Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-03
Mrs. Berry, Hart and Lieut..
MaCLaren to Stop at Ber-
muda and Azores.
EXPECT TO COMPLETE
JOURNEY IN so HOURS
Ship Is Bellanca Monoplane, SINH
lar in Construction to
the Columbia.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
STEAMSHIP BERMUDA, January
3.-The monoplane Tradewind, at
tempting pay-load flight from New
York to Paris, passed over the
steamship Bermuda at 1890 am.
&c. S. To-, flying low and fast. The
plane was heading southeast in lati-
tude 1858 and longitude 68:45,
about $40 miles southeast of AM
brose Light. Weather conditions
were perfect.
BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, January "a rec
haired widow and the man who taught
her to fly pointed the plane Trade
wind for Paris in pitch darkness early
today, setting their sights for Bermuda
and the Azores with a pay load.
Mrs. Beryl Hart, one of the few WON.
en- to hold an unlimited transport
license, and Lieut.. william S. Mac.
Laren, former Navy flyer, took-of from
the Glenn H. CurtisS seaport in Queens
at $50 am, circled the field several
times in the glare of searchlights anc
headed over Manhattan, finally roaring
away toward the tip Of Long Island.
Several minutes later an escort plane
occupied by w. D. Campbell, E. M
Smith and C. ]. Strickland, friends Of
the pilots, followed them into the air
The escort plane returned to the air.
port about $3.50 am, bringing tiding:
that the ocean flight was proceeding
without miShap.
Campbell said the Tradewind passed
out over Fire Island Light, Skirting the
south shore of Long Island, and disap-
peared into a brilliant sunrise. When
last seen the craft was 80 miles east OF
the light, cutting compass course fol
Bermuda.
Lieut.. MacLaren was at the controls
on the getaway but Mrs. Hart was ex-
pected to replace him soon after the
start and do the bulk of the plotting
Both were dressed in spotlesS aerial
toys, unsoiled by the CRIME IF land
take-offs, and Mrs Hart wore a FIVE
leaf clover, q rabbits foot and an In
dian penny AZ embleInS Of good luck.
'>--G Considering the early hour, fair
sized crowd-Xas present to wish them
bon voyage. MRS.. Cora Mansfield
mother of Mrs. Hart, afrc~1AIs. Georgia
Gwynne, her sister, were on hEfT&r~as
well as Department of Commerce In
spectors and flying friends from
Newark, N. j., and Jersey City.
Bermuda First Stop.
The pilots planned to cut southeast
over the Atlantic and land at Hamilton
PArTnfIdo a 10
standard tine) this afternoon, a dis
lance Of $50 miles. Resting three hours
while the plane was tuned up and re-
fueled, they hoped to resume tee flight
about sunset and make Horta, Azores
in 81 hours, travelling 2,042 miles. They
figured the last lap to Paris, 1920 miles
would take them 1712 hours, setting
them down on the River Seine, within
the city limits, in less than SO hours.
They carried with them a chart Of
the Seine, drawn by Dieudonne Costt
after he and Maurice Bellonte had
landed here on their Paris-New York
flight. In case the river trafic is toe
heavy, they will come down on a small
lake just outside the city.
With a desire to prove that ocear
flying can be put on paying COM
mercial basis, the pilots loaded the
Tradewind with about $50 pounds OF
mail and foodstuE3, the first cargo
load to be started across the Atlantic
The mail was cleared out of New York
and was destined for stamp collectors
along the way.
Plane Similar to Columbia.
Their ship is black and white Bel
lanca monoplane, similar in construc-
ticn to the Columbia, which twice
conquered the Atlantic. It Is powered
with a 300-horSepower Wright whirl-
wind motor and his equipped with pom
toonS for water landings. Its tanks
have a capacity of 400 gallons of gaSo-
line, but only $50 gallons were aboard
at the start. They carried no radio.
Weather Bureau officials predicted
lap. with q 15-mile-an-hour tailwinc
to speed them along. Ordinarily, wealth
er over the Atlantic is not ideal fol
flying at this time Of year.
Mrs. Hart is 81 years old and the
widow of A. j. Hart, a New York adj
Vertising man. He was killed in ar
automobile accident in Cleveland II
days after they were married and she
was badly injured. She owns the
plane in which they are riding anc
has more than $50 hours in the air tc
her credit with the Department Of
Commerce.
Lieut.. MacLaren is "a and married
He is a graduate Of the United States
Naval Academy, holds a commission
in the Naval Reserve and has been al
instructor at the Newark Airport. He
is the son of DR.. William S. MacLaren
physician for the Princeton University
foot ball squad.