The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-05-31
TRANSATLANTIC
FLIGHT COMPl
NC-4 Reached Plymouth,
Eng, Today After 500
Mile Trip
CAPT. READ AND
CREW GOING TO PARIS
President Wilson Has Ordered Them
There-Possible the Naval Plane Will
Be Sent to National Museum Talk
of Return Trip.

WASHINGTON, May 31.!The Amer
lean naval transatlantic flight which
began at Rockaway Beach, L. l., May
was successfully completed today with
the arrival of the NC4 at Plymouth,
Eng. after a 500 mile flight from Fer
rol, Spain. Announcement that Lieut..
| Commander Albert Read S plane, the
sole survivor of the squadron of three,
| had reached England was sent to the
navy department by Vice Admiral
| Knapp at London. The NC4 left Fer
rol at 2.27. a. M, Washington time, and
reached Plymouth at 9.26 a. m. aver
| aging 20 knots
After resting at Plymouth Commander
Read and his crew will go to Paris by
| direction of Pres Wilson to give allied
officers attending the aviation confer
ence there an account of their voyage.
The NC-4 meantime, probably will be
| taken apart for shipment to the United
| States. This may eventually be placed
| in the national museum here.
Motor troble, which caused the NC4
to be regarded as the "lame@duck' of the
American transatlantic fight squadron un-
til she left Trepassey Boy, n. F., prevent
ed completion yesterday of her voyage
from Lisbon to Plymouth
After covering 100 miles of the last
log Of the history making flight, the big
seaplane was forced to descend to the
Mondego river, and she was held there
until too late to reach England yester
lday.
/ With his engines repaired, Lieut.. Com
mander Albert C. Read drove his plane
225 miles to Ferrol, Spain, where h'
moored for the night.
Commander Read reported, after land
ing in the Mondego river, that he ha'
to await high tide before starting again
and officials here believed that but TO
; this the first plane to cross the Atlanti
Ocean would have arrived in Plymouth
in time for the great Memorial day we
come prepared for the hiers.
When the NC4 finally fioated agai
: and was once more in the air, at 1925
! G. NJ. T. t92S am. Washington time
!, Lieut. Commander Read searched tn
7 coast for a safe harbor in which to spen
Ie the night and finally landed at Ferrol a
!, 435, G. NJ. I. (l2.35 pm Washington
- PLYMOUTH, MAY 3l.-It has bee
y larned here unofficiallv that there is
!" prospect that the NC-4 may fly HON
over the direct Atlantic route from I,rt
: land to New Foundland. 1t is unde1
stood a conference viii be held hel
shortly to discuss the project.
American naval officers say the NC
is III better condition than when 81
began her fight. Furthermore the e,
perience gained by all her navigate
and pilots would prove of inestimab
benefit should the return flight be a
tempted.
Keen interest III the NC-4's arriv
| today and the fine weather which su
ceeded a rainy morning brought o
large crowds to greet her The gre
| wings of the plane were made out {
/ the harbor at 2.23 o'clock local tin
/ She swept quickly laHdward and thr
| minutes later had settled down on t
i waters of the harbor to the accompal
/ ment of cheers from the crowds and ST
/ vos from all the steam craft with
i sight, her memorable transatlant
4 fight ended.
il The NC4 made the distance of 6
Il proximatelv 500 miles from Ferrol
H this port in six hours, 50 minutes, or
j the rate of nearly - miles an hour.
IL The altered program for the greet
4 to the commander and crew of N
i includes reception Immediately af
j their arrival on board the crui
Rochester, The formal reception
the mayor of Plymouth on the NJ
on, flower Pier was set for 4 p. m. Offic
of the royal air force will entertain
American airmen this evening at a T
,. mouth hotel
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