Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-06-20
FLY ATLANTIC IN
SIXTEEN HOURS
Nonstop Flight Is Achieved by
British Naval AirpIane
Officer.
AMERICAN NAVIGATES PLANE
10Th Pilot and Navigator in Good Spir.
its When They Came Down Near
Clifden, lreland-FIew Upside
Down at Times.

London, June 16-To Jack Alcock,
captain in the British royal air force,
and his navigator, Lieut.. Arthur w
Brown, an American, goes the honor
Of having made the first nonstop flight
across the Atlantic, from Newfound.
land to Ireland. The Daily Nails $50,
900 prize is theirs.
Forty minutes after eight O'Clock
Sunday morning their big Vickers
Vimy biplane landed on the beach neal
Clifden, Galway. They made the
fight in 16 hours and q minutes, hav.
lag left st. Johns, Newfoundland, al
{ :13 Saturday afternoon Greenwich
time), II :13 New York time.
Lose Sense of Direction.
Both pilot and navigator were in
good spirits, but terribly fatigued
Every mile of the flight was terrible
battle against the elements. OF the
human qualities that combined to con-
quer the air on his direct transatlan.
tic route unshakable pluck was un-
questionably the decisive factor. I'm
cock said:
"We were tired, being alone in the
fog and drizzle. Sometimes we found
ourselves flying upside down. having
lost all sense of direction while en-.
veloped in the heavy blanket of fog
less propeller blew off soon after we
greater part of the flight. The wire
| Our wireless was useless for the
started from st. Johns. Our receiver
was much jammed by strong signals
not intended for u.s.
| Both Alcock and Lieutenant Browr
were in good spirits when they made
their landing. The machine suffered
some minor damages through coming
down rather heavily on the sandy
shore, but neither Alcock nor Brown
suffered any injury.
Make Two Miles a Minute.
The remarkable flying time, ss1rag-
Ing close to two miles a Elnute, is
creditable to a favorable wind, which
at times added 80 miles an hour to the
speed of the biplane.
The landing was rough The fuse
| lage bowled into the sand and the lin
en- on the underestimate of the lower
wings was ripped. Neither Alcock mol
Brown was injured. Stiffly they
crawled from their cockpits and SHOOK
hands.
The flight was a triumph of air navi
cation. Lieutenant Brown plotted &
course that brought the airplane to {
midpoint on the west Irish coast. Cliff
den is a seaport and market town 2!
miles southwest of Westport.
Wireless Broken.
Shortly after the plane took the ali
at 6 :13, Greenwich time, Saturday af
ternoon (11:13 a. m. Chicago time)
the propeller of the wireless sending
generator blew off This explained thu
silence of the radio instruments. Th'
receiving apparatus remained in work
ing trim, and throughout the fligh
wireless signals were picked up.
A heavy fog enveloped the ship dur
Ing part of the flight and made navi
CATION difficult and at times impossl
BILE.
The course flown was the sam.
which Harry Hawker planned. TIL
bomber flew almost directly above tn
spot where the little Sopwith Hoppe
into the Atlantic.
Carry Aviators on Shoulders.
/. While a thousand persons witnesse
The take-off, only handful of startle
villagers were within seeing distanc
when the plane crashed to its landing
! Several fishing vessels off the ives
[ coast sighted the airship as it sweI
7 In from the Atlantic.
! Within few minutes after the lant
= ing Clifden's thousand inhabitant
] we're pressed about 1.-THE plane. The aN
! !ators were carried to the town on tn
$ shoulders of the enthusiastic resident
: Captain Alcock flashed to London tn
h news of completion of the flight. Tll
: Vickers-Vimy company has wired a r,
uuest that he and Brown wait at eli
den for the arrival of mechanics wh
, will repair the plane. 1t is planned
, have Alcock continue the flight to En-
land and give an exhibition over Lol
a don.
Both Stand the Journey Well.
Both Alcock and Brown stood tt
Journey well.
|. Except for difficulties with fog ar
e he loss of our wireless propeller, Il
e trip was uneventful," Captain Alcot
8 said. Both engines performed
/ splendid fashion. From the minute v
s .ook off there appeared to be no douI
Of our success"
The plane was built originally
bomb Berlin. The armistice w
n dgned before it could be put into WI
v service. 1t has cruising radius of
q 40 miles.
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