New Britain herald., 1929-07-10

avlators. During their long flight
 from Old Orchard to Albericia, r which ended in a landing forced by lack of fuel at 9:30 D. m., yester- pay (3:30 p. m., E. s. T.), the nerv-
 bus tension kept them going.
 But once here the reception sap bed the last of their strength and . t was difficult to get either Will Jams or Yancey from bed this ! morning. Yancey arose first, but l eent back to sleep when Williams q hould only mutter Yes to en- | treaties to get up. Williams finally arose at S:3O. Yancey joining him thortly afterward.
 After finally getting up the two lviators had breakfast and looked over hundreds of cablegrams of fe- I licitation on their successful cross ! ing of the Atlantic which had ar lived for them, before leaving for l the abandoned air field at Alberlcla, | i've kilometers distant
 1 They supervised refueling there, and completed inspection of their I plane prior to taking off on the last lap of their long flight. They estl- ! mated their trip yesterday as having | entailed 3,400 miles during 31 hours A And 42 minutes flying time. During the night an English avi- | Ator named Harris went over their i machine thoroughly.
 l Santander, Spain, July 10 uP)- \ Americas new conquerors of the At tantic, their monoplane Pathfinder | Completely refuelled, continued on l to Rome after their attempted non- N Stop flight from Old Orchard Me, \ to Italy had been halted because of \ gasoline exhaustion.
 Forced Down By Fuel I Lewis A. Yancey and Roger O. { Williams were forced down near this ' boast town of northern Spain at $50
 o'clock last night (3:30 F. S. ID
 hfter they had covered a distance [ bf $40 miles. They still had lit | tie fuel left, but decided 10 land
 here rather than risk forced land | Ing in the gathering darkness of the | Pyrenees mountains.
 \ The fiers showed considerable dis Il Appointment because of their inabil- II fty to proceed to Rome. But the II tact that they had accomplished the t Atlantic crossing made up for their II failure to reach their destination. II Terrific headwinds a great distance II bf the way were held responsible
 for the unexpectedly large consump- II tion of gasoline.
 Proud of Performance II Anyhow, we are proud to have II krossed the Atlantic" Yancey said In a, United Press interview. Had |I he not been forced to leave some of H bur gasoline home to facilitate our III take-off we would have reached N Rome"
 II The fliers, who had left Old \ Orchard Monday morning, had been
 In the air little more than 31 hours |l Sancey was in excellent physical |lrondition when the plane landed II here last night. Williams was slight Il ly ill, suffering from stomach trou- H bles. The latter almost fainted II when he stepped out of the ship N and had to be supported by one of | the natives to keep from falling. He l received immediate medical atten- s lion. The physician said the illness II was minor.
 K When we started from Old Or r chard," Yancey continued. "Wil- \ Hams was piloting and continued to |l do so for the next five hours. Then
 he became i'll and gave the wheel
 10 me. Afterward we alternated.
 Before we arrived here, however, Williams grew faint
 T, too, had great difficulty keep II ing my legs. due to the cramped II position I had been in for 30 hours, without moving But after few
 minutes I was all right.
 Decided to Continue
 williams told me when he flew + over Comllas Beach that it must be II the same place where Assolant ani
 the other members of the Yellow
 Bird landed For an instant we Y thought of doing the same thing. But since we had some fuel left we |I decided to go on.
 |I We are very grateful for the bon || fires which had been lighted to IE guide us and to show ns the way ,f Had it not been for the illumina-
 ton of the field we probably would
 have made bad landing"
 The f1iers said the highest altitude \ they reached was 1o.000 feet, but
 over the Spanish coast they flew as Y low as 50 feet.
 We held to our scheduled route
 faithfully" Yancey said, but when H i've got to the coast we didn't know
 exactly where we were, although we
 guessed correctly.
 We went through tthree stormy re-
 gions. Once we were through a fog
 for five hours. And near the Azores
 blew the plate covering off our gas
 oline tank"
 i Yancey made big hit with the i Inhabitants of this section. His | careless, carefree manner appealed ' strongly to the Spaniards. Occa- \ sionally, in speaking of | course-he managed to slip in few l spanish WOFQS, WHICH amused tHc I natives greatly He slapped the gov \ ernor general on the back familiarly
 in thanking him for the hospitality
 extended to him and Williams. II Given Dinner at Club 'I The fliers were given a dinner a. | the Maritime club. The officia le II praised the accomplishment of the
  | telegram of congratulations to Ma , for Ramon Franco, the Spanish fier 1 who with three companions recent l ly was rescued from the Atlantic l after an attempted flight to the l United States.
 | After the dinner cheering thous- | ands followed the fliers to their | h otel where cha IT, bers de luye