Arizona republican., 1919-05-28
NC 4 BLAZES FIRST
 OVERSEA TRAIL
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 Commander Read. according to in- formation here. plans to remain at Lis bon over night and continue to Ply mouth tomorrow weather permitting. Has His Old Crew Commander Read had with him on the flight to Lisbon the same crew that left New Foundland on the NC-4. May 16. Lieutenants E. F. Stone of the coast guard and W. K. Hinton were the pilots. with Ensign R. c. Rodd as radio operator, and Chief Machinist's s Mate E. s. Rhodes as reserve pilot engineer. The crew was met at Lis bon by members of the crews of the NC1 and 3, who had preceded them on a destroyer. The chart of the flight shows how the winds helped her along. At times Commander Reads ship ap- parently was whirling through the air at 90mile slip; again her speed fell of to less than 60, only to pick up again as she reached the zone of influence of other breeZes. Probably the machine overlook and passed winds that had stirred the waters about Ponta del Gada the day before, preventing an earlier start.
 Official word of the arrival of the plane at Lisbon reached the navy de- partment first through a dispatch from Brest, France, sent by Rear Admiral Halstead, commander of the American naval forces in French waters. The message was received at the Otter Cliffs, Maine, station and relayed to Washintgon. Immediately. Secretary Daniels cabled the congratulations of ln drtfNa ar-fvy ! I and sent q cable to President Wilson, telling him that American naval avia- tors had been the first to cross the At lantic. The message to Commander Read follows:
 Daniels ConerstuIates
 "The entire navy congratulates you and your fellow aviators on your epochal flight. The ocean has been spanned through the air and to the American navy goes the honors of making the first trans Atlantic flight. We are all intensely proud of your achievement and thankful that it has been accomplished without mishap to any one of the daring aviators who left our shores on the first air journey to Europe. To all of them and to you, all honor is due
 The cablegram to President Wilson said:
 Know you will be delighted to learn naval avaitors first to cross Atlantic"
 Secretary Daniels said today no definite plans for further trans oceanic flights had been made. He explained that the first trip was the beginning of a series of experiments in long dis tance flying, and that very probably, after defects in naval aircraft had been corrected, another squardon of sea- planes would be headed across the At lantic. Mir. Daniels said he had not decided whether the NC-4 should at tempt to fly back to the United States or be knocked down" at Plymouth and shipped back to America
 Log of Famous Trip
 Following is the brief log of the flight as it was told by the guardian destroyers:
 1920 a. m. NC-4 left Ponta del Gada for Lisbon at 10:1S G. NJ. T. to- day (610 a. m. Washington time)."
 'S:5S a. m., NC-4 passed station ship No. 1 at 11:13 c. M. IT.
 "9;01 a. m., 8 a. m. weather report: flying conditions from Ponto del Gada to Lisbon today, fair weather and mod crate to fresh southwesterly winds at flying altitude prevail over the entire course with the barometer rising slow ly; weather clearing and winds nearly west; favorable flying conditions should continue over Wednesday,
 ''9: 10 a. III. NC-4 passed station ship No. ?. at 11:3S G. M IT.
 '1o:10 a. m.. NC-4 passed station ship No. ?. at 12:54 G. M. T."
 '11:01 a. m., NC-4 passed station ship No. 5, at 1885 G. M. T."
 '1l:07 a. m., NC-4 passed station ship No. 6. at 14:05 G. M. T."
 "12:15 p. m., NC-4 passed station ship No. :, at 14:40 G. NJ. IT.
 "12:16 p. m., NC-4 passed station ship No. s, at 15:1s c. NJ. IT.
 HOS D. m., NC-4 passed station ship No. 9, at 1s:1S C. NJ. T.,
 33 ?. m.. NC-4 passed station ship No. II, at 17:10 G. M. T.
 3.57 p. m., NC-4 passed station