Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-06
BROKEN OIL LINE
SENT POLES DOWN
70 MILES At SEA
German Vessel Finds Flyers
Swimming in Atlantic
Near Plane.
KUBALA HURT IN FALL
TO DECK OF STEAMER
Ocean Pilots Spent 38 Hours in Air.
Both Taken to Hospital at
0porto, Portugal.

BY the Associated Press.
LISBON, Portugal, August 6.-Maj.
Kasimir Kubala said today that a
broken pipe line forced him and his
companion, Mai. Louis Idzikowski, to
turn back after they had flown II of
the - hours which they estimated If
would take them to fly from Paris to
New York,
The airmen we're rescued Saturday
when found swimming in the sea near
the wreckage of their plane, the Mars
zalek Pilsudski. by the German steam
er Samos and brought to Lexicoes, near
Oporto On board the ship Kubala
slipped and fell. cutting his right fore
arm on broken glass.
Kubala, interviewed in the Oporto
Military Hospital, said that after they
had flown 81 hours the tube feeolng
the oil stopped working. The airmen
thought it would be impossible, there
fore to continue their fight to America
and decided to return.
Plane Falls Into Sea.
When they were 10 miles off Cape
Finisterre, westernnost point OF Spain,
they noticed additional damage. This
caused the plane to capsize and the
heavy sesquiplane plunged into the sea
near the Samors The wings broke and
the plane was otherwise damaged.
I'VE threw ourselves into the sea, y
said Kubala. we swan toward the
Samos, whose crew rescued US and then
took the plane in tow. We were alto
gether SO hours in the air"
The airmen plan to leave for Paris
with their plane Wednesday.
Majs Idzikowski and Kubala hopped
of from lie Bourget. French aviation
center, near Paris, at 5:49 am, French
time, Thursday. in the biplane The
Marshal Pilsudski, with the intention
of making a nonstop flight to New
York. 1t was their intention to pursue
the southern route via the Azores, then
to Halifax and on to their destination.
The next word of their progress came
from a French trawler so miles of the
coast of France and some $50 miles
from their starting point, which report
ed the big cream-c -colored plane passed
overhead flying very low--about 600
1t was said in aviation
circles, that weather conditions az sea
were unfavorable.
Uneasiness Is Felt.
Throughout the remainder of Thurs
day and until early Friday night the
airmen who essayed the difficult east
west crossing of the Atlantic were un-
from any source, and as the
time for their scheduled appearance
over the Azores passed without any
sign of them, there was a certain sense
of lineasiness felt by those who had fol-
HtfA1an
several months.
At l0:40 o'clock, New York time, Fri
day night, the steamer Aztec reported
sighting the plane at 44.22 degrees
north latitude and 24.00 west longitude.
This position is 1924 sir miles from LIE
Bourget and 463 miles almost due north
of Ponta Delgada, Azores.
Two hours and 90 minutes later, at
am. Saturday, New York time the
steamer Amakura reported sighting a
plane going eastward-~at 1920 degrees
north latitude and 20.40 west longitude.
This position is 1887 air miles from LIE
Bourget and 2l5 miles northeast Of the
position reported by the Aztec.
From then until the announcement
that the flyers had been rescued, no
word was received from any source in
dicating their fate.
Flight Planned Tor year.
Plans for the flight had been under
way for more than a year under au-
spices of the Polish ministry of war
During this time the two aviators were
in France undergoing special training
and selecting their machine sesqui-
plane Of the S, f. C. M.--Amoit type
with a Lorraine Dietrich 650-horse-
power motor They carried no radio,
preferring TO utilize this space for fuel,
Of which they placed on board sufficient
to keep them aloft for 56 hours.
Mai Idzikowski Is 81 years old and
became pilot in the Russian army In
1915 During the war he won several
military decorations and became a mas
ter Of heavy bombing planes. After the
re-establishment Of Poland. he Joined
its air force in 1918 and was appointed
director Of the air school.
Mai. Kubaia, who Is 35, was pilot in
the Austrian Army and joined the Polish
air force also In 1918. He distinguished
himself in the war and obtained many
decorations.
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