The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-29
M|SSMINNEAPOL|S' IS
FORCEDDOWNSHORT
e HOURS Of MARK
Flyers Battling Against Crank.
case Leak Meet Disaster
!: From Second Source
SIT DOWN IN WHEAT FIELD
haughIand Broke According
to Story Told War Veteran
Bodies Before Start

Minneapolis. June 2e.-(Re"Miss
Minneapolis" piloted by Thorwald
Thunder" johnson and Owen
Haughland. failed today In the at
tempt to break the worlds endurance
flight record after 1915 hours con-
tinuous flying. The record Is 172
hours, 81 minutes, / second.
Motor trouble forced the little
Cessna monoplane to land In q wheat
field one mile south Of Langdon,
which Is Is miles south Of the Twin
Cities, at 1926 q. m.
The plane was in the air 149lz
hours, having taken off at Wold-
Chamberlain field here at 5 q. m. last
Sunday. The time was q hours
less than the record.
A broken valve was blamed for the
failure in first reports, although the
flyers previously had been battling
against leak In the motor which
threatened the oil supply as . bolt In
the crank case was believed to have
given way.
A note for more oil was dropped
from the plane at 5 q. m. today and
the refueling ship Immediately took
Oft with . five gallon tin while the
ground crew made preparations to
send up an additional supply when
ever needed.
Think Bolt Lost
A bolt in the crank case Is believed
70 have fallen out. Ground observers
expressed confidence that II no furth-
er leaks develop the flyers win be Able
to keep the oil level sufficiently high
to continue their flight to . new rec
ord.
The plane droned on into its l4ottl
hour at 10 q. M, as Haughland and
johnson continued their assault on
the record Of 172 hours, 50 minutes
and one second. set by the Fort
Worth.
Only one day stands between them
and Q new mark. They have to re-
main aloft until 10:35 q. m. Sunday to
beat the old record by the required
one hour. Haughland and johnson
plan to stay up as long as their single
motor functions.
Report OIL Trouble
When the difficulties In the on
supply were first reported to the
ground crew, Haughland, who wrote
the note, said the motor was working
perfectly. and It was believed that Il
no more leaks developed the flyers
could safely continue their drive foi
the record.
Five hours later the plane came
down in q field on the farm OF 10.
seph smalage, q mile south Of Lang
don. There is. no telephone on thu
smalage farm, but reports said thu
landing was easy and the plane wa
not damaged.
johnson, walking q mile to tele
phone, tersely informed the grouns
crew at the field here Of the end o
the fligtt. A hurried examination
he said, led him to believe that {
broken valve had caused the diff
Guilty.
May Try Again
Mrs. A. Matteson. from whose hom'
johnson telephoned news Of the fligh
failure, said the aviator told her h
planned to fix the motor and take Of
for the Twin Cities aS soon Is posi-
BILE. Planes and automobiles carrying
mechanics started from here for tn
ship Immediately on receipt Of tn
news.
TO those who watched the progres
Of the flyers as they battled rair
hail and wind during their six day
and nights OF continuous flying. tn
failure was particularly dishearten
Ing. The plane had been forced dow
Ia two previous attempts to beat tn
record.
For the first two days Of the near
record breaking flight, the aviator
reported "all well" with condition
hirhly favorable. Then came inter
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