The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-05-13
chamberIin, Bertaud, Lindbergh
Expected to Start Tomorrow
Morning on Flight to Paris
First Two Had Planned to
Leave Today Until Unfa-
vorable Weather Reports
Caused Change in Plans
Lindbergh Reaches New
York From St. Louis in :
Hours, Is Minutes

(AP)-The weather on the At
lantjc is so unfavOrable th"+ the
scheduled start Of the Bellanca
plane on Saturday morning will
in all likelihood be post ponrd
until Sunday.
This was the viewpoint of
Lloyd w. Bertaud. co-pilot with
Clarence d. Chamberlain of the
Bellanca plane Columbia, this
afternoon after studying pre-
liminary weather chart received
at 2 o'clock.
Bertaud said he would await
complete chart late in the day
and then determine whether 1t
would be desirable to announce
the hOp-Off for Sunday morn.
ing.
New York, May l3.--(R-Three
American planes slated for non- stop
flights to Paris were berthed on
Long Island flying 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 Curtiss Field was the Bellanca
monoplane Columbia. in which Clar-
encc Chamberlin and Lloyd Bertaud
had hoped to hop off early this
morning until unfavorablc weather
reports caused them to decide on
postponement until tomorrow morn
ing.
Beside it was the Ryan SINGLE
scatter mopoplane The. Spirit Of St.
Louis" in which Captain Charles
Lindbergh flew from San Diego,
Calf. in two days preparatory to a
flight to France which may now de-
velop into a race with the Rellanca.
Byrd Has. Broken Wrist
And at Roosevelt field was the
Fokker monOplane, America. for the
flight Of Commander Richard Z.
Byrd. This flight is to be postponed,
however. until the fate of the miss
ing French filters, Nungesscr and
Coli, Is determined and until Byrd
has recovered from broken wrist
injured during test flight.
y Chamberlin and Bertaud now plan
! to hop off at o'clock tomorrow
morning and it was generally believed
almost the same hour. although he
Excitement gripped Long Island
when Lindbergh, blonde young
out the sky after record breaking
rush across the continent.
His time was the quickest ever
| made from coast to coast. He is the
| only pilot to have made such trip
alone. His time from San Diego to
St. Louis, about 1000 miles, was IA
hours five minutes and from St.
Louis to New York, about $50 miles,
| hours and Is minutes. The time
made by Lieutenants Kelly and Mac
| Ready, in their nonstop cross-con-
tinent flight in 1923, was 26 hours,
so minutes.
Lindbergh Wins Admiration
| So great was the admiration reused
by his two great hops across the
Field would not have been greatly
tank and start right out for Paris
Several persons actually shouted the
| question at him as he climbed from
the cockpit of his plane.
mo-" Lindbergh replied. taking
the question as seriously as it was
meant. II don't feel just like setting
off on a 35 or 36 hour hop right
now"
He showed no signs Of fatigue
however. and did not retire unit
after midnight.
Chamberlin and Rcrtaud have an.
nounced they will not let any one
get ahead of them, but Lindbergt
did not indicate he was especially
anxious to start ahead Of them OIL
| even Mt the anne time.
May Become Race
It was generally believed, however
that the take off of the two plane.
would be almost simultaneous, botl
being launched just as soon as thu
weather bureau says conditions arr
good.
OF all those now preparing to II!
from New York to Paris, Lindbergl
is the only one who is properly en-
tered for the $4,000 prize offeres
by Raymond Orteig, New York hote
owner.
/ One Of the conditions for winning
the prize is that application must b
J made 60 days in advance and q bone
posted at that time. This Lindbergl
did.
| Chamberlin and Bertaud only en-
} tered their application . few day!
ago, so even il they were successful
} the prize could only be awarded then
~ the 60.dav clause were waived