New Britain herald., 1927-08-29
Monoplane Sir John Carling Driven Back To Land By Storm Over Lake Ontario--
 Returns in Six Hours
Take-Off on 3,742 Mile
 Flight for S25,OOO Prize Nearly Perfect Large
 Crowd Assemblies to Cheer Fully and Medcalf.

London, Ontario Aug. 2e P- The monoplane Sir John Carling, which took off early this morning for London, England, returned to its starting point today. driven back by storm it ran into south of Oakville.
 Captain Fully and Lieutenant Medcalf took off in the Stinson-De- troiter monoplane at 5:50 o'clock this morning and were back at their starting point at II o'clock.
 Although the weather was fine at the hop-off the aviators ran into a heavy rain storm while flying over Lake Ontario, when they reached Oakville. just west of Toronto, they decided that storm conditions were so severe that it would be unwise to continue.
 Take-Off Nearly Perfect
 After a run of about three-quar- ters of mile down the field, the f1iers made a perfect getaway into the gray dawn. They took off to the west and, after circling the city to gain height, turned the nose of the plane toward the rising run.
 The attempted 3,742-mile flight is for the s25,000 Carling prize.
 AS the great plane rose with its heavy load cheer was given by the 12,000 spectators at the field.
 The start could not have been more nearly perfect. At 5:so Captain Fully kissed his wife and climbed into the cockpit.
 Five minutes later E. J. Mulligan, expert of the Wright Airplane Cor poration, started twirling the pro peller and calling for contact. For a few minutes the spark failed to fire. But at 5:43 the great motor roared into action and the propeller became a blur of whirling metal.
 Fully allowed the motor to roar for a few minutes to give the mo- tor an opportunity to warm up. But at $50 the plane began to move, slowly at first, then faster and fas- ter and faster as the propellers whirling increased, and its pull be- gan to get the mass of over 2 1-2 tons into motion.
 Rapidly the machine gathered speed and about quarters of a mile down the runway the wheels lifted from the ground and the plane was successfully on its way.
 Crowd Cheers
 A. the wheels lifted from the earth, the crowd breathed easier. Steadily the great winged ship graceful as a bird-rose foot by foot. It swung slightly to the south of the flying field as it prepared to make toward East, and the shores of England Steadily it climbed, and when it began the long, sweeping turn, it was about 1000 feet in the air.
 Banking perfectly, the plane swept around in a wide arc, still climbing. Slowly it strengthened out and headed eastward toward the sun. The first rays of which glinted from the metal sides Of the ship. It worked upward still farther and soon was nothing but a tiny spec In the eastern sky Another moment and it was gone.
 Preparations for the flight had been in progress throughout the night and all was in readiness when Fully and Medcalf arrived on the field. Not long before the take-off a decision was made to carry only 372 imperial gallons of gasoline in stead of the 500 for which the plane has tank capacity. This was done to tighten the load. and increase the margin of safety in hopping off.
 Their route have taken them over or near Oakville, Trenton. Bellevllle, Deseronto, Kingston and Gananoque leaving Ontario Fully and Medcalf planned to cross the St. Lawrence a bout 12 miles west of Brockvllle, passing near Canton and Malone in New York state and reentering Can ada at Rouses Point. In Quebec, the plane was expected to pass over Phulipsburg, Sherbrooke and Len- neville.