New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-07-07
BYRD PLANNING
FOR EIGHT YEARS
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change their plans, the airmen Will
motor to Cherbourg from LIE
Bourget, where they are to spend
the weekend. Tuesday afternoon,
without returning to Paris.
Clarence D. Chamberlin has also
announced that he has arranged to
sail on the Leviathan, but Charles
A. Levine, his passenger on the
trans Atlantic fight from New York
to Germany, will remain in France
to prepare for a return flight with
a French pilot.
Have Good Sleep Today
Commander Byrd and the other
members OF the crew OF the trans
Atlantic monoplane America had
their first long unbroken mornings
sleep today since their arrival in
Paris.
They did not get out until nearly
1880. 1t was then that the formal
affairs of the day began with a re-
ception by Fernand Bouisson, presi-
dent of the chamber of deputies.
who met them at his private cham
bers in the presidency and con-
graduated them upon their fight.
A crowd from the aristocratic St.
German Quarter awaited the COM
mander and his companions in front
of the residence Of the president of
the chamber when they arrived
there to be received by NJ. Bouisson.
There were a few discreet braves as
their car drove into the courtyard.
Receiving the aviators in the SUI
perbly decorated presidents room.
NJ. Bouisson told them how closely
he had watched their flight and how
greatly he admired their courage in
the face Of stupendous odds.
Il am sure" he said. that the
traditional friendly relations Of the
two peoples have been further
cemented by this feat"
Replies To President
Commander Byrd, with Charge
D'Affaires Sheldon Whitehouse act
ing as interpreter. told the presi-
dent:
From the very beginning OF my
talk with Rodman Wanamaker
about the fight, we had in mind the
good such flight might do for the
relations between France and the
United States. We are sure that,
while many people say nothing was
needed to help those relations, some
good has been accomplished by the
fight"
The avators twice again faced
batteries Of cameras. In front OF the
chamber presidency and later in the
garden. In the latter place the mo-
ton picture men especially were
given the best opportunity they have
had thus far OF filming the famous
Americas" crew.
Confers With Brix
Commander Byrd. yesterday con-
ferred with Lieutenant L. E. BriX.
who will be navigator on the flight
from Paris to New York which
Maurice Drouin hopes to start with
in fifteen days.
The commander demonstrated the
nature of his great flight
by the advice it enabled him to give
the French fliers. He urged them
to make every possible use Of him.
He was obliged to return to New
York next week. he said, but he sug
gested that Lieutenant Brix cable
him for anything he wanted right
up to the time OF his departure.
Every possible point was gone
over during the conference, even the
Of choosing the south
ern route by way of the Azores. One
thing on which Commander Byrd
insisted says L'Auto, was the ad-
vantage of flying low.
AT a low altitude" he told his
caller, you will find the most pro-
pitious atmospheric conditions"
Attend Gala Ball
The last affair on the varied and
extended program that kept Com
mander Byrd and his three COM
panions busy through Wednesday.
was a ball given in their honor by
the International League Of Aviators.
At this function the commander
wore a service ribbon on which was
attached the officers rosette Of the
Legion of Honor, Premier Poincare
having bestowed the decoration on
him when he called at the ministry
OF finance yesterday morning. The
medal of the International League
of Aviators was presented to him
before the ball began.
Said Lecointe, the noted French
airman, commenting on the gift OF
Charles A. Levine OF 100000 francs
for an aviators' clubhouse at LIE
Bourget airdrome said:
These Americans are really the
types chic Clifford Harmon pro-
vides the aviators OF the world with
a clubhouse in the Bots De Bou-
logne. Lindbergh gives his 10000
francs gift to the families Of avia-
tors. Then Americans In Paris and
the lHlttu STATES idisc S'ooo'uVp
francs for the Nungesser and Coli
families.
Now NJ. Levine Is going to pro-
vide a clubhouse at LIE Bourget for
the men who arrive and leave there
every day in regular commercial
flights to all parts OF Europe. Yes,
Americans are real fellows
Health Is Good
Coming through one of the most
trying ordeals in aviation history
"nliraculously" Commander Byrd
and his comrades now are in excel
lent spirits and are enjoying their
stay in France immensely, DR.. Will
liam s. Bainbridge the physician
ubo has attended then, eyer since