Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-16
ALCOCK AND BROWN
MAKE FLIGHT IN IS ]
HOURS Il MINUTES
Britishers Attain Goal
Sought in Dreams by
All Aviators.
PLANE SLIGHTLY INJURED
WHEN 1T STRIKES EARTH
Flyers Encountered Heavy and
Dangerous Fogs Along With
Rainstorms.
FLEW UPSIDE DOWN AT TINES
Expect to Take Machine to London!
From Clifden, ireland, EARLY
This Week.
FLEW UPSIDE DOWN AT TINES
Expect to Take Machine to London
From Clifden, ireland, Early
This Week.

LONDON. June 15.-The final goal of &
all the ambitions which flying men
nave Hentured to dream since the
wright brothers first rose from the
earth in heavier-t -than-air machine I
was realized this morning when two
young British officers. Captain John
Aicock and Lieutenant Arthur w
Brown. landed on the Irish coast after
the nrst nonstop flight across the
Atlantic Ocean. 3
Ihelr voyage was without unfore-8
seen accident or incident as far as
cen be learned. 1t was straight
clean night, achieved in sixteen hours
and twelve minutes-from Newfound-
land to Clifden. Ireland, a distance or
more than 1000 miles.
but the brief and modes: description
which comes from the airmen at Cliff
uen tells OF an adventurous and amaz-G
,ngiy , hazardous enterprise Fog and
mists hung over the North Atlantic anfi
Tue Vickers-Vimy biplane climbed mi
aove, struggling to extricate herself
enemy. N'e "orstA
She rose 11,0oo feet. swooped down
Almost Amos TO the surface OF the sen and at
selves dying upside down only ten
feet above the water. '' 'en
c,itsore HitStore coming to earth near the
~ AlCnCk 1aI
the wireless aerials. seeking The bast
SPOT to reach the earth, but no smjf.
noie !, ,n ground was found so he CHANGED
The wireless stan rushed to the aid
dazed ede anG aTiat1rs; .innc,. They found Brown
ed by the force OF the impact Ss soon
as as they were able to be escorted to
breakfast. '"e 'f'enas' then had
A,iap;t. IThnt j is .' the best way to cross the
he had eaten. -
Different Experiment.
The successful flight Of the British
airplane and the American seonlana
nhae Mnre made M In. pursuance of different
phaSes or experiment in the problems
on OF the air Elaborate precautions were
taken to guide the NC-4 and her COM
nm'on fren"n,t nysrs by destroyers placed at
SO much TO make a record as to es
tablish the practicablity of cross
Of an compara ,ran,c ny air under conditions
OF Hawker and the successful nirht
ot captain Alcock and Lieutenamt
on0 n9~T oT were made for prize of 500
'"g oHered by the London Daily Mail
Ihe idea was to make a contributinn
OF moment TO the practical side of a;r
ensns'om. pet,tors m,s sut the appeal to the com
the sporting instinct, the fvsrs r,no No
nihs LIE strong chances of being ire
.rievably lost at sea if anythins Nan
w 'ttiT 1ndsnlnS,
A comparison of the records ,
SnIt @ 'ne NC-4 with five men. covere,i
,hiirt, niles IN twenty-six hours and
r. ersl lSin, y, seven minutes. while the Vick-
eIs- my plane flew with two mer
,,', r,o"o miles In sixteen hours and twaivs
III ith1tes. n, The achievement of the Brit.
ioncn n'caS setS a new record for dis
iionses, single jump of the NC7-.hawe
tns ts necn approNimately 200 miles
Aznres . newfoundland to Horta. in the
Machine Is Damaged.
:. .,Clifden Ireland, where the vic,.r
y imE biplane completed its wondntmI
hight from Newfoundland No"9rrtul ~ enri,
iarsf Is si,,,n miles northwest of galway and
Harber From St. Ste johns ,a,G. qa to asanear as5Me
the distance is arproXimata,Sv, "a Wy; ny
'''!ISs Th d;6S2 sea miles, i'''o
o'clock, Britishs Bis sumner man made ,'ths at $40
ing ing the ground the machine 81 s,r,,nl, .nh
tba tnbeaV.iS and the fusilage piowed into
was Injured % Ne,fner Mneb OF Of the the occupants
made through fog. With nasht was
sional drizzle. This Rampered er 1h ,hs oeGa aia
''em eianta,s eohsidsrably y during their journey.
y, ;,, MS radio Instrument during ,hs ,ri,,
~ saving that the wireless prnn.iiar
New Tewto,,, on soon after the airpiane left
w we're much jammed by strong
w. ha e,gss les signals not intended for u.s.
ne ne added. When word was received
nere or the accident to the machina
In landing arrangements were mndn fnr
m,eTnahicians TO leave London immcdi
ateiE 10 make repairs.
VIII Go TO London.
word came from Ciifden this after
noon that the pilot and the navigator
OF the biplane were leaving for GALWAY.
mnenGe Lieutenant Brown planned to
Tavel BY train to London, arrivinr.
Mere Hlens, on Tuesday, morning: captain
ny to London in the machine wbtei,
1t, MADE the record flight as soon as II
could be repaired. 1t was planned to
have him give an exhibition over Lon
don In the machine II possible
The Aero Club received MESSAGE
d,9m d,Sl n,I Ciifden g. not long after the trans
atlantic flyers landed. signed by them.
which merely stated that they had
completed the flight in sixteen hours
ana Twelve minutes. They requested
from the club
The club telegraphed Captain AlcocI.:
arrive"
The Air Ministry stated ,ha. carta,s, W
marks were put on the machine at
which must be identtde5