New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-08-05
Chamberhn.Acosta En-
durance Mark Falls as
Junkers Plane Flies 81
Hours, q Minutes.
Edzard and Risticz Soar to
New Airplane Laurels-
Germany to Devote Time
to Transatlantic Hop
Now.
AMERICANS TO TRY
TO REGAIN HONORS

Dessau, Germany, Aug. 5 Up
Cornelius Edzard and Johann Ris-
ticz brought their lunkers W-3s
plane to. earth at 1880 o'clock this
morning after having established
new world endurance record of 81
hours and % minutes. The former
record, 81 hours II minutes rs
seconds, was held by Clarence
Chamberlain and Bert Acosta.
Edzard and Risticz began the
grind at $50 o'clock Wednesday
morning and spent their long hours
in the air Shutting between Des-
sau and Leipsic.
Landing Perfect
The machine made perfect
landing. Both filters were wildly
cheered by crowdw which had as
sumed immense proportions after
the news spread throughout Dessau
that the airmen had broken the
records set by the Americans. The
record was shattered at o:02 o'clock
this morning when the junkers
plane had been in the air 81 hours
~ minutes, the starting having
been made at $50 o'clock Wednes-
day morning.
Now that tho plane and motor
have survived the acid test Of the
endurance flight, it is expected that
the first German transatlantic
hon will be undertaken early next
week. Officials Of the junkers air
plane works stayed up all night to
b. watch the clog hours Of the flight
which was to bring fame to their
nIane and the German aviators.
Friedrich Loose and Herman
Koehl. who we're forced to land on
"Wednesday after only hours 40
minutes in the air. also watched
their fellow fliers In their tedious
rounds.
The Junkers company officially
announced the time of the flight as
So hours 20 minutes, and the dis
lance covered as 6.040 kilometers.
i(3,753 miles,.
Crowd Cheers Loudly
The crowd which remained on
the flying field during the hours OF
darkness, watching the plane acting
its shuttle route to Leipsic and back,
.cheered loudly when at lis a. M.
1t was announced that a 4,ooo-kil-
ometer record established by the
French flier, Maurice Drouhin. had
been broken.
The enthusiasm was heightened
when word was given out that Ris-
ticz and Edzard would continue.
This was all the more gratifying IN
view OF the fact just before mid
night the airmen dropped a mes
sage, saying their fuel was nearly
gone. A later message explained that
they had made miscalculation and
that they could continue for some
time.
One Of the last messages dropped
from the plane was: Both in fine
fettle, but wolfishly hungry" After
43O a. m. they messaged that their
fuel would last until 1890 o'clock
as they landed at 1913 they were
not far off in their calculations.
When, soon after six o'clock, Ed
Yards wife andfather arrived from
Bremen, the airman apparently re-
cognized them, for he swooped
twice around the field in a low
curve. while Frau Edzard eNcitedly
waved her handkerchief.
Embraces His Wife
When the machine finally
alighted, the crowd rushed upon the
filters, smothered them with flowers
and carried them about the field.
Edzard warmly embraced his wife
and father. He also shook hands
with Prof. Hugo Junkers head of
the airplane company, and told him
that the machine and motor were
both in excellent condition.
The Premier of Anhalt, of which
Dessau is the capital. was among
those who congratulated the filters.
All the leading municipal officials
we're in tine crowd.
Chamberlin Not Surprised
New York, Aug. Pt-Clarence
y. CnaIlpcTllll, HoIueT Will Duh
Acosta OF the flight duration record
broken by the Junker airplane in
Germany today, declared that it was
"only a matter of getting hold of a
Bellanca plane to better the Junker
record.
The Columbia. with which he
made the previous duration record,
could be kept i'll the air 60 hours,
Chamberlin believed. The Junker
W-S3 established record of 81
hours, % minutes, one hour and IL
minutcs better than the Chamberlain
Acosta record.
Il All not surprised. We saw lots
Of mighty good planes in Germany
ra;d sho N>u vcrI;-to- GERMANY tlier