New Britain herald., 1929-06-14

June and is due here on Monday, which would put 1t somewhere this side of the middle Of the ocean.
 The American Farmer of the United States Lines reported it had heard the Rochambeau and the Cunarder Laconia communications with the plane by wireless, but did not tell the burden of the wireless conversation.
 Some fliers saw in the report from the Rochambeau an indication that the Frenchmen were heading for the Azores to make a landing there. They pointed out that if the Yellow Bird had progressed some 500 miles along the northerly route from the ''corner" to head for the Azores, would mean turning ap- proximately due south and that for the next 500 miles or so no progress would be made In the direction of the goal.
 Doubt Plan Followed
 This. they maintained, would not be done unless 1t was considered highly probable that landing would have to be made before the mainland could be reached.
 The other side of this line Of rea-, soning. however, was that if the Yellow Bird turned south from \ point 1900 miles from Maine along the northern route at ? a. m., it should have reached the Azores by [ or s o'clock and 1t had not been reported there at 10:s0. more than 24 hours after the take-or from Old Orchard.
 The more optimistic were conf1- dent that the plane had swung southward until 1t picked up the Azores, but not 50 near as to be sighted from the ground and had then wheeled along the easterly course to Portugal.
 Shortest Route o13 Mile: , The shortest course rom the Azores to the mainland is to Lis bon. a run Of s13 miles, but the Frenchmen had planned when leav- ing that if they should take the southerly course they would head from the Azores northeast to Cape Finisterre at the very northern point of Portugal, which would add an- other 100 miles or 70 to the distance over water.
 When the Yellow Bird took off at 1o:0s eastern daylight time yester- day morning from the Maine coast, tho crew had two courses under consideration. It was planned to travel east southeast 1000 miles to the steamer lane ''corner." At that poin the crew was to decide whether they would follow the steamer lanes northeast and then cut across east to the French coast or proceed southeast to the Island of Fayal in the Azores and then over to the northern tip of Portugal.
 At the speed Of 100 miles an hour known 10 have been maintained for the first 800 miles of the flight Ca steamer sighted the plane at that distance) the Yellow Bird would have been 1,6OO miles out at the time of the message from the Rochambeau. The wording of the message indicates that the decision had been made to take the norther- ly course and after proceeding along it for 800 miles, necessity had forced a veer 10 the Fouth. The southerly course is 800 miles longer than the northerly.
 Speed is Calculated
 The Yellow Bird is credited here with speed of 150 miles an hour when not too heavily loaded, but as she made only 100 miles an hour during the first eight hours with a favorable wind. most aviation ex- perts consider her arrival here un- likely until we'll after midnight This would mean o'clock. or Ia. ter this evening, eastern standard time.
 Rene Lefevre's brother today re- ceived a cablegram saying the plane carried sufficient fuel for 3e hours and that the aiers expected to make