Seward daily gateway., 1932-07-06
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UlUUl UIIIUGIlEU HUI HARBOR G RIA c E, Newfoundland, July 6. [P) - The globe circling flierS, James Mattern and Bennett Griffin landed here safely n in e and one half hours after they had left New York. They took on 600 gallons of gasoline and soon af- forwards began their flight across the Atlantic to Europe on the sec ond leg of their hop around the world. It is the ambition of the two fliers to set a new record for the time required to fly around the world.
 On the flight to Harbor Grace the fliers were forced to go through rain and fog that made their journey so hazardous that crack up appeared for a time to be in- evitable. The fliers, in their Lock head Vega plane overshot their mark and turned back to Harbor Grace only after direction signals had been given them at Cape Freels, 150 miles to the North. See ing a group of men at Cape FreeLs they flew low and dropped a note which read: Point us the direction of Landing Field at Harbor Grace" The signal was promptly given and once again the big ship was swal- lowed by the fog, which hung low along the Coast Line, when they finally landed here they complained that they had thought they were flying North of Conception Bay as soon as they felt certain they were off their course but the uncertainty of their location stayed with them until they got the Cape Freels sig nal.
 The fliers paused only briefly little more than two hours-at Harbor Grace and then roared off over the Atlantic at 7:28 D. m. Harbor Grace time
 A report from Berlin today says that a plane believed to be that of Mattern and Griffin was sighted over Hanover at 3:15 D. m. today. This would be SIS a. m. Pacific Standard time.
 In comparison with the Post and Gatty time the fliers are now about two hours ahead of schedule. When they were first sighted over Han over they had been flying for 16 hours When they were again seen over Bremen IS hours and 28 min utes had elapsed since they began their flight. The fliers have been making an average speed Of from 107 to 135 miles per hour.
 Mattern and Griffin landed in Berlin at 5:45 D. m (8:45 a. m. Pa cific standard time) slightly more than 18 hours after leaving Harbor Grace. They had been sighted for several hours before their arrival here by planes who flew out to meet them before they landed.
 They reported they had encount- cred bad weather and had been forced to make a detour flight. Despite the hour an unusually large crowd awaited them. The crowd, which included United States Am bassador Hackett, had begun to worry over the fliers from the Wes- tern Hemisphere but their elation ran high when the plane was heard droning overhead.
 The band played the Star Span gled Banner" as the fliers' plane "The Century of Progress" taxiied across the field. The United States flag was raised over the airport where the plane landed.
 The flierS hopped off from Ber- lin for Moscow at nine D. m. (Noon Pacific standard time) They are two hours and 55 minutes ahead of the Wiley Post and Harold Gatty round the world flying time.
 From Europe the fliers swing up to Siberia and from Siberia they will fly across the Boring Sea to Alaska and from Alaska they will fly to New York City.
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