Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1919-06-04
BREACHES END OF JOURNEY
AcrtisS the Occan-l,aSt Leg Of Trip
Uncovered on Saturday Last.

iSWashington, May 3l.--The N.C.-4
left&errol at 2.27 4. m., Washington
timeYAand reached Plymouth at 9.26
a. aaveraging under 70 knots an
houEs6pr less than on any other lap
| ofytM long voyage.
Aftsr resting for brief period at
PlyIAoMth Commander Read and his
creW%ill go to Paris by direction of
President Wilson to give Allied Off
cersyattending the aviation confer
enceaan account of their voyage. The
NCn4t' meantime probably will be
taken apart for shipment back to
the United States. 1t may eventually
be- aaced IN the National Museum
herel
After news came of the arrival of
thefsNC.-4, Secretary Daniels sent
thfsmessage to Commander Read:
All the people Of America are
happy over your successful flight,
WHICH has been an epoch-making
event in the history of the world.
MySEG ySEGongratulations and greetings
| and good Wishes"
Congratulations to Commander
ReadSand his crew and the naval air
service have been sent by the British
admFalty through Admiral Knapp.
TheMdmiralty letter was quoted in
thesfollowing cablegram from Admi-
raj Knapp, received at the depart
menEto-day:
"Iffa letter from tho British admi-
raltythey state that this mornings
newsabrings the epoch-making intel
ligence that the space between Amer
lea aid Europe has been successfully
spanifed by air by way Of the Azores.
1t ,issSWith great pleasure that their
lordahips have learned Of this sue
cess,iand they desire me to offer
theirscongratulat tions to the crew Of
SeaplHne N.C.-4 and to the United
States naval air service on the fine
achievement
The Arrival Mt Plymouth.
Plymouth, England, May 31.-The
American seaplane N.C.-4 completed
her loagsflight from the United States
Ito jSShe arrived here from Fer
Eol, s ARtnss s on the last Jump of the
Ieag l8Sss f3|sa time ess
+ Keen interest in the event and the
line weather which succeeded a rainy
morning brought out large crowds to
greet the arriving Americans, the
great wings of whose plane were
80 u
the clock. The NC.-4, making Il
dashing finish, swept quickly land
ward, and three minutes later had
settled down on the waters of the
harbor to The accompaniment of
cheers from the crowds and salvos
from all the steam craft within the
blight. The memorable trans A tlantic
trip was ended.
The N.C.-4 left FerrOl at G.27
o'clock, Greenwich time, and made
the distance Of approximately 500
miles to this port in six hours and
50 minutes, or at the rate of nearly
~ miles an hour. The Seaplane's
progress was reported several times
in her flight across the mouth of the
Bay Of Biscay, first by the second
station ship, the destroyer Barney,
which she passed at 7.43 o'clock, and
next by Station No. 4, the destroyer
Hazelwood, at 9.03.
The N.C.-4 was then halfway
across the Bay Of Biscay, and by
noon she had completed this section
Of her voyage, passing between Brest
and the island Of Quessant between
12 and 1890 o'clock. Lieut.-Com-
mander Read, who brought the sea-
plane across the Atlantic from Ire
passey to the Azores and thence to
Lisbon, had intended making the trip
from Lisbon to Plymouth in one big
jump yesterday. Yesterday morning.
however, he was compelled to alight
in the Mondego river, about one hun
dred miles up the Portuguese coast,
because Of engine trouble, but soon
proceeded as far as Ferrol, on the
northwestern tip of the Spanish
mainland, where the plane was
mOored for the night, proceeding
early this morning for this port.