The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-12-30
WORLDS FLIGHT
 RECORD BROKEN
Stinson, In All Metal Mono plane M a k es Great Achievement In Flying.

Mineola, N. r., Dec. so-(By A. P.) A new worlds record for continu- ous flying was established today by Edward Stinson, pilot of an all metal monoplane and his mechanician when they broke the old world record of 24 hours, 1e minutes and seconds made in France June 1920 by Iucien Boussoutrut and Jean Bernard Stinson and Bertaud commenced their flight at Roosevelt Field at S:6s a. m. yesterday and at 9:20 a. m to- day they were still in the air with no signs of descending. Sttnson with Lloyd Bertaud. his 1 mechanician. hopped off at S:5s a. m. yesterday in a snowstorIn.
 They wore no electric suits, depend ing upon the heat from the exhaust pipes in the pilots cabin to keep them warm.
 The machine is equipped with one 1855 horsepower motor. Every ounce of unnecessary welgnt was stripped before the flight. About $50 gallons of gasoline and 28 gallons of oil were carried.
 Officers of the Aero Club of Amer ica. who were at the field as official observers were jubilant as they stood, watches in hand marking the passing of the old record and the establish ment of the new.
 The Larsen monop1ane pi1oted by
 
 ing broke the worlds continuous fly ing record of 24 hours, 19 minutes and ' seconds, descended shortly after 11:15 a. m after having been in the air 26 hours, 19 miutes and 35 seconds.
 The official times were: Start yes terday morning at S:58:15-
 Seven judges watched the mono plane circle over Mineola, Garden City and Hempstead-
 Observers pointed out that whereas previous efforts to establish an endur- ance record has been made in the most favora b1e season. this flight was made with the mercury near the zero mark. to the accompaniment of strong winds and snow furries. The Aeronautica1 Chamber of Com merce hailed the flight as 8 fitting climax to the achievements of Amerf- can aviation in 1921. when four world records were made by Yankee bfrd- men. The other three were: August 16-A Looming Monoplane flying boat, raising to 500 feet with four passengers, established an effci- ency and passenger record for a ship of It's class.
 September 2s-Lieut. J A McReady of the army air service, drove an air plane to a height of 37,SO0 feet at Dayton, Ohio. shattering the altitude mark of 33,1 IA feet set by Major Rudolph Schroeder.
 November 8 - Bert Acosta. in a Curtiss navy racer. with a speed of | 176-7 miles an hour for a 15o mile l course in the Pulitzeer trophy race l at Omaha.
 l Stinson was forced to descend be- cause of a faulty oil connection with 1 which he and his mechanicIan, | Lloyd Bertaud, had battled since 3 i o'clock this morning. They still had ! gas enough to have flown until sun i down.
 | the luoricating system from the aux | Hilary oil tank went out of commission 1 at o'clock. The f1iers punctured the tank. set up a temporary tube and began feeling the lubricating system | by hand, taking turns at the controls 1 of the plane and at the oil. thank 1 Both hiers were almost blinded by l oil when they descended. | In addition they were suffering in 1 tensely from the bitter cold, for. all 1 though the plane was equipped with a cabin, Stinson had not left his seat 1 in the open cockpit since D. m. yesterday and his mechanician found little time to seek shelter.
 Three fingers of Stinson's right
 hand and one on his left were frozen. Bertaud's hands were numb. StinsOn, who halls from San An tonic. Texas. and Bertaud, from New York were a. sorry looking
 pair when they stepped from their
 Their faces were sn2eared with oil | and their eyes blooashot Neither l had had wink cd sleep since they
 took off and Stinson said bis only 1 nourishment had been a swig of cof- l fee. Newspapermen found difficulty
 in interviewing Bertaud. who was 1 deafened by the roar of the motor.
 The fiiers, both 27 years old, took
 no particular precautions to protect
 themselves against the wintry weath-
 CT Although they took off in a
 snowstornl, flew through bustry gales
 and encountered zero weather during
 the night, they wore only: Stfnson-a sweater and flying coat over a, khaki uniform.
 Bertaud-a civilian suit and leather flying coat.