Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-13
Paris Bound Plane Unreport-
ed for More Than Three
Hours, but No Fears Are
Felt for Its Safety.
GREEN FLASH NOSES OVER,
BREAKING ITS PROPELLER
stowaway Is Reported Aboard
French Air Liner-Lotti to Start
Broadcasting Tonight-Amphib-
ian Following Same Course as
Precautionary Measure.


OLD ORCHARD, Me-, June 13.
The Yellow Bird, Paris bound,
had been unreported for more
than three hours at 2:30 o'clock
this afternoon. No fears were eX-
pressed for its safety, however, as
when it passed over MatinicuS
Rock Light, 20 miles off the coast
at Rockland, it was heading East,
which would carry it away from
the coast and out of sight of land.
The plane covered the distance to
MatinicuS, approximately 80 miles,
in a little more than an hour.
The lightkeeper at Matinicus
Rock, which is about 80 miles
east along the Maine Coast from
Old Orchard, reported that the
bright yellow plane passed over
at 11:13 am. eastern daylight
time) just l hour and 5 minutes
after it, took to the air here.
The plane was then about 1000
feet high and flying very fast.
While the Paris-bound plane
was off to a good start, the Green
Flash, which Roger @. Williams
and Lewis A. Yancey planned TO
fly to Rome, was smashed on the
beach. Both the flyers escaped
injury as the plane noSed over,
breaking its propeller and left
wing and causing other serious
damage. q
Jean Assolant youthful French pilot,
who was married but three days ago got
the big Bernard plane of the beach IN
easy fashion.
with him were Armeno Lotti. Jr.,
sponsor and radio operator, and Rene
lie Fevre, navigator.
Stowaway Reported Aboard.
It was reported that they had an un-
invited guest, youth who slowed away
while the motor was being warmed up.
No confirmation could be obtained.
Lotti had told Coast Guards that he
would not broadcast until he was 1000
miles out to sea, which would probably
be some time tonight
Approximately an hour behind the
Yellow Bird Coast Guard Amphibian,
piloted by Lieut.. L. M. Melka, was fol-
lowing the same course as precau-
tionary measure.
Alternate Courses Mapped.
The French flyers had mapped two
alternative courses to Paris, the choice
depending upon weather conditions.
They planned to touch the tip OF
Cape Sable and then fly to the corner u
a junction of lanes about 1000 miles
east southeast of Old Orchard.
Here the Frenchmen's two routes
diyerged, one going northeast to Latl-
tude 47, longitude %, thence east to
st. Nazaire and to Paris; the other
east southeast to the Island of Fayal
Azores; east to the Northern coast OF
Portugal and thence northeast to Paris
BY the northern route the alrmen
would fly approximately~3, 700 miles, by
the southern about 4,300 miles.
Nearly Duplicates Accident. \
The Green Flash nearly duplicated
its accident of two weeks ago. At that
time one of the wheels dropped into
soft sand and caused it TO ground loop,
but only the wheel and few stay
wires were damaged The plane was
travelling at a much higher rate OF
speed today and 1t was believed the
damage would be more serious.
One-half of the propeller was broken
when the Green Flash nosed over. the
left wing strut was broken and the
landing gear smashed.
Yancey said the right wheel let go
beneath them and the ship twisted tC
the right at that moment and centereo
into a nose over.
The rear part of the fuselage near
the tail aSsemblage was badly denteo
and the left wing torn. The cowlina
over the motor also was badly dented
Gasoline leaked from the tanks ano
spread about the ground and the
throng about the plane was pushed
back for fear some one might toss g
lighted cigarette or match on the sane
and ignite the fuel.
The crash of the Green Flash took
place about a mile from the start anc
the wheels we're still in the sands al.
though they had bounced up for ar
at the controls.
Closes Throttle Quickly.
The tail was in the air, Williams
said, when he felt the wheels spread
under him, and the plane swervec
to the left He closed the throttle
quickly and pulled the plane to th'
right and she nosed over, the propelle
digging into the sand and the plan,
whirling about.
The Coast Guard amphiblan pilotec
by Lieut.. L. M. Malka, which accom-
panied the Yellow Bird at the start
returned above the beach 40 minute
later.
Malka came back when he was In
formed by radio that the American
plane had crashed. He circle6 tn
beach and reported by radio that a
a precautionary measure he woul
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