New Britain herald., 1927-06-03
Filled to Capacity

CurtlSS Field. N. r.. June 5 Li'-~ The Bellanca monoplane. "Colum- bia" was filled to capacity with gasoline and oil today in preparation for take-off. probably this after. noon. weather permitting. for an un. named point in Europe.
 Although strict secrecy was ob- served by the Columbia staff it was learned that police protection for the take-off and permission to use tho long runway at Roosevelt field. ad. joining Curtiss field. had been re. quested.
 At the offices of Charles A. Levine, managing director of the Columbia Aircraft corporation. owners of the plane, 1t was acknowledged re- quest had been sent to Carl F. Schory, secretary of the contest com. mittee of the National Aeronauticai 1 association. at Washington. D. C.. to appear at the field for the take off
 Schory would officially seal the in order that the duration and dis- tance of the flight would be record. ed
 Levine declined to discuss the pos- sibility of a take-off this afternoon and also who would accompany Chamberlin as CO., pilot and naviga. tor.
 Course Also Secret
 Neither Levine nor Chamberlin would say whether 1t was planned to take the Great Circle course via Newfoundland and Ireland or the course originally planned for the Columbia which lay due east from New York slightly more than thousand miles and then in a gentle curve to Cherbourg. The latter course was abandoned in favor of the Great Circle before Lindbergh's flight and dissension among the Columbia crew and supporters in. definitely postponed the attempt in the Bellanca plane.
 Denison, Ia. June 3 LF-The Bel ! lanca plane "Colum bia." piloted by Clarence D. Chamberlin will try to reach Berlin, the aviator's father said today. The statement was based upon the last word Chamberlin's parents received from him, indicat- ing his takeoff was imminent. New York, June 3 P>-AIthough the Bellanca monoplane Columbia was being prepared for flight to. o r1-ith 4aI alton it was learned that no requests for a special weather report had been made to the weather bureau this morning.
 I've have been keeping in fairly close touch with the ffiers right along" James Kimball Of the weath. CT bureau said, "as to general weath. CT conditions, but we have received no requests specifically about at mospheric conditions as they are at the moment
 If the Columbia people do call mp for report we shall tell them that the wind is favorable off New foundland but that there is consid- erahle fog and stormy conditions off the coast We have not yet received reports of conditions over the ocean but there is general clearing on tho European side. Later in the day we shall be able to tell better whether or not conditions as a whole are ad. vantageous for trans Atlantic ; flight"
 600 Miles Longer New York, June 3 If Clarence Chamberlin does fly to Berlin. as his father believes he intends. and if he follows the great circle route to Europe. his course will be 500 miles longer than that flown over by Charles Lindbergh.
 1 The great circle course Lindbergh followed by way of Newfoundland. Ireland. England and France, meas ured 3,625 miles by the instruments on his plane. The same course ex. tended to Berlin would be 4.s26 miles long.
 1 If Chamberlin should succeed htD probable landing point would be the Templehof field, a former military parade ground about five miles out side Berlin which is now used n an air field. When Lindbergh landed in Paris he had enou-h gasoline left 70 that he could have continued we'll beyond Berlin. but flying men pointed out today that the Bellanca would prob