New Britain herald., 1930-09-03

Alter telllnS or SloTiAy WodlHoi in mid-Atlantic, of having to change course to avoid fog, and of battling head winds and poor visibility at times, he ended with the remark
 But the flight was uneventful."
 His first remark about the jour- ney was made to Col. Charles A Lindbergh, one of the first to greet him.
 T knew we were going to make it." Coste said after receiving Lind bergh's congratulations.
 Then, speaking in French, he told of the flight. His words were trans lated as he spoke Nearby stood his flight companion, Maurice Bellonte, who has accompanied him on other noted air trips .... -,
 The worst weather we had just beyond Ireland" Coste said. After leaving the Irish coast we ran into dirty weather and had to fly higher than we had wished. We had to climb to 5000 or 5000 feet to get above the storm. Later we came down to a low pressure area, where we found tail wind.
 Believes Distance 4,O3O Miles
 Tt took us about 37 hours to get here and I estimate roughly that we flew $500 kilometers (about 4,o3o miles)."
 Coste drew a rough map of the route covered. and traced with his finger the storm areas which he and Bellonte had met and avoided by changing their course.
 Tn the center here," he said. pointing to a spot in the North At lantic, i've had the worst weather. It also was smudgy over Halifax. But the flight was uneventful. Con- sidering that we followed the haz- ardous northern route, weather con- ditions were most favorable through out. I was more than satisfied with the performance of the engine.
 Tt was on the 52nd parallel that we first struck the head winds and had to turn south. We went south to the 49th parallel, where we ran into an anti-cyclone, and from there on we had helping winds all the way until we sighted Pierre Miquelon. There we ran into head winds again. and we had to fight them all the way down the coast. The visibility was poor all the time-look at our eyes,
 Coste and Bellonte both gave evil dence of the strain of the flight. Coste's eyes were bloodshot and the f1iers could not become accustomed to comparative quiet after 37 hours of listening to the incessant roar of the motor
 "A bed, give me a bed." Coste ex- claimed. He seemed more interested in getting a little sleep than in de- scribing the trip, but finally told of the worst part of the journey in re- sponse to questioning.
 The worst part of the flight was off Halifax" he said. The fog gave me trouble I do not want to go too high and I was afraid of running in to storm if tried to go around It.
 Many Arrive to Greet Him
 Continually interrupted to meet various welcomers, Coste continued between interruptions:
 We got off to a beautiful start. The atmospheric conditions were marvellous and we set off in haste to take advantage of them. But off Ire land we found very bad weather and had to go much higher than we wanted to in order to avoid it.
 II was afraid to go north for fear of hitting a storm center, but as we proceeded we were aided by tail winds-a welcome piece of luck. The motor and everything about the plane worked perfectly. Nothing went wrong. The passage was all that one could ask until off Hali- fax, when the dense fog began to bother us."
 Cost first gained fame as an air man during the World war. Hin exploits in aerial engagements gained him a reputation as dar- ing aviator. but also interrupted his career temporarily, for one day n German shell tore two fingers off his hand.
 This was while he was stationed on the western front. After he had recuperated from the accident he was transferred to Saloniki. He completed S17 hours in the air and won Il citations.
 Holds Six Records
 When he left Le Bourget he al ready had six world records to his credit, a brief resume of each being painted on the side of his plane. They are:
 Jan. 17-1S, 1880: Set world endur- ance record with freight load of 500 kilograms with Paul Codos.
 Dec. 15-17, 1929: Set worlds en- durance record of 5s hours and SS minutes, flying circuit from Mar seilles to Mines with Paul Codos.
 Sept. 27, 1929: Broke worlds dis tance record by flying from Paris to Tsitsikar, Manchuria. with Mau- rice Bellonte.
 April S-14, 1928: Flew from, Tokio to Paris in less than six days elapsed time with Joseph Le Erik.
 Oct. 10, 1927: Flew from Senegal, Africa, across the South Atlantic 70 Natal, Brazil, with Joseph Le Erik.
 Oct. 23, 1926 Flew from Paril 10 Djask, Siberia, nonstop. with Cap tain Rignot..
 Coste attempted to cross the North Atlantic once before. In July, 1929, he and Bellonte started from Paris to New York in the Question Mark, planning to take a southern sourse. They turned back, however, when headwinds and storms imped- ed their progress seriously.
 Coste was born in Gascony, and is married to a former Georgian prin- cess who became prominent act ress and operatic star.
 Bellonte. who is s4, also is mar ried and has a small daughter.