The New York herald., 1922-10-07
FLIGHT OF IS Hours
BREAKS AIR RECORD
Macready and Kelly of the
Army Win Great Contest
at San Diego.
In A GIANT MON0PLANE
Give All Credit for Their Big
Accomplishment to the
Liberty Motor.
IN A GIANT MONOPLANE

! SAN DIEGO, Oct ASSOCIATED Press).
Kelly, who had been flying over San
Diego since 1856 A. VI. yesterday in
the great army monoplane To, driven
by one 400 horsepower Liberty engine,
landed at Rockwell Field soon after
p. NJ. to-day, having broken all known
records for sustained flight in the
heavier than air fiying machine. They
were in the air 80 hours 16 minutes
and 30 seconds
Eddie Stinson and Lloyd Bartaud pre-
viously held the worlds record for sus-
tanned flight, having scared over Roose-
welt Field, Mineola. L. J.. for twenty
six hours. ninteen minutes and thirty
Eve seconds on December 29-30 1921.
They flew a Larson J-6 mouoplane, and
their record broke one that had been
made in June, 1920. when Boussoutrout
and Bernard. flying a Farman Goliath,
stayed in the air for twenty-four hours,
nineteen minutes and seven seconds. This
record was held by France.
Macready and Kelly were tired, but
willing, they said TO have continued
their fight except for their desire to
reach the ground before darkness should
make landing more difficult.
The landing OF the big plane was the
signal for mighty chorus of whistles
from the vessels in the harbor. When
the airmen circled down TO the field
a small army of spectators. Including the
Rockwell Field force and many civilians.
was waiting to greet them.
Capt. r. @. Erwin commandaut OF
Rockwell Field, soon after the flight
ended gave out the time the aviators
had been aloft as % hours is minutes
and 80 seconds The official time OF
departure yesterday was set down in thc
Rockwell Field records as ) :53 A. NJ,
instead of .56 A. NJ, as unofticially
given out, and the time of landing to
day was given officially at IL 80 p. NJ.
The aviators were pcgrimed with oil
and grease when they stepped from the
big machine in which they had remained
aloft, circling over the city for virtually
two days and a night. That did not
stop Mrs Benjamin Macready mother
OF the aviator, from rushing TO greet
her son. She kissed him full on his
grimy cheek and when she turned
around smiling gladly, her lips we're
black with grease and oil.
I,ieuts Macready and Kelly joined IN
making the following statement:
1T was the wonderful Liberty motor
which kept us up. There is no question
that this flight proves the motor TO
be the best and most efficient IN the
world II rs due to the development
OF army aviation. The primary pur-
pose Of the test. II should be said, was
to test the motor In the United states
Army Transport t., and the result
was all that could be expected
we are going to make the flight
from San Diego to New York in No
vember and we are confident that we
shall be successful"
The first person to greet Lieut. Kelly
was Charles Dworack chief mechanic.
who came ahead OF the aviators from
Dayton, Ohio, TO install the new motor
III the monoplane.
The monoplane which broke the
record for endurance in the air was
made specially for experimental pur-
poses and the only one of its type In
existence. All drawings and rights to-
reproduce were purchased with the
plane.
The aviators had been waiting for
the new moon so that they might get
safely across the mountains. When
the mountains were reached. however.
the fog was 80 thick that the aviators
had to turn back with the plan TO 20
to New York city abandoned the avia-
tors determined to atay In the az, and
to bf'eak the endurance record This
thcs- IN, shed 10 nircre