Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-18
FOG BANK HIDING
AMERICAN FLYERS
FAR OUT IN OCEAN
Aviators OH NC-1 and NC-3
Forced to Descend and
Cannot Be Located.
OFFICIALS EXPECT SHIPS
WILL BE FOUND TODAY
Lieutenant Commander Read
Arrives at Horta and Sets
New Record.
WILL CONTINUE HIS TRIP
Lack of Communications Keep Wash.
ingtOn i'll Dark as to Exact
Situation Of Flight.
OFFICIALS EXPECT SHIPS
WILL BE FOUND TODAY
WILL CONTINUE HIS TRIP
tBy Associated pre,..1

the thre' American planes which LEFT
ITcpassey, y. r.. for the Azores iast
night. on the third leg OF the trans.
atlantic Hight. lost their bearings in.
the heavy fog off the Northeast coast
OF the AZORES today. when almost with
In reach of their goal RS
The NC-4 arrived at Horta, but both &
the NC-l. which was forced to alighrN
OIL Corvo Island and the NC-3 which :
ahshted off Fayal. being sought
tonight ~ destroyers. with which they
are in wireless communica ton. II
Naval officers here believe they are
IN no danger and will be found be-
a 1we da ,S having come down to
greatly hampered fying. i0s' "hien
The NC-4 whose objective was Ponta
Delgada, Is now sheltered in the har.
1925 Greenwich time to:25 A. NJ New.
York ume). s-,,Sl rs ~. d sSf 81
New Record In Set.
The commander ,nn OF this plaaasdasns,
unfavorabie weather s s sfssr ,9 oakf'ne
what is believed to be a record long
distance overseas trip. The NC-4, st.
is announced, will resume her Journey
to this port tomorrow, weather per-
uniting. 30,
The weather. which was rainy and
ing to the belief that all three planes
wiz arrive at Ponta Delgada tomor-s
rO6f. - 3-tlisa
The one plane to reach port was the
NC-4, which led her sister ships prac-
ticailF all the way, and descended into
Horta Harbor at 9:20 O'Clock Washing
Both OF the fog-bound planes were 4
believed to have sufficient fuel to curry !
them to to the Azores, but the fog un-a
tinuing the trip in the air.
10 Lieutenant-Co Commander Read. $
IN a Int lon,
the most daring journey ever attempt
ed In an airship OF any kind. Rising
room OF the mine layer Aroostok at
Trepassey Bay. y. T.. he and his men
breaktasted soon after 9 o'clock this
n Horta. g57s 80
Luck Is Chnnged.
The story of the long flight as told
by the radio waves that filled tho air
over the North Atlantic last night to-
ment from many quarters, shows that
Commander Reads hard luck of pre-
cedlns legs, of the transatlantic dash
appears 10 have turned from the start.
lie lea all the way after rising first
at Irepassey Bay. only to come down
again to give his commanding officer.
ing first. The NC-4 was nearlvA's 81,
minutes ahead of the NC-1 Just before
G comma Ter, Read sighted land at the
Jagged still farther behind.
Saved by Minutes.
That 80 minutes, officers believed
saved the NC-4 from the fog By yir-5
tue OF that narrow lead. he seems to
Horta harbor. only 10 have the "a -
pail roll down heavily behind hiT,s
barring the way for his adventurousS
s epanomS on the rhi,s,t;ory-making yoY
with land almost under his eyesfsh,,S
oot',fhan 1, towers was blanketed;
WEI, out out to sea, showing the speed
Naval officials here were somewhats
u ~ To"n n, ,' ,on f as TO Commander
i,e"I pans Tor continuing the flight
Columbia t Horta said the NC-4 wou,a
nor attempt 10 proceed to Ponta DAT
Jackson at the latter place. hoSYavss
s al The weather was clearing siortIn
nave decided TO push on 80 - e
n delay OF five or six hours In ira : l
i sla,ns ,o or Ca, cable messages from tfs
at a late hour. n5.eiso,uuhDtr
May BE on His Way. 81
III was generally believed that Ffrn,,.s =
mander Read would start for = .i. Im, =
AZ his earliest opportunity. if'tSa
r., keeps him tied at Horta until to- 8
full that he could avoid i ssinr doubt doubt
in in n hiS Sro schs pn, which called FOR
Mics ,n t direct rG inbt D DC Gaaa on the 500
mGrta q 70 ~ lisbon direct would add $50
That the airship would be forceS nts
max landing after dark should II
attempt to catch up tomorrow 80 -
The only disturbing feature oe ~.
delay to tho NC-3 was the silanca IL
Towers boat after the MESSAGE 1870.
she was off her course between statias,
ships II and IS at OILS A. al. w.
ington time; Officers believed. how
ever, tina, limited communicationsh v Z
radio while on the surface and noas,f;i2,
failure to send or to catch an 81 os
counted for this lack of informati IL :, 8
as TO the NC-3's situation. - s's-sts. y
-thead Of Schedule.
Commander Read reached sHnrt.
several hours ahead of the xehsSaIss. y );
time Tor the flight, officials hsyfrs+E
estimated that twenty hours yyouid ~
requirea for the seaplanesS 10 srxs ~ .
Ponta Deigada. Had he continusS--sN
that port at tho speed maintainsd
through the long voyage. Comm snNrss.s r
Read would have covered gthxmyi' ~ X
niles miles in little more than seventeen
The fact that the SC-t was ths Il Il &
OF the three planes to reach INA xxStsas