Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-08
Two Flyers Eclipse Record of
Italians by S Hours and
47 Minutes.
JUNKERS is SPECTATOR
AT DESSAU AIRDR0ME
First to Congratulate Pilots of His
Plane-Crowds Cheer Airmen
When They Land.
Sy tas Associated Press,

Ey .hs Associated Press,
DESSAU. Germany, July 7.--SurpsSS-
ing the old record for duration In the air
BY 6 hours and AZ minutes, the German
fvers. Ristlcz and Zimmerman, landed
Their ,Jpnkers plane at $50 O'Clock to-
might after having been IN the air lor
S5 hours and 81 minutes. The former
record of SIS hours and 81 minutes was
held hv Capt. Arturo Ferrarin and Maj.
Carlo P. Del Prete of Italy
Prof. Hugo Junkers. just back from
The United States, was a grateful spec
fator as his plane. piloted alternately ny
Risticz and Zimmerman, reeled on the
teu-fale rounds on the monotonous
shuttle between DeSSau and Leipzig
which meant a new air record, fresh
aviation honors for Germany and fur
riaer yindication of his plane. He was
the first to greet the tired airmen as
they climbed from their plane and TO
congratulate them upon their acnleVe-
Ment.
The two flyers showed no signs OF
fatigue after their 65-hour flight, ana
declared that they could have continued
two hours longer with the fuel supply
Oh hand but we're forced by darkness TO
descend.
Their wives and children made their
way to the plane as it came TO rest.
while the crowd of 25 900 cheered fran
ticaiiy. Both flyers were carried into
the hangers on the shoulders OF enthu-
SiaStic friends =,
The Official figures for the flight viii
be given out as soon as the instruments
have been checked. The machine reel
ed of ) 03O miles in its two and one-half
days in the air.
Crowds Begin to Gather.
When it vas announced at 5:SS
O'Clock this afternoon that the record OF
the Italian flyers had been broken one
hour. as is required to make q new marx
effective. there was tremendous cneer-
fnp from the Junkers airdrome and
crowds began TO gather to witness the
final stages of the flight The bird
men were swamped with congraSuia-
tons when they landed.
They brought the new duration ciue
xfbbon to Germany IN . one-motor
.Junkers plane. the D-l23l, q sister snip
Of the Bremen and Europa. I was I.lls s
tyne of plane in which Risticz and
Cornelias Edzard brought to Germany
its first world endurance record OF %
hours % minutes in August. 1927, ana
which this year carried Capt. Hermann
Koehi. Baron Won Hnenefeld and MAJ.
James z. Fitzmaurice from east TO west
across the Atlantic.
RiSticz and Zimmerman started their
long fight early Thursday. For SO
hours weather conditions favored them.
Then Yesterday they ran into heaVy
electrical storm and cloudburst whlcn
for hours threatened serious interfer-
ence. II not the end, OF their night.
Weather Is Good.
During last night and throughout
today conditions generally were gooo.
Prom the early hours OF this morning
the motor was throttled down SO mat
ahe fuel consumption. which normally
rrs,Id have been about I3I2 gallons an
S1rn.r d-ouped to g. The fuel thus
saved enabled them TO stay nearly
hours longer II the air than they hao
planned.
Rigticz has long been one of the fore
most aviators of Germany. Pilot Zirn-
Ynerrnan burst into world note n
October, 1921. when ne piloteo the Aase
Emporer Charles and the EmpIesS
Zfta of Austro- Hungary from STitzef-
land to Hungary on their ll-fated at
fenaut to regain the Hungarian throne.
the Junkers works had sent plane
to the Zurich airdrorne and had given
Zimmerman full powers 10 sell the
machine. Zimmerman had offers, but
did not know who was negotiating the
purchase.
Two Hungarian flyers first pretended
that they desired to buy the machine
for themselves but when they learned
that Zimmerman was former
Eavarian army captain OF aviation,
they advised the emperor 70 make
clean breas. Of his plans 70 the German
u5lot. Zirnmernlans was told oil the
nan ssged one day TO think it over.
And then agreed TO pilot the plane.
Tne royal exiles arrived at the air
rsrorne october 20, 1921, hoped of un-
noticed, and landed In Hungary after
9 stormy voyage during which zim-.
norman was almost forced by bad
weather 70 land In Bavaria.