The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-04-19

NOT TO LEAVE
COMPANIONS
Trip Not Over Until We Take
Bremen to New York,
Irishman Says
PARTS, BENZOL NEEDED
Floyd Bennett and Bernt Bal
chen Plan Flight to
Greenly Island
PARTS, BENZOL NEEDED

Detroit, April 19.-(AP)-
Bernt Balchen who, with Floyd (.
Bennett, plans to pilot q relief
plane to the aid of the German
transatlantic mon0plane Brem-
en-, damaged and isolated 1t
Greenly Island, announced today
that the flight probably would
be postponed until tomorrow
because Of necessary minor ad-
justments to the relief plane.
Lake Ste. Agnes, Que, April ~.
-(AP)-A smiling determined
Irishman who flew the Atlantic was
intent today on finishing his job
with his German companions.
Casually Major James c. Fitz-
maurice dropped out of the sky into
this shivering village yesterday to
draw together the loose ends of plans
for bringing the transatlantic mono.
plane Bremen out of the ice of
Creenly Island and flying her to
New York.
When he stepped out Of the plane
in which "Duke" Schiller had brought
him from that island off the tip
of Labrador he was just an aviator
on assignment. But when q flying
wedge of newspapermen and pho
tographers struck him he became,
for the moment, one Of the three
men who made history on a flight
across the Atlantic from Ireland.
Some Of their questions he
answered readily enough. Others he
ony smiled at or dismissed with q
we'll have to think that over be-
fore we say much about it."
Trip Not Yet Finished
But one thing he is sure of-the
Bremen hasn't reached New York
yet, ''and until we take her there our
trip is not over" Schiller's plane
was slightly damaged IN landing
here, the tail skid catching in the
soft ice.
The majors mission here was to
confer with Fraulein Herta Junkers
on the extent Of the Bremen's dam.
age and on the replacement Of sucf
parts as will be needed before the
big ship can fly again.
Most of the needed parts are a,
Montreal. They will be brought ul
to Murray Bay, IL miles from here
and Fitzmaurice will carry them on
to Greenly Island by airplane. The
special fuel that the Bremen burns
is also on the way here from Mon
treal, and the Major, although he
was not sure just how soon repairs
could be completed, said he expected
the Bremen would pull herself into
the air in two or three days, weather
permitting.
Damage to Bremen Not Serious
When the Bremen slipped down
through rising fog on pond near
the Greenly Island lighthouse, Fitz.
maurice said, her propeller was brok-
en- and her landing gear cracked up
While the ship was mired down in
the ice, the frost ruined . tire. Be.
yond these comparatively minor mis-.
fortunes, he said, there was ne
damage to the ship, and when re.
pairs are completed she will be az
airworthy as ever.
The friendly Irishman wouldn't
talk much about what happened Il
him and his shipmates on their lona
flight. The weather was prettl
bad, he said, and there were som(
stretches Of risky flying through
fog.
Secured Valuable Data
Most Of all he and Captain Koch
and Baron Won Huenefeld are inter-
ested in the things their flight di<
to increase the store Of knowledgA
about ocean flying.
I'VE feel that we've learned somg
interesting stuff" the major said
"but / can't tell you about it until
we have discussed it further"
It may be, he indicated, that the
flight Of the Bremen will help to
solve the tragedies that befell the
pioneers who perished on the way
westward over the north Atlantic.
BENNETT AND BALCHEN TO
GO ON RELIEF EXPEDITION
Detroit, Mich, April l9.-R-
Floyd Bennett and Bernt Balchen
planned to take off from the Ford
airport today, weather permitting,
to fly to the relief of the German
Junkers rnonoplane Bremen, which
landed Friday on Greenly Island
after . westward transatlantic
flight.
They planned to make the trip to
Greenly Island in three hops, stop
ping at Montreal and Murray Bay
and to carry repairs for the dam
aged Bremen.
The noted air pilots, who an
nounced plans for the relief flight
today, said they were waiting for
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