoIu