New Britain herald., 1929-07-11

the name of the king, Mussolini and the Italian government"
 The fliers were lifted to the shoulders of some of the people in the surging mass and carried to the barrier of the field, where other of ficials greeted them. The Ameri- cans did not recognize the officer who stood next to Balbo but he was Francisco De Pinedo, the most cele- brated of Italian fliers.
 When Yancey was informed later who the Italian officer was he wanted to dash through the mass of humanity to shake hands with De Pinedo again and thank him for the welcome De Pinedo had extended in the name of Italian aviation. But the crowd was too thick for such an attempt
 Later on, however, when the Americans were received at the sum- mer home of Premier Mussolini, the Americans had a chance to speak with De Pinedo at great length.
 Received by Mussolini
 The f1lers, accompanied by the undersecretary, were received oy the premier at Villa Torlonia, where they gave the Italian dictator a full description of their flight and the hazards with which they had to contend. Mussolini seemed deeply interested in the flight. and when they were through with their lengthy narrative of storms and fog and transatlantic adventure Il Duce con- graduated them on their courage and success. He asked them many questions.
 The premier had motored to the airdrome in his own car and acted as his own driver. He stood around for a long time, shifting from one foot to another until finally he de- cided to depart. The Americans because of strong headWinds along the Mediterranean, were late in ar irving here.
 During the last stages of our flight from Spain we were held up by strong headwinds," Yancey ex- plained, that prevented our arriv- al on schedule. At times We were able to average only 40 miles an hour
 Well Satisfied With Flight
 But l am fully satisfied with the trip as a whole"
 The Pathfinder had covered about 4,250 miles on its flight from Amer ica in approximately 42 hours Of Orchard to Santander was about 3, 400 miles. From Santander to Rome is S35 miles. They covered the last stretch in 10 hours and 12 minutes. They took off from San lander at '11:1S a. m. Spanish sum- mer time (5:1S E. s. ID
 The Americans were in excellent condition after their gruelng battle with the elements and their long stretch in the cramped quarters Of ! the Pathfinder.
 T am feeling fine. fit and splen- did after the journey" Yancey told the United Press. 80 is Williams"
 Before he could go any further the surging crowd swept him away toward the official sands, where be- sides many members of the Euro pean diplomatic corps, Alexander C. Kirk, first secretary of the American embassy, greeted the fiiers. Am bassador Fletcher was out of the city during the arrival of the avi- ators.
 1ancey continued later:
 Had we had enough gasoline we certainly would have reached Rome without an interruption.
 Plans Are Indefinite
 q do not know how long we shall remain in Europe, but We ex- pect to remain in Rome for several days. We certainly expect to visit London before We leave for home, and if possible we both would like to witness the Schneider cup races"
 Iancey was asked if there Was any possibility of his flying back to the United States. He said:
 We might fly over the European regions, but as for returning ove~ the Atlantic, that we shall not try before next year.
 Great preparations were made at Littorio air port for the reception of the fiers, who were expected hours before they arrived. Consid-