The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-23

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 The giant Sesqui-plane, bearing the number, NR-4 headed into the gray dawn, flying fast and soon dis appeared into the early morning haze.
 The giant Bellanca scsqui- plane has a red fuselage and yellow wings, 6 cruising speed of 90 miles an hour, top speed of 130 miles. It's fuel tanks carry a capacity load of 1,250 gallons of gasoline. Sol- berg planned to carry only soc gal Ions on the first leg of the flight. The huge plane is equipped with retractable landing gear and a powerful short and long wave radio set. Peterson, an experienced op- orator, said he will keep in con- stant communication with, ships ters of the set are KHNLO, and the wave length used will be 36.23. | Solberg pilot and navigator, was born in Flora, Oslo, 38 years ago | and now lives in Brooklyn. He came to the United States in 1924 and has had seven years of fly ing experience, 1000 hours in the air. In Europe as an amateur motorcycle racer, he won a race from Oslo to Paris fin 48 hours.
 Solberg married Minnesota girl of Norwegian descent, less than a year ago. She sailed for Norway in June.
 When you get here, your In- ,grid will be waiting for, you with hungry arms" she said in mes- sage to him this week.
 Peterson will relieve Colberg at the controls in an emergency. He received a pilots license after training in a Chicago aviation school in 1927. He also was born In Norway, in the little town of Bare.
 The 35-year old radio expert 1 came to the United States In 1914. He was a meterologist with Raoul Amundscn in Greenland. He is a sergeant in the 302nd observation squadron, detailed to Long Island, and is slated for a commission when he receivesc his citizenship papers. l has been married 10 years and has a daughter, Charmaine, 9.
 The Bellanca plane was built in 1928 and has been used by Roger c. Williams and Bernt Balchen in several test flights. Its motor de- velops 575 horsepower.
 Balchen has helped Solberg in his preliminary plans for the flight.
 l Weather conditions were perfect | for an aerial trans-Atlantic cross- ing, Dr James Kimball, New York weather expert. told Solberg early to-day.
 The principal packer of the flight is F. l.. Emerson, shoe manufac- turer of Auburn. N. Y. Lee and BochIton Barre, Vt, Aug 23.-CUP)-A transatlantic air race loomed to- day when the rebuilt monoplane Green Mountain Boy took off for Harbor Grace, Newfoundland, at 10:1S a. m., EDT--less than five hours after another plane had left New York for the same des- tination.
 | Both planes have Oslo, Norway, as their ultimate goal. Clyde Allen Lee. 24-year old Oshkosh, Wis, aviator, was at the controls as the red Stinson mono- | plane scared away from the Barre Montpelier airport. Beside him, as relief pilot was John Collect" Bochkon, 28, of Brooklyn, N. r., 6 Norwegian. Julius Robertson of Negaunee, Mich, who was to have gone as co-pilot but who was sup | planted by Bochkon, witnessed the takeoff, along with perhaps 5000 Vermonters.
 Fog delayed the takeoff for sev- eral hours but & bright sun finally burned away the haze.
 II don't know whether 1t will be a race or not" Lee told the United Press just before the take off when he learned that a plane "I can't tell for sure until we get to across If they don't get too much of head start on us out of Har- bor Grace"
 | The young id-westerner, an air. man with eight years experience, and Bochkon, who has had six years experience, both were ssu- premely confident that they would bring the Green Mountain Boy down safely at Kjeller Field, Oslo, about 32 hours after leaving New foundland.
 Lee estimated the flight to aHr- bor Grace would require nine hours with favorable weather, the stop oveg there would be only long enought to refuel. he indicated. | Originally Lee was to have made Oshkosh the starting point of his flight. Claiming that Oshkosh had not provided proper finances. however. he erased the words "Oshkosh B'Gosh" from the plano and brought 1t here as result of a local contribution of $1,O00. On the red plane were lettered the words Green Mountain Boy and, underneath. Barre Montpelier, the Granite center of the world" The plane's number is NR-7576. It car. ries no radio.
 Aboard the plane when 1t left here was 200 gallons of gasoline. The supply will be increased to 460 at Harbor Grace. The flyers car- ried chocolate. concentrated vege- tables and bouilIon cubes. and four gallons of drinking water.
 The Green Mountain Boy, pow cred with 220 H. P. Wright Whirlwind motor, has cruising speed of 1f4 to 120 miles an hour and \ maximum speed of 140 miles an hour.
 Flying Family Starts
 Floyd Bennett Field. Brooklyn. N. r.. August 23 - (UP) - The Hutchinson family left today on q 4.600-mile air trip to London that will take them over the North At. lantic. Their giant, bi.motored amphi. bian plane. ehristened "The fiying family" took off for St John. ". B.. the first leg of the flight. at it;07 A. m, with George R. Hut. ehinson. Richmond. vo, aviator. ai the controM
 Hutchinson was accompanied b, his wife. Blanche. his daughters Kathryn, 6. and Janet Lee. ei Peter Redpath. navigator; Joseph Ruff, mechanical dngiHeer. Gerald Altlssish, radio operator and Nor'