The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-06-19
FLYERS LEAVE
WALES, HOP TO
SOUTHAMPTON
King George and Queen Mary
to Receive First Woman to
Jump Atlantic
WILL COME HOME JULY 4
Britain's Famous Birdmen
and Air Heroines Hail
American Girls Feat

SOUTHAMPTON, June 19.-R)-The
transatlantic monoplane Friendship
arrived at Southampton from BURY
Port, Wales, shortly after noon to-
day.
The American plane, piloted by
Wilmer Stultz, who flew It most of
the way across the Atlantic from
Newfoundland to BURY Port, was
escorted by two British planes. One
Of these planes was from the South
hampton airdrome while the other
flew all the way from BURY Port as
a guide.
All Southampton was o.: hand to
see the plane and Miss Amelia Ear
hart, Boston social worker and in
trepid flyer, who is the first woman
to have flown across the Atlantic
The Friendship circled over his
toric Southampton seven times and
ran up and down the length of the
harbor twice before alighting on the
water, giving the enthusiastic
crowds plenty Of opportur ity to see
her.
On coming down Miss Earhart
and manager here, Captain H. H.
Railey, were taken eff by two fast
motor boats.
A crowd lined the quays on both
sides of the harbor while American
flags flew from the mas.heads Of
many ships as well as from the
docks Of tn, Imperial airwavs to
which Miss Earhart wa" br~ ught.
London, June 19.-(P-England,
mother Of intrepid air-women, today
took to her heart q fair-haired
American who was the first woman
to fly across the Atlantic.
Two Englishwomen, Princess
Lowenstein- Wortheim and the Hon
orable Elsie MacKay, have flown to
their death in attempting the feat
which Miss Amelia Earheart, Bos-
ton social worker, accomplished.
King George and Queen Mary are
to receive the heroine of the Atlantic
who flew with Wilmer Stultz and
Louis Gordon in the plane Friend
ship from Trepassey, Newfound-
land, to BURY Port, Wales, in 20
hours and 40 minutes.
Lady Heath, the former Mrs.
Elliott Lynn, who last month COM
pleted 10000 mile solo flight from
Cape Town, is to be one of Miss
Earhart's hostesses. 1t is expected
that she will meet the 62-year-old
Duchess Of Bedford, who took up
flying only few years ago and is
now on round trip flight to India.
Sir Alan Gotham, who has earned
the title of Britain's aerial taxi-man
by his flights throughout the
British Empire, will greet her. She
will be entertained by the American
born Lady Astor and Mrs. Frederick
Guest, the former Amy Phipps Of
Pittsburgh who backed the flight.
To Come Home July 4
After a dash to the continent she
will sail from Europe on June q
arriving in New York on July "A
date which is held especially fitting
for America to acclaim a woman
who has brought new glory to her
country and has frightened the bond
of friendship between English
speaking peoples.
AS to the future, Miss Earhart
said at BURY Port, where she
passed the night preparatory to fly
ing to Southampton: when this
holiday is over am going back to
Boston and continue my ordinary
work."
Two oranges and few tablets Of
matted milk were her only food
during the flight. She did not take
the controls once during the adven-
ture because she was too excited.
Most Of the plotting was done by
Wilmer Stultz with Louis Gordon
relieving him occasionally.
All night the flyers faced bad
weather. They climbed and climbed
to get above the fog and for q good
part Of the way flew at height Of
1,100 feet.
Stultz steered entirely by mag
netic compass. A few hours after
leaving the flyers were able to re-
ceive on their wireless but could not
send.
Ran into Squalls
Running into heavy squalls Of
rain their engines began to miss q
bit but gave no real trouble.
Miss Earhart told q correspondent
Of the Daily Express:
II shall never forget the coming
morning and the daylight after the
long hours Of night flying without
knowing for q moment how far we
were.
II did not bottle. Stultz with many
questions. ] was content and was
never frightened for a single minut-
with such q pilot in such q macn,ne.
II would do the flight again to-
morrow with the greatest conf
dence.
'The only ship we saw al the
way across was the America. We
came down over her and dropped
notes asking ..nen to give ~ . bear
ing 20 Stuts could figure our po-
sition. When we were above. the
ship and the notes were. being
dronped. I was lying on my tummy
trying to get picture Of the great
liner. and think / got . good one.
Sure We went on aftsr that, flying
blind. The weather ahead looked
bad, with dark clouds and rain eoua-
ing up, % Stuls decided 70 corne
down and We landed near shore and
TAXED in.
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