New Britain herald., 1929-07-09

Continued from First ragc) finder had a "cnjlng' Of 6,nnu feet which if attained would keep them out Of carShot and sight Of any ships at sea. The plane carried no radi5.
 Yanccy. who is the navjgstor on tn" flight, estimated they would compicje th" 4.@@2 mile flight in from A. to 4S hours. which would bring them to Rome Wednesday forenoon.
 C!ca: Weather Prevails
 Clear Ncath ,r prevailed between old Orchard und the ship lane junction 1000 miles out, which in airmcn hoped to roach via Cape sable, x. g. From there on if was partly c'ca", and similar condition. obtained over spain, Southern France end in" Mediterranean. tn" r"maindrr Of the rour:e. Follow ing winds continued, although they were not IS strong as they had been yesterday.
 Al noon nr. James II. Eimhall. chief Of tho Now York weather hu- rvau. said that from now on the Pathfinder must ha flying in "an absolutely clear sliy.'
 "Gp until midnight lagt night. while they wcr" over the ship lanes. they probably encountered a gool deal Of rain and low ceilins." ho said. "lHr tn" tail wind. about 2u miles an hour vas still steadily hoIYins them forward. There wer. no severe storms.
 S.r"u;J E" Near Azores
 Al midnight they must have come out of the clouds, and 'by s o'clock this morning, eastern stand ard time, they should have been north of the Azores. with nothing but clear weather ahead all over the eastern Atlantic, France. Spain. the Mediterranean and Italy,
 The plane left old Orchard. Me. at 7:f9 t2. 7. TD y s.or&ar fancey, who is the navigator. estimated they would complete the 4,2%2 mile flight in about 4S hours which would bring them to Rome Wednesday 
 The course plotted by Yanccy lay over Cape &abla, x. <. then east southeast to the "concr," junction of ship lanes l,o0o miles off old Or chard. then along the fist parallel to Cape Ortcgal &pain across to Bayonne, France, anl over the Ned iterranean 10 Rome.
 Although tho start was made through a fog. Dr James H. Kim ball. motorolociSt at the weather bureau said weather conditions over The occan were favorable for the flight with the prospect of helping winds. lIu said some clOudincss and occasional showers micht be en- countcrcd in mid-Atlantic.
 Follows Two Failures
 The start was mad" after two fail- ures when the plane. Green Flash, predecessor of th" Pathfinder was wrecked in attempting to take off,
 The PathGndrr ia a Bcllanca monoplane. equipped with a @20 horsepower Wright vhirlwind mo tor. It's cruising speed is 90 miles an hour with a maximum speed of 155 miles.
 The plane carried 4t5 gallons of fuel estimated at sufficient for 45 hours flying at it's normal consump- ton of 10 gallons an hour. At the last minute 55 gallons were left be hind. 10 HGhton the tnlie-off load the fycrs calculating that faNora hlo winds would reduce the fuel con 
 Both veteran Pliers
 Both members of th" crew are veteran airmen and Narc"y is an eX- pert navigator. with a ship masters license. and several years scafaring experience.
 Williams is mechanical engineer and has been associated with aNla- ton since a youth when he and ms brother bailt and few plane near their home in Brooklyn He IS "9 years old ani married. During inc var he served as an instructor aftorward hccOmng civilian in atructor for the CurtisS flying s"rN- ice. In 1927 and 1928, with Clarence rhamberlin. he made several unSuc- rossful attempts to set an endurance night record He first became 1denu- fled with a Rome flight project last year when he was chosen copllot hN Cosare Sabclli, in his proposed thSh' which was abandoned.
 Captain Yanccy. who IS SN, was born in Chicago. He went to sea and worked his way from cabin boy to master mariner. \ few years ago he left the sea to enter cviaton as . navigator and teacher of navigation 10 pilots. Mrs, lancx waS at Old