New Britain herald., 1928-07-07

the Two calm faced ltdllan Flyers
will start down the Brazilian coast
line-soaring over towns and cities
that are eager to welcome them and
cheer their feat-to Rio De Janeiro.
A great welcome awaits them here.
Ferrarin and Del Prete had in
tended leaving this morning in an
airplane offered by the Latecoere
Airplane Company but after a con-
ference with the Italian ambassador
by telegraph decided against the
flight. Probably they will await
now until their own plane. the same
craft in which they established a
new endurance flight record and a
new long distance record, is recon-
ditioned. This should take about a
week.
Motor Perfect
During the whole flight the func-
tioning of the motor and the e.hav-
Tor of the plane and the various
installations We're perfect.
I'VE believe that repairs to the
plane will be very long because Of
the difficulty of communications
with Port Natal and the difficulty
of the terrain. experienced person.
mel being needed for the work
Repairing Plane
We were unable to give news of
our landing Immediately because of
the immpossibility of communicate
ing telegra phically from the village
of Tauros. We reached Port Natal
this morning with a plane of the
l-atecoere line which had come to
search for us and We are now or
ganzing repair work for the plane.
We will return to Tauros tomorrow
with expert personnel to organize
repairs We will inform the ministry
later concerning the possibility of
repairing the plane after a more ac-
curate examination of the damage.
Signed
"Ferrarin and Del Prete."
After flying almost blindly about
Natal. stopped in going southwark
by storm and prevented from finding
the Latecoere flying field at Natal
by fog, the two finally chose the
long smooth beach at
rouros for a landing place.
Stuck In Sand
Their heavy machine stuck in the
sand. the wheels digging in as the
plane roared to stop. AS it landed
the landing gear was broken.
Ferrarin and Del Prete were far
from the welcome that awaited them
in Buenos Aires, in Rio de Janeiro
and even in Natal where their plane
had been sighted and had
brought hundreds to the street.
They were in a territory unknown
to them.
But within a few hours an air.
plane went down from Natal and
rescued the two, taking them back
to Natal and to the first part of the
great celebration that the Latin
countries are ready to
give TO the Latin flyers. 1mmedi-
ately they sought rest. Neither had
rested much in the long so hours
through the terrific heat over the
desert, the dark and almost
blind hours over the south Atlantic
and finally the hours when they
fought through the dense fog and
storm in Brazil. They had landed
once near Natal at public bathing
beach. 1t was a lonely spot and the
f1iers started from there, desiring to
make Rio de Janeiro.
Run Into Rain
They went south but ran into a
lad rain storm and had to turn back.
They passed Natal the second time
searching for the Latecoere field.
The fog made it impossible for them
to see this field and they finally dis
covered themselves over water.
inward they saw a smooth
beach and just as their gasoline
started giving out, came to land
ing.
1t was then their wheels sank in
the soft sand-the big Savoia Mar
chetti monoplane weighing about
three tons without its fuel load
and the landing gear was broken.
Taken to Natal
They were rescued by Lieutenant
De Pecker and taken to Natal.
There they retired and later were
the Latecoere plane to con-
tinue flying to Rio de Janeiro. a de-
cision that later was cancelled.
Both flyers expressed the greatest
thanks to the people of Natal for the
aid they had been given, to the fly
ing company for the offer of the
plane and expressed qualification at
the way they had been received in
South America.