Evening star., 1936-09-05
:BerylMarkhan
! Passes Over
Cape Race.
1900 MILES
+, TO NEW YORK
Continuing Beyond
Portland, Me-, Is
Doubted.
lcopyright. 1885. by the Associated Press)

lcopyright 1885. by the Associated Press)
NEW YORK, September 5.-Mrs
Beryl Markham, English society
woman airplane pilot, apparently had
conquered the North Atlantic on
flight from England today, but avia-
tion experts feared she would run out
Of gasoline before reaching New York
Her small monoplane, powered with
an engine of only 200 horsepower,
was believed to have flown over Cape
Race, Newfoundland, at 8:45 am,
Eastern standard time, the Canadian
Press said.
This was 10 hours, SIS minutes after
her take-off.
Since the engines fuel consumption
was estimated at 10 imperial gallons
an hour, only about 70 gallons could
have remained at that time.
This amount was believed sufficient
to carry the ship as far as Port
land, Me-, but scarcely any greater
distance.
A Coast Guard plane took off from
Salem, Mass, to serve as a guide
down the eastern shore of North
America to the woman who appeared
to have made the first solo Atlantic
crossing from east to west achieved
by her sex.
Carried No Radio.
Her navigation was accomplished
without radio and in bad weather
DR.. James H. Kimball, Government
meteorologist, said that if the report
of her crossing was correct her per-
formance is so remarkable it is almost
incredible"
The blond young flyer, he said, must
have encountered headwinds more
than half the way across the ocean.
Experts estimated the planes speed
to Newfoundland, on the basis of re-
ports of its sighting, was only lit
miles an hour, although the ship was
designed with a cruising speed of $50
miles and top speed of ITO. The
weather relented, in mid-morning,
along the coast. A strong northerly
wind prevailed, giving impetus for the
southwark swing to the United States.
The Canadian press reported Mrs.
Markham over Renews, Newfound-
land, at 8:35 am, flying extremely
low and toward the West.
Renews is on the southeast tip of
Newfoundland
An hour and one-half earlier the
woman who said she wanted to be the
first to fly the Atlantic alone from
the east to the west had been re-
ported apparently sighted nearly 300
miles at sea-
Circled Bay.
Spectators along the shore of Renews
Harbor said the small airplane circled
the bay, while its pilot apparently
checked maps, then started on a
straight line for Cape Race, Is miles
to the southwest.
Ten minutes later persons at Cape
Race said the plane had reached there.
A few minutes later it flew over Brook
Point.
Cape Race is 1900 miles from New
York by flying line.
The coast of Newfoundland was
blanketed by heavy mists and rain.
The master of the S. S. Spaardam
reported he sighted a plane 800 miles
from st. Johns, Newfoundland, and
about 500 miles from New York, Mrs.
Markhams destination.
She can scarcely reach New York
before pm, Eastern standard time,
% hours after she set out from Abing-
don, England.
Trained in Africa.
The master of the Spaarndam wire
iessed the Radio Corporation of
America:
"Airplane, probably Mrs Markham's,
passed S. S. Spaarndam at 7 am,
Eastern standard time. Position 47:54
north. 1922 west. heading for New
foundland."
The 33-year-old blond, who trained
in adventure hunting big game in
Africa and flying as a paid COM
mercial pilot, fought storms from the
moment of her take-off at 1850 pm,
Eastern standard time, yesterday.
The weather off America was cold,
misty and harried by strong north
wester.
The temperature was down to A
a