Evening star., 1927-05-13
TWO u.s.. PLANES
READY TO START
FLIGHT TO PARIS
Lindbergh, Alone, and Cham
berlin and Bertaud May
Go Tonight.
BYRD TO AWAIT WORD
ON NUNGESSER'S FATE
Rellanca Machine and Single
Scatter Nay Hop OF Together
and Race for France.

CURTIS FIELD, N. Y. May 13
(P.-The weather on the Atlantic
il so unfavorable that the sched-
1fiec start of the Bellanca plane on
Saturday morning will in all like
lihood be postponed until Sunday.
This was the viewpoint of Lloyd
w. Rertaud, co-pilot with Clarence
D. Chamherlin of the Bellanca
plane Columbia, this afternoon att
ter studying a preliminary weather
chart received at O'Clock.
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May 13.-Three AMER
ican planes slated for nonstop nights
To Paris were berthed on Long lsland
f1ving fields today and indications
were that two of them at least would
take off tomorrow morning in race
to be the first TO cross.
At Curtis Field was the Belianca
n1onoplane Columbia, in which Car
ence Chamberlin and Lloyd Bertaud
had hoped to hop off early this morn
ing until unfavorable weather reports
caused them to decide on postpone
ment until tomorrow morning.
Beside it was the Ryan single-seater
nonoplane, the Spirit of st. LOUIS
In which Capt. Charles Lindbergh
few from San Diego, Calf, in two
savs preparatory to fight to France
which NAV now develop into race
with the Bellanca.
Byrd Indefinitely Delayed.
Ar Roosevelt Field was the Fokker
p,ononIane America, sent over from
IJasbrouck Heights, \. j., last nlgnt
for the flight of Comdr. Richard III
Hyrd. This flight is to be postponed,
however. until the fate Of the missing
French f1iers, Nungesser and Con, Is
determined and until Byrd has recoV-
cred from broken wrist injured
during a test flight. The America
still has several days of testing be'
fore it can be pronounced 1T lor
service.
chamberlin and Bertaud now plan
70 hon off at o'clock tomorrow morn
ing. and it was generally believed
that Lindbergh would be starting at
almost the same hour. although ne
was non-committaI as to his plans
Excitement gripped Long Island
f1ying feds but the high point was
when Iindbergh, a. blonde young
giant Of an air mail pilot. dropped
out of the sky after a record breaking
rush across the continent.
Time Sets Record.
His time was the quickest ever
made from coast to coast. He is the
only pilot to have made such a trip
alone. His time from San Diego to
ST. Louis, about 1900 miles. was IA
hours minutes, and from ST. Louis
10 New York, about $50 miles, hours
and Is minutes. The time made Dy
JIeuts. Kelly and MacReady in their
nonstop cross-continent flight In 1879
was &c hours so minutes.
So great was the admiration reused
nv his two great hops across the coun-
try that the crowd at Curtiss Field
would not have been greatly surprised
TO see him fill up his gas tank and
start right out for Paris. Several per-
sons actually shouted the question at
him as he climbed from the cockpit OF
his plane.
No" Lindbergh replied, taking the
question as seriously as it was meant.
II don't feel just like setting off on
So or SO hour hop right now"
Shows No Fatigue.
He showed no signs of fatigue. how
ever, and had his plane wheeled into
position under lights in hangar, so
that he could go over it. And then ne
strolled about. chatting with Chamber
lin, Bertaud, Byrd and others, and did
not retire until after midnight.
Chamberlin and Bertaud have an
nounced they will not let any one get
ahead of them, but Lindbergh did not
indicate he was especially anxious to
start ahead Of them or even at the
same time.
1t was generally believed, however,
that the take-off of the two planes
would be almost simultaneous, both
being launched just as soon as the
Weather Bureau says conditions are
good.
A special weather report received
by the Bellanca flyers last night few
minutes after IL said there were nu-
merous squalls i'm the region which
would have to be passed through on
the first half of the journey to France.
A conference of the Bellanca pilots and
their sponsors was called, and after
half an hours earnest discussion the
decision was reached TO postpone the
attempt until o'clock Saturday or
the first day thereafter on which the
weather is favorable.
Lindbergh May Get Prize.
OF all those now preparing to fly
1iOtI NEW J. III II w All tS, 1NiiItEbEi EIl
Is the only one who is properly entered
for the $4,000 prize offered by Ray.
mond Orteig, New York hotel owner.
One of the conditions for winning
the prize is that application must be
made 60 days in advance and bond
posted at that time. This Lindbergh
did.
Chamberlin and Bertaud only enter
ed their application n few days ago, sc
even If they were successful the prize
could be awarded them only if the 60
day clause We're waived
Comdr. Byrd has made no applca
tion for the Orteig prize. his tinancia
hackers announcing that This flight
will be conducted purely for scientific
reasons and with no hope of prize
money.
CUTTER TO GUIDE FLYERS.