Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-04
Bcllanca Plane
Sighted Over
Nova Scotia.
ROME BELIEVED
AVIATORS GOAL
Wife of Last-Minute
Passenger Faints
at Take-Off.

at Iake-O1f.
IA HAVE, Lunenburg County,
Nova Scotia. June I R.-The CO.
lumbia. flying very fast, passed
over La Have Harbor at l:l0,
Eastern daylight time, this after
noon.
YARMOUTH. y. S, June 4 up.
The Columbia flew directly
over Yarmouth at Il 06 Eastern
Daylight time this afternoon.
Chamberlin was flyins very low,
nearly touching the top of the
houses.
NEW BEDFORD, Mass, June
4 dP}.-Harry Reed of North
Westport reported that he Co.
lumbia passed over that town at
an altitude of 1000 feet at s am.
today, heading toward Boston.
PLYMOUTH. Mass, June 4
OP.-A monoplane believed to
have been the Columbia was seen
AT 8:25 am. passing over Long
Pond. in Plymouth, 8 miles south
west of the village. 1t was about
900 feet in the air and travelling
northeast. The course being fol-
lowed would bring the plane TO
the ocean in the neighbofhood OF
Scituate. where Lindbergh struck
out to sea.
Representative Fish of New
York told Coast Guard headquar-
ters here today that Rome was
the objective of the Bellanca
flight. He based his information,
he said, on a conversation with
Mrs. Charles AZ. Levine, wife OF
the backer of the fight.
BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, June A single
motored plane, the Columbia. today
roared out along the new great Arc
tic circle air line to Europe, carry
ing a millionaire in business suit a:
a passenger and aid to pilot whe
announced: we will fly until we
drop"
Lifting itself into the air at 90;
am. New York daylight time, the
plane was over the Atlantic, off New
England, less than three hours later
bound "probably for Berlin.
If Clarence ID. Chamberlin and his
backer-passenger. Charles A. Levine
don't reach Berlin they will go some
place else. they said. At any rate
they assured the 1000 who saw
them off" at the flying field. they
would beat the nonstop flight rec
ord Of Charles A. Lindbergh. New
York-to-Paris in 35 hours and 2
minutes, 800 miles.
"Out for Distance"
Chamberlin, who left without a
navigator in order to take along MS
friend Levine, who left in such
hurry he did not pack his hat, is "out
for distance"-Beriin is 600 miles
farther than Paris-and he has a
background Of having stayed in the
air on an endurance fight longer thal
any other aviator in the world. eX
cept the man that went up with MN
for more than 81 flying hours at
stretch.
Clarence Chamberlin, a blonde
smiling, quiet -natured young man, a
native OF Iowa, has shown the three
rharact eristics of great pilots-nefNe
skill i'm face of death and retcence
about talking. His PASSENGER Mr
Levine, managing director OF the 90
lumbia Aircraft Corporation, VINO pore
the brunt of attacks because OF litlsa
1ion over the plane and who should
he a navigator, won reputation tol
"gameness'' in one step.
The step was one into the lncloseC
cabin. giving no word OF warning u
anv one that he was planning any
thing other than little trlal' hlgh
before Chamberlin and some 'un
known" and "yet TO be selected" navi
gator buckled down 10 the long tiigh
to Iaurels further off in point of mile
age than Lindbergh.
Two Starts Made.
IT took two starts to get going thi
morning. The plane with Levine on
for a little spin" TAXED down tht
runway as newspaper men, photog
raphers and hySianders stood by. i
was then tOwed back again. a few
moments later the taxing starte'
over again and at the end of the run
way the craft scared smoothly int
the blue, with heavy load of $50
pounds.
Two hours and 90 minutes later III
plane was sighted passing over Lon
Pond Mass. heading for the coaS
The plane had then covered so miles
1t was not making quite the tim'
however. that "Lindy" made over tn
same approximate course. The NJ
tional Guardsman i0 his Ryan plan
covered the same age in ! hou
snd 4S minutes.
Several hours hefore the take-o
Chamberlin apparently was even the
f2uratiVelV "all dressed up wit
Reveral places 10 go.
We expect to determine. after W
approach the Irish coast" he slids 20
just how to lay our course toward a
ultimate destination. II the Wind
favor flight toward Berlin and III
gas holds out. Berlin 1t may be If
flight toward Berlin should be threa
ened by unfavorabie winds we wi
fly South--tOWard Rome"
In Garden City Hotel. several mile
away. Mrs. Wylda Chamberlin, IL
pilots wife, was in great anxiety. 81
had said previously that she knew ht