The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-07-08
PILOTS MAKE Third
ATTEMPT TODEPEAT
PERILS Of ATLANTIC
Williams and Yancey Take to
Air for 1850. Mile Jaunt
Over Ocean 4
TAKE SMALL FOOD SUPPLY
Craft Will Follow Steamship
Travel Lanes for 1000
Miles Of Distance
TAKE SMALL FOOD SUPPLY

Old Orchard. Maine, July 8.-R-
The monoplane Pathfinder with Pilot
Roger Q. Williams and Navigator
Lewis A. Yancey aboard took off from
the beach here with Rome as its des.
tination at 7:49 q. m. eastern stand
ard time.
The flyers expected to make the
400 miles flight in from IS to 50
hours.
Three planes accompanied the
Rome bound plane. The coast guard
amphibian was on the left. q small
commercial plane on the right and q
large commercial amphibian close In
the rear.
The Pathfinder seemed to be tust
able to hold the 100 foot altitude as
1t passed out Of sight. That was the
ceiling of the machine as computed
by Williams before the take loft.
Food for the flight was put aboard
the plane. 1t consisted Of one roast
chicken, three quart bottles Of coffee.
three quarts Of water. six chocolate
bars. eight oranges; six apples and
bottle Of liquor.
Fly Due East
The flyers planned to strike al.
most due east to the tip Of Cable
Sable. N. s.. where they will head east
southeast to the corner the juno
ton Of steamship lanes. about 1000
miles from Old Orchard.
Their course then will follow the
4lst latitude. passing 100 miles north
Of the Azores and reaching the MAIN
land at Cape Ortegal, along the
northern tip Of Spain. They then
plan to cross Bayonne. France. and
head across the Mediterranean, pass
ing over the Island Of Corsica.
The small commercial plane re-
turned to the beach In few minutes
Yancey said they planned to land at
an airfield about Is miles south Of
Rome. Il am working man and
am going out to do a days work.
Yancey said when newspaper men
asked him for some statement Just
before the take-off. williams, as
usual, would not comment.
The Pathfinder bears the insignia
INK 3789" in black on the tail and
underneath the left wing. The wings
and tail are painted with aluminium
paint and the fuselage is a light green
with the name Pathfinder" on both
sides.
AS the fog lifted for q moment
spectators on the beach could see the
Pathfinder and its two accompanying
amphibians circle. apparently In an
effort to gain altitude.
; Aboard the commercial amphibian
; were q dozen persons, among them
Thea Rasche. German aviatrix.
Is Going Fine
Yancey. who holds . master ma.
J riner's license and has been q navi.
J gator for % years. for the most part
!. on ocean boats, said he had beer
, asked by Dr. James H. Kimball. New
York n1eteorologist and unofficia
starter Of all transatlantic flights. It
make readings to check certain theo.
!: ries.
He said he would take accurat,
) Temperature readings at hourly inter,
vals especially in and near cloud for
!. nations
Harold Beedle. representative Of n
> oil company. who was in the CONNER
. cial plane which went four miles Will
the Pathfinder. said the plane Va
> then at an altitude Of 500 feet IN,
= was gaining more altitude slowly
= "She was going fine," Beedle said.
Beedle said Williams had dumps
some Of the 500 gallons Of gasoline Il
the Pathfinder before the take-of
which would reduce the possibl
y cruising range by several hundre
e miles. No explanation for reductu
D the load was given.
It was the third time In six week
that Williams and Yancey had q
sayed take-off.
Il The othe- two attempts. both {
, which were unsuccessful, were mad
in the Green Flash. q sister ship (
" the Pathfinder.