The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-13
FRENCH MONOPLANE
MANNEDbY CREWOP
Three Off TOPARIS
Green Flash Noses Over on
Beach But Yancey and vii.
liams Escape Injury
REPORT ST0WAWAY ABOARD
Three Frenchmen Head East.
ward in Great Circle on
First Transatlantic Hop
REPORT sTowAWAY ABOARD

ward in Great Circle on
First Transatlantic Hop
Old Orchard, Maine, June 13.-fP
Inc French monoplane. Yellow Bird.
with three young Frenchmeu aboard.
this noon was believed to be winsine
It's way over the Atlantic on its vay
70 Paris after q takeoff from the
beach here
The light keeper at Matinicus Rock.
28 miles out to sea and about % uniIes
east along the Maine coast from Old
orchard. reported that the yellow
plane passed over ct 1l:l3 q. m. (E. q.
T.. just one hour and five minutes
after 1t took to the air here.
The plane was then about 1ooo
ieet high and flying very fast.
It was reported that they had IN
uninvited guest. q youth who slowed
away while the motor was being
warmed up. No confirmation could
be obtained.
Pilots Not Injured
The Green Flash. American plane.
with an American crew. nosed over
on the beach and swerved into 5
ground loop about midway on her run.
The ground loop turned her noe
directly about.
Lewis A. Yancey and Rorer q.
Williams Of the American plane were
not injured.
The Green Flash nearly Duplicated
Its accident Of two weeks aeo todav.
AZ that time one Of the wheels dropr-
ca into soft sand and caused it 70
ground loop. but only the wheel ana
lew stay wires were damaged.
Believe Damage Serious
The plane was travelling It 1 much
higher rate Of speed today and Il ~
oelieved the damage would be moro
serious.
The French plane got away two
weeks ago but was forced to return
(etter 20 minutes because az leak II,
tl1e main fuel tank.
The Yellow Bird today vas using
2 mixture Of benzol gasoline. The
nenzol was put In the fuel to reduce
the detonatton and vibration which
caused the leak on the first take of.
The mixture will be about 90 per
cent benzol for the first two hours Of
flight 1t then will be cut to 80 per cent
and later to 20 per cent.
Williams and Yancey had two roast
chickens. two gallons OF water. q
chocolate bars, - packages OF chew
ing gum. and . quart of whiskey to
sustain them on the 1900 mile flight
to the Italian capital.
French Cprry Fruit
The three young Frenchmeu order.
ed one do1on oranges, one dozen
bananas. six lemons. three quarts OF
water. They had the shorter trip
$500 or $500 miles-dependiux ON the
course they followed after reachinr
the junction Of the steamship lanes.
A commercial flying boat with
friends Of Roger Q. williams, pilot
OF the Green Flash on board. accom-.
panied the Yellow Bird for q short
distance and then returned circline
the beach and awaiting the take-off
Of the American plane.
Ten minutes after the taka.off
Malka reported by radio that tia
yellow Bird had gained q height Of
1000 feet and was progressing
nicely"
Reaches 500 Feet
The big yellow plane sped down the
beach for q mile and three-quarters
and lifted slowly from the sands. She
flew to the south about q mile ana =
half and reached a height Of about
500 feet.
Then she circled and came back
over the beach and sped away on her
course. The plane headed eastward
In . great circle.
A coast guard amphibian in com.
mand Of Lieutenant L. N. Nalkn
stayed close beside the French plano
until they were lost to view IN tho
maze which overhung the coast.
The coast guard cutter which had
laid off shore started steaming Ct f,all
speed to the southeast.
The crew Of the Yellow Bird vere:
Armona Lotti, Jr., sponsor and 90.
pnot; Jean Assolant, pilot, and Reuo
Le9evre. navigator.
Pilet Inst Married
ASsolant. . 23-year.old mink cheaIr.
ed youth, was married three days 80
to Miss Pauline Parker Of New Yoek
| She accompanied him to the booeh
this morning and was very gravo =
she bade him goodbye and NV e.
plane roar down the hard pacao1
sands Of the beach.
0ne-half Of the propeller ~
broken when the Green vlash nnIa6
over, the left wing strut was hro1bSn
and the landing eear snaaalao6.
Yancey said the right wiassl ~ O
n 80 "a