Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-15
CHAMbERL|N PLANS
FOR NEW ATTEMPT
Airman and Companion to
Try Again for Record
After Close Defeat.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
mitchell FIELD. y. T.. January
by failure today 10 es-
tabiish a new record for duration fiy
ing. after a gruelling struggle OF ii
hours. 81 minutes and - seconds,
Clarence y. Chamberlin and Roger q
Williams tonight were planning 10
start their third joint attempt at
dawn Monday.
The flyers came down out of the
skies at e:04 pm today, having taken
off at l0:l2 am. Thursday. In an effort
10 break the present world record of
So hours. - minutes and 81 seconds.
held by Germany.
They were hollow eyed from fatigue
and disappointed at their second de-
feat this week. but their fighting
spirits. put to the test after long hours
OF sickness, cold and hunger, remained
,rShakan Barely two hours after
.bav we're forced TO land for lack OF
fuel they were making plans Tor their
third duration flight attempt instead
NJ getting the sleep they had been
looking forward To.
Return to Field.
The fvers reached their decision In
their rooms at a hotel in Garden city,
where they had gone TO get 1000 ana
rest. Having made mp their minus
,hev Immediately donned their oi'-
smeared flying clothes again, no'or."
to Mitchell Field and prepared To ny
their monoplane Ia turtiss leio' he"'
by. to have ii recondiiioned'
The pilots landed irnm the'. oS'
with dead stick, lntE W" h"'
have enough gasoline lett In 'hsi'
tanks 10 taxi their plane '""h 'ne
Far end Of the fleid tu the operations
nr,ce iess than half mile awaN
There "A number VAS waiting 10 "htsN
them If to their hotel IN 'afdeh
CITY for food and sleep.
Th. gr,m determination Win "hich
they had STAYED of defeat ia the hst
was revealed when they "eSct'"e"
how they had discarded every piece OF
excess weight they could.
They iaughinglv remarked that theS
had even considered throwing ti"iih
tin.s shoes overheard 10 tighten
the weight
Ground observers who had read nt
their thrilling struggle 10 stay a'o.''
as described in notes drnppei u IN"
ground at frequent Intervals. "efe 40
tonixhed at the sudden termination VI
the Night Despite the messages 'oi'
the mouoplnne, telling ot 'he't s'.N
ness from had coffee ana s!th""""sN'
leaking tanks and broken dlalS on ''e
indicators OF their flying instruments.
!, Ind been calculated that they won'd
he able u remain in the AIR uh'"
O'Clock,
Food Ruined by Gas.
The FIRST ones To greet the af'at"rs
when they la nded included Chhhbet'
Inns wife, aud a. Il MARITIME naeher
of the flight: e. NJ Beilanca, deslshef
OF their plane. and Mitchell f1ci" o'
ficers.
At their hotel the flyers SAID they
mad no appetite aud did not want 10
eat much. However, tha'norrih
sked for glass of warm mi'h, VIZ
liams preferred hot coffee.
Casually and modestlV thamhcfuh
described how most of their sorpN
OF sa ndwiches had been ruined by the
poisonous ethSi. ga soiine. ieakinI from
one of the gravity tanks In IN" Wings
how the terrible coffee" In theif
I thermos bottles had made them SICK
how they had endured Intense COZ"
when the heat pipes IN their cahih'
leading from the exhaust. had hfohch
nn their first night IN the air.
II discovered the leading tank when
| turned on my nashiight to make
an examination on Thursday ntsht.
( ha amberlin said We reitllrd IN"
tank lust the same AMI used II for
several hours We each did t"o ana
three hour watches. These h,tlc
Sna,ches of sleep ana occasional
drinks of water kept us soing. When
Wr tried 10 eat som. al the sand
witches that survived the gasoline
bath. they made us sick. just like the
coffee. which was the most terrible
stun | ever tasted
"Thls morning at Z 80. we forgot to
eat. We were too busy trying tn
figure how far we could 40 on the
gas we had lett Since then. we hat
heen using about tve gallons of sas
an hour, When Wa saw wa might
not make the grade. We ehueked
away our thermos bottles. a couple of
tiuxen sandwiches and box af
fiashliRht batteries. They landed an
some farm In Westhury, l think.
That's all there In 10 Il, We came
Down when our tanks went ary, aud |
the stick died"
chamhsriin and Williams came
within no minutes and seven seq,
ands Of eauailins the worid record OF !
iaistiaA ana HdaaTd who Wau the |
hanora tor uermanN hy shutting back |
and forth between pessau ana l.eipsls, |