The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-05-27
FLYING DUTCHMEN

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md Their started tie last lap ii the
Journey.
Rsachins fhe capital Of Brit
III Guiana, Georgetown, shey
took on gas, but broke ] float
wire On fleir take VIZ II The
rough sea They also beBt fhsir
jSseIage. The mechanieaIIy ain.
g putehmen fixed the floats and
sUselarga and again fook Oh, for
tAs long run 10 their home city.
On this last lap the boys were
naturally looking forward to the
welcomes Of Dutch officials. Be-
fore they reached home, however
3 last obstacle doomed III the form
6 a nasty rain squall which sent
them out to sea so miles. They
@ew then at that distance into
Dutch Guiana, and buzzed their
family.
They landed right in the river in
front of their parents estate, ex-
peeting q royal welcome from the
officials as well.
They were disappointed.
why didn't you land II Para.
NnaFibo2 Why didn't you notify
IS Two hours j head 81 time Of
your arrivaI7" the angry cffie.
lals asked.
Toni and Henri explained that
they had thrown their radio over
the side % tighten the plane. Also
they hadn't wanted to land in the
capital, five miles from their home.
The officials brushed aside their
excuses and grounded the home
coming ayiators for three months.
They had to pay, when they could
Ay, five dollars every time they
took the plane up.
This year Toni, wiser and per-
haps little less enthusiastic about
flying 4 tiny craft $500 miles over
the Caribbean and Atlantic, flew
hack 10 Key West II i huge Pan
American plane. He stopped at
Curacao. Jamaica, Havana and fin
ally Miami.
The little planef It's back Ii the
river at Paramaribo.
This year Toni Is travelling BY
train "a New York. and by the big
solid ship New Amsterdam to his
native Holland, where be win look
into the family contracting bust
ness.
Toni and Henni had never flown
plane until they came to Key
West more than d year ago and
took instruction under Col Pen
Edgar. They checked out and got
their licenses for private seaplane
flying Oh May "a, 1859,
Ten days later they decided 70
M their seapIane the Col Ed.
gar home 70 Paranaribo, Dutch
Guiana, to save the cost Of $500
commercial flight and 5000 70 get
their plane home
Col. Edgar did overtime but
rrovnd ne Dutch brothers -
pravsns them from their mad
flluEs Is fias iinf little plane. lie
eabled ihsir parents urging them
= Withheld permission from ilnsirs
sons ~ nake ik6 fIinhs.
Unfortunately for tue parents,
lhe Trornm boys Who spent their
childhood and adolescence III Maxi
concentration camps are over "A.
Bilthely they skinned for their
Tale Off rom Garrison Blight Oh
June 3
The little plane carried only "A
gallons of gas. The route they
we're travelling had long watery
expenses 81 200 miles and more.
Theirs was no assurance that they
could get extra gas any place for
refueling along the way.
ssWe chose 10 avoid Cuba. To-
Il said last night. AT that time.
Il was practically impossible for
i foreign plane ~ SET cleared
through that Island. Our route was
first Miami then Nassau That
was easy. From Miami q Nassau
was zoo miles. Our plane goes so
miles per hour, ard we had l nice
easy flight. From Nassau we fIew
Il Great Exhnna in tie Bahamas.
There We slept ii our sleeping
bags. There we're no people but .
few natives there
The flight from Great Exhuma
q Great Inagua, also III the Ba-
hamas Was also pleasant; but
what was "a prove 1 near disaster
occurred Toni. who can barely see
ten feet without glasses leaned
otlt tie plane window and room /
went Ms speetaeles
Trouble began ii Purt-au- Prince,
Haiti.
We had ~ clearance fer Gus.
aamt. TIE police guarded cur
plAne. Trey asked why We did
tss lard u Ne eirearf insiesd
n ire harhor,
s'fe cid We hid 70 Keller
skasss foF Ne plane 10 lard On
ne airpoFl
Afteg three days d explaining
Haiti officials Mllo they were
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