The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-19
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 &GLORY 6
CHAMBERLAIN AND LEVINE By DEXTER TEED
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Tho fight that Clarence Cham. berlin and Charles Levine made from New York to point near Berlin, Germany, In 1927, was tho only incident on which they ever agreed.
 They wanted to ny the Atlantic and they did.
 But their paths have Tod them in opposite directions ever since.
 The quiet, unobstrusive Cham- berlin has remained close to avia. iionN Levine has baen involved in NO many cgcnpades that he has been dubbed "the aerial playboy" and "clown of tho air"
 Pals Once
 That early summer morning, though, when Pilot Chamborlin turned on tho gas and the big plano roared down the runway at Roosevelt field, he and Levine wcro pals. Cheers for Lindbergh's great solo flight to Paris had not reached Germany thero would be plenty of glory for them.
 The motor purred like Q giant cat. Taking the northern route, they had clear flying until they reached tho Grand Banks, off New foundlnnd. There they encoun- tored fog and what was worse--- gleet.
 Shared Dangers
 That meant danger. The sleet frozo or tho wings. Chamberlin opened tho throttle to koop tho heavy piano from settling into tho ocean. Chamberiln glanced at Atocky Levine, huddled down in tho cockpit, smiled and nodded reassuringly. Lcvino'B round face frightened.
 Tho weather cleared whom they woro half way across and then Levine was smiling broadly. Tho, leo on tho wings melted. By tho next day they had sighted tho con- tlnont and were flying towards Berlin. ChnmberlIn checked tho gas tank, lt was nearly empty.
 Suddenly tho motor sputtorod, stopped. They must lhnd--but whero2 Down tho plano Hoarod in sweeping circles. Tho expert Chnmberlin manouvored it and it glldod Co rost in n fold near Elsie- ben, ttS miles from Berlin, ft was tho longest flight in history at that tlmc.
 ChanbcrIin Wins Respect
 It iB h long jump from tho triumph and celebration that greeted thom in Berlin and later In Now York to tho present. But now Clarence Chamborlln has q ground school nt Floyd Bonnott ileld tIo tonehes mechanics how to repair planes. llo has not be. como rlGh.
 But in between his work ho ill0y coaches Ruth Nichols for her flights, and ig one of tho most res spccted members of tho flying gentry.
 As for Levine no has been in trouble constantly. lIe broko with ChamborlIn in Europe. It WIS reported h0 and his wIfo were divorced in Pnrls, but they were reunited. The world gnspod--- then lnughod--when, failing Co get n pilot Co fly hiB plano bnek to America, he Inhdo a tost flight himself.
 Invine's Troubles
 Only m amateur, he h0pped In his ship, took off from Paris, trlumDhnntly flew tho English Channel and landed in n furry of publicity nnd splIntors with a GihtR'uU hb CEOyNtu hfFppEt butH he wnB missing for months, turn- cd ID in Vienna, returned Co America, disappeared again and only last February was found in n hospital under tho namo of MT Jefree," suffering from n broken leg,
 iio explained it was a subway nocIdont, but he couldn't cxIHnin 10 tho CoDH when thcy found him, lIe wns indicted on three charges nB a result Of posting for security on a loan &2b,000 fin bonds re- ported stolen. lI0 organized m airline, ono of his mechanics waH killed and they claimed hQ had no insurance on him, aB required. ilo wns arrested ngain. Trouble
 j,ut nobody ever doubted tho courage of bold Charlie Levine.