New Britain herald., 1927-10-12

,ts sea, ll perl'ct I"S'i'oli' ], ,,,ing or being sighted by { xii flew almost unseen un-
 .esed the Irish Coast; so ind Brock and Schlee.
 Levine and Clarrncy
 {, passed and circlcd
 < liner Mauretania, west
 ssn they flew to Germany
 .rise they too went most
 ,ay aIoa".
 ,nretanta now is on her sgland.
 .. q great height, to pass
 ship in the usual haze
 ,sIne or being seen.
 stjne and Chamherlin cir
 Naurctania, the cruiser
 hringing Lindborgh home.
 .nr miles away, and could
 gspretania, but no ona
 .x Levine and Chamherlin.
 in the air. Miss Elder and
 faced another night Of
 ,- tho sea. to reach tn"
 .oast in the morning ani
 paris during the forenoon,
 tnal stage through fos and
 drizzling rain.
 impossible to set a "lcad
 news Of the plano hcforp
 afternoon, when 'h"
 m Girls fuel supply
 exhausted, and it would
 hp assumed that tLe plane, nd from. was down.
 Report Last Night
 rort Oct. 1@ Lpr-Although
 nor lanes were dotted with
 n4rs on.y one of them had
 ,ssins the monoplane the
 1, Girl almost full day aft
 ,,sd on it's nonstop flight to ri that one sighted the plane
 few hours of its dcparyrc.
 American Banker sighted the
 i0.45 last night and after
 ,s silence. During tho day -s Cellr and Maurotan1a ro-
 N wireless to the Associated d, no sign had be"n seen Of he though they W"r" both
 in its course.
 krn began to be felt as 'h" 2r aBnkcr had reported taal (ying at only loco feet and
 
 kslt this should have mad" It 10 many ships during the kr James II. Kimhall. of the
 bureau. unofficial starter Of antic flights. said he was surprised that she had not kh,ed by other steamers. Taking Long Course York, oct. l2 tPl-The lane American Girl ie follow kourse that called for tho oter-water hop on record. a t nearly 3.6Uo miles along the E lanes directly from Long 10 the French coast. seven ransatlantic airmcn mad" fer hops of approximately Mes rom Newfoundland 10 Aeoast on flights to England trpc
 Flying $500 Miles. .sh it called for a total fly snce Of some $500 miles, tho uthern route was selected In loe to the great circle course ope of avoiding ice and pos ing able to fly over fog. The ay almost duo east for Il dis
 l,2i4 miles, when they 10 change to northeast for Of the distance, While the ollowed the shipping lanes way Haldeman said he ely entirely on tho plan" $ nts, an earth inductor com . 1t indicator, turn ani bank . and aliimeter. Weather Jnfavorahlc CT conditions. termed hy J}r. I. Kimban. Of the weather as probab bly, the most unta- Of any Of the transatlantic ! aced the 7inrs. After tho miles. he said the winds nd 10 send the plane 10 th" its course and at l,2Un . inc wind would come at . right angles across tho | the plane. A few hundred . ther. where the ship vas cX- 1 , skirt the first low pres . |, he said the winds would ! igh. on the tail" Of 'h" | then 10 the south, tending i he ship 10 the north of 1if sould come tail winds, h" 1 the fiers enter the worst )f the trip. q storm and toG has hung 500 10 l,N0n of France. The tllers were l Y kimball 10 try 70 clllnp is low pressure area. Slg- hat they cruise at ln,hUp gher. Over France, he sad. Ter was likely to h" clear, visibility night or day, . Now or Never
 cw Or never" Haldcman l the situation was de- him and he was told that ably would be for weeks. nee was called. and when Y told her co-pilot, Its up lo replied:
 Il Right. Well Go" An felt there was httt' rom ice due 10 fog and igh attitudes. The Am"ri-
 is capable of climbing 70 10 o0.000 feet.
 euerally forms on metal there is very little metal on this plane" he said. ! . cloth fabric on q plane well it does not seem to c Ice very fast, u was nc Is on the Norge. not the