New Britain herald., 1927-06-04
The Two Hop on

The Two Hop on
 Roosevelt Field, N. r., June 4 L7 -Seated side by side in the Bel. lanca monoplane Columbia. design. ed TOT trans-oceanic flying. Clar. ence D. Chamberlin and Charles A. Levine managing director of the Columbia Aircraft corporation. hoped off at 6:05 this morning for .. flight to an unnamed European destination.
 It was a dramatic moment as they scared aloft from the run-way. where on May q Captain Charles A. Lindbergh began his epochal night to Paris. Levine sat beside lChamberlin clad in an ordinary business suit. There was no hat o,, his head. Neither showed any emo tion as they prepared for the flight. with spectators standing about tbs plane not knowing who Chamber iin's companion really would be un. til Levine climbed into the cockpit.
 Wife Greatly Worried
 In Garden City hotel, several miles away, Mrs. Wylda Chamber lin. the pilots wife, was in great anxiety. She had said previously that she knew her husband was taking his life in his hands. So she stayed away from the field, to keep in her mind a picture of him that she treasured. saying goodbye to him at the hotel. but Mrs. Levine, wife of the surprise companion of IChamberlin. was on the runway. She said she did not know who was going with Chamberlin. And then her husband stepped into the cockpit and waveds goodbye to her as much surprised. she said later. as any spectator.
 When Levine stepped abruptly into the plane. its motor throbbing for the take of, his wife hurried for- ward in apparent surprise. A police captain tried to reassure her, saying her husband was "only going to make a test"
 Mrs. Levine Nervous.
 Then the Bellanca shot down the runway on it's false start. When it returned to its starting point for the second attempt, Mrs. Levine apepar- ed pale and nervous. Several friends stepped forward. gesticulating as if to pacify her. A moment later the Bellanca shot down the runway again. Mrs. Levine staring after it in agonized amazement, You ought to be proud of him." said John Carisi. factory superintendent for the Co., lumbia Aircraft Corporation. Hes a very brave man."
 Mrs. Levine could not reply. She became hysterical, sobbing wildly and gesticulating in great excite- ment. Five men hurried forward at. tempting to calm the woman. For. mer State Senator Charles C. Lock- wood of the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, led Mrs. Levine to the automobile of Kings County Judge William Martin, who drove her to the Garden City hotel.
 1 Flight Under Way
 The deftly designed monoplane. it's propeller whirling and it's motor roaring. taxied down the runway and lifted itself clear of the earth about 2.000 feet. from where the spectators stood. A flight that had kept millions in anticipation for weeks was under way at last
 The true start of the plane was preceded by false one. the plane taM-iug down the runway for about 500 feet and then returning to it's place at the western end of the run way.
 I Leyine's Surprise Levine was in the plane at that time, but it was not expected that he would go. Immediately before this Levine had refused to say. in his wife's presence, whether he would go; all he would say was that Chamberlin would not go alone.
 As the plane sped down the run- way on it's final start. Mrs. Levine turned pale and her hands fiuttered to her face.
 Destination . Secret The destination of the Columbia was not announced prior to the de- . rarture. but Chamberlin said yeo-