Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-08-06
FLYING FRENCHMEN
FAR OVER OCEAN IN
NONSTOP ATTEMPT
Seen East of Newfoundland
on 7,20O-MiIe Flight to
Karache, India.
NON0PLANE CARRIES
70-H0UR GAS SUPPLY
'Lieuts. Codos and Rosoi Striving to
surpass Distance Mark Set
by Britons.
By the Associated Press


NEW YORK, August 5.-A silver
monoplane bore two French aviators
swiftly over the North Atlantic tonight
on the most ambitious nonstop fight
ever attempted-a projected 7,200-mile
trip to Karachi, India.
The steamer Lord Kelvin, southwest
OF Newfoundland, reported to the Radio
Marine Corporation that it heard the
dyers-Lieuts. Maurice Rossi and Paul
Codos-in wireless communication with
a Cape Race, Newfoundland, station
at 5:29 pm, Eastern standard time.
Although the planes position was not
given. it was estimated the craft, heavily
loaded with Ito gallons of gasoline.
was about 100 miles east of Newfound-
land.
The plane had been reported near
Sable Island, Nova Scotia, at 11:25 am.
It was then about 725 miles from New
York, where the aviators had taken of
at AL am.
Can Stay Up 70 Hours.
Codos and Rossi, with enough gas
Tor 70 hours. were driving their 9-ton
that of 5,340 miles established by Os-
valid R. Hayford and Gilbert E. Nichol-
etts OF the British Royal Air Force,
who flew from Cranwell, England, to
Walsh Bay Southwest Africa.
Although their primary objective was
India, they indicated they might stop
IL Persia or change their course to
Russia or Africa should weather con-
| dltions necessitate
Codos, the pilot, and Rossi, wireless
operator, who have been waiting for
weeks for satisfactory weather, made
their final preparations before dawn.
AS they started to climb into their
seats, four French mechanics, who have
been looking after the plane, babe them
"Adleu" with tears in their eyes.
the avlatorS embraced them, and
tnen, as Maj. j. Nelson Kelly, the air
port manager, came up to shake hands,
they kissed him on both cheeks.
Careful As to Take-off.
See you in Paris. Major" said Codes.
Fire apparatus and police emergency
squads were at the field because at
PENDANTS feared the heavy plane might
| crash at the take-off. But the silver
sh1p-JoSeph lie Brix-rose easily after
II had sped the entire length of the
4,240-foot runway.
1t was one Of the greatest, one of the
smoothest take-offs I have ever seen"
exclaimed Maj. Kelly He joined the
small crowd of onlookers in a cheer as
the plane became speck in the east.
The load of gasoline, with 125 gall
Ions OF oil, was the heaviest ever taken
INTO the air from Floyd Bennett Field.
The narrow-bodied plane, which cost
100000, has special four-bladed
propeller, ana is equipped with a 81
meter short-wave wireless set.
Win the wireless equipment, the
call letters of which are F-ALCC,
Rossi and Codes hoped to keep in
communication with Paris and other
cities throughout their flight.
! Garry Emergency Kit.
Their emergency supplies consisted
OF f1rst-aid kit two life preservers,
two inflated flying suits, and a set Of
flares.
For food, they carried five boned
chickens, two quarts of consomme. SO
oranges, "a lemons, "a bananas. z
quarts Of coffee and bottles of water,
a French chef had prepared the sup
plies.
DR.. James H. Kimball, the meteorolo-
gist, said the aviators would have favor
/ able winds for the first part Of their
ambitious trip, although during the
night they might encounter a short
stretch OF overcast and rainy weather.
| TOMORROW morning." he said, they
VIII be flying into good weather, with
following winds"
| Both flyers, who are married have
had long aviation experience. Codos,
who Is 81, has 5000 hours in the air
to his credit. During the World War
he served with the French air forces,
and in 1891 piloted the Joseph LIE Brix
on distance flight to Russia.
Rossi, who is 80. has been in the
air more than 5000 hours. He was
in the French Foreign Legion as a
pilot during the recent tribal wars and
uprisings in Africa
Both live in Paris and hold the rank
OF lieutenants in the French Air
| Service