The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-30

key. The packet had a parachute inserted under it's strings.
 Polando described the trip as most successful" The flyers reached here almost exactly on schedule, within a few minutes of the time they had set. Polando said they lost much time crossing Europe.
 we had to feel our way" he said, and fly low at times to nego- tiate the passes"
 "The wind helped us to make up the time lost maneuvering for good air positions" Polando con- tinued.
 The Atlantic crossing, he said, was extraordinarily smooth and they had expected to arrive earlier, but conditions over the continent were rough and bunny, impeding their progress. A strong wind was blowing last night.
 Polando spoke briefly to the crowd in Turkish, thanking them for the reception and expressing pleasure at the success of the flight. The flyers then were taken to an automobile to start the round of entertainments planned by the ambassador and governor, after they have had some sleep.
 The Absolute air line" distance from New York to Istambul is 4,635 miles, according to navy de- partment figures, but because of the route followed by the Cape Cod. it is probable that the actual distance travelled was more than 5000 miles. The flyers previously had announced they would claim q record on basis of distance traversed.
 Dieudonne Coste and Maurice Bellonte made the world straight line distance record by flying from Le Bourget to Coulart, China, Tn 1929. a distance of 1912 miles,.
 Jones' Williams and Jenkins flew from London to Marachi, h. dia, covering 413O miles, in 1929.
 Tn 1927, Clarence D. Chamber lain flew 3911 miles from Roose- welt Field, to Isleben, Germany.
 The famous Alcock-Brown flight of 1919 from St Johns, N. F., to Clifden. Ireland, spanned a dis tance of 1860 miles, while Charles A. Lindbergh's Paris flight covered 3,160 miles.
 BOardman Dropped Letter.
 Paris, July 30 (UP)-Employes of Le Bourget Aerodrome here to- day found an envelope attached to q para chute and bearing the name of Q. Russel Boardman.
 Russell Boardman and John P0- lando who started in one plane from Floyd Bennett airport, New York, Tuesday morning. with Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon Jr., in another, had not been heard from. They were bound for Ostan- bull.
 The envelope was addressed to an English newspaper with a re- quest that it be forwarded to that paper, the employees said
 Airport officials were undecided whether the envelope was a hoax, or the flyers actually had flown over the field during the night.
 The envelope was addressed to Mayor of City from Russell Boardman." It was delivered at Central City hall. and there was found to contain copies of New York newspapers.
 Fernand La Tour, president tf the municipal council, opened the envelope and discovered q copy of the New York Times dated July 25. pinned to 8 paper on which was written:
 Carried by airplane Cape Cod nonstop flight New York to Stam- BOul, presenting compliments Times Mayor Paris"
 i,tc T believed the plane passed over just before dawn, although the night crew reported it heard nothing after departure of the mail planes for London and Warsaw an hour before daybreak. The Cape Cod was not sighted at any airfield subsequently until it reached it's destination.
 Cable to America
 Istanbul, Turkey, July 30.- N. Boardman and John Polando sent the following message to America to-day:
 We have done our best and have been lucky"
 The flyers were bronzed, hot and deafened by their two days and nights in the air, but they were cheerful and delighted with their success. They said they could have kept on going.
 One of Greatest
 New York, July 50. (UP)-Col- onel Clarence Chamberlain, trans atlantic tlier, to-day called the flight of Russell Boardman and John Polando from New York to lstanbul, Turkey, "one of the great flights"
 Citing it as evidence of the progress made in aircraft con struction, he said the flight de- monstrated that belief in the capa- on fact.
 Mrs Boardman Happy
 Mattapoisctt, Mass, July 30- UP) )-Mrs Russell Boardman was unrunled to-day when informed her husband had made a nonstop flight to Istanbul, Turkey.
 Informed at her summer home at Hollywood Beach here that her husband and John l.. Polando pos Sibly had established a new rec ord for aviation, Mrs Boardman merely explained how confident she has been all along that the plane would make the flight sue ccssfully.
 'I knew they would make it and of course 1 am thrilled but why shouldn't 1 be? l have watched Kussell's progress in aviation since our marriage seven years ago and never doubted his ability. To See him come through in such a flight as this is a fitting climax"
 Jane Boardman, 2-year-old daughter of the flyer didn't quite understand what all the excitement was about but she was glad to hear her daddy would be coming home soon now.