The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-08-04
PLANE SIGHTED
200 MILES0UT
FROM ISLANDS
Ship Reports Indicate Pilsudski
Had Turned Back to
Europe
WEATHER NONE TOO GOOD
All Seemed ,Well,' Radioed
Steamer After Seeing
Speeding Craft
NONE TOO GOOD

(By the Associated Press)
The Polish flyers, Idxikowski
and kubala. having apparently
abandoned their attempt to fly
across the ocean when almost
half way to their goal, were un-
reported at noon, eastern stand
ard daylight time today.
Ship reports of their position
and direction at 9:40 eastern
standard time last night and at
midnight indicated that they
had turned back and 1t the be-
ginning Of the new day were
headed in the general direction
of the European coast about 500
miles away.
When no report of their ar.
rival back in Europe had been
received At noon today some
concern began to be fe.t 10 il
was generally believed the dis.
tance to land ought to have been
negotiated in nine hours any.
way.
It was also felt that the plane
might reasonably be expected to
have been sighted by 1t least
one of IL ocean liners whose
path it should have crossed on
It's return trip to Europe.
The ship that reported sight.
Ing the plane 1t midnight said
It circled about the ship after
approaching from the west and
then departed in . northerly di.
rection. As . continued course
to the north from where it was
last reported would cause Il %
miss Europe altogether, most
observers felt that this direction
must later have been changed to
northeast. unless the explana-
tion of the whole matter was
that the flyers were completely
lost and were wandering the
skies in ignorance of their
whereabouts. Il was felt.
however, that II this had been
the case, the flyers would have
attempted to drop a message to
the steamer asking for position
and direction.
New York. Aug. 4.-tAP)-
The navy photographic office
today interpreted reports of
ships at sea which sighted the
polish transatlantic airplane as
definitely indicating that the
Polish flyers were headed back
toward Europe.
London. Aug. 4.-Reported
sighted 200 miles north Of the
Azores at $40 p. m. eastern
standard time, last night, the
Polish Transatlantic plare Mars.
zalek Pilsudski was believed to
be coming rapidly within strik.
ing distance of the United
States today.
"All seemed well' was the
word radioed by the steamship
Aztec, after sighting the plane
200 miles north of the archipel.
ago.
Paris, Aug. 4.-(R-Their live
taxed on the performance Of
ingle motor, Majors Louis Idzikov
Xxi and Kasimir Kubala, Polish ai
nen, today were presumably vim
ng their way across the Atlant
lopeful Of reaching New York /
lusk.
While the lack Of tidings cause
certain uneasiness among expert
here was no anxiety in view Of Il
'areful preparations for the fliRl
ind the exceptional abilities Of Idz
Zowski rs pilot and Kubala a. nav
yator.
That nothing was heard Of the
PASSING the Azores, which they ca
'ulated they would reach between
md II p. m. Greenwich time. vi
'xplainable by the fact that thu
would have passed in the nigh
Their lights, it was pointed ou
night not have been seen since Il
ky was overcast in that vicinit
They might also have passed to Il
lorthward Of the island group.
No radio will ever send out 1
o S from the Marszalek Pilsudsl
The airmen felt that . set would
heavier than it was valuable.