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NEW _BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, JUNE 15, 1928 v 11,000 feet. 5:20 p. m.—Height 1,500 | Wireless generator failed. feet. Brown, on %h Anniversary of His 9:20 p. m.—Height 4,000 feet, |ing between two layers of clouds. |JUNE 15th— P.ms Both men, who were R. A.[{JUN o Predicts Regular Trans- | onicers during the war, received | £ -8, Mm-=Helght 4,000 fect. o % knlgh!houd recognition ©of thejr Fosition by star observation Lat. atlantic Air Service achicvement in fiying the Atantic. | de€: 7 min. X. Long 31 des. W. The flight was made in a regula. | Allered course from 104 degrees to | 7 Within the Near Future tion Vickers Vimy military bomber. {110, |equipped with two Rolls-Royce | 3:10 a. m.—Height 3,500 feet. ~—Traces Developments. "-"”“ VIIT engines of 315 horse | Came suddenly into thick cloud. The ower. The official distance of the | unexpectedness. plus absence of a m;;m from St. John's to Clifden, on | turn indicator caused machine to the ecast coast of Treland, was 1,890 | Gevelop a spin. Came out of clouds Londen, June 15 (UP)—The «l‘all‘l|1|l(< covered in 15 hours and 57 at 100 fect, obtained horizon and of transatlantic fliers one of the two men who made the first trip ing message to the air ministry ““md level. across the ocean in an airplanc, I soon as possible after they landed. | 148 a. m. faith in the ultimate transatlantic | Sent_Terse Message. \llll in cloud. alrplane service for which he msknai “Landed Clifden, Ireland, at 8:40 20 a. m, Resumed course. — Height 200 feet. — Height 6,500 feet. his life as a pioneer. la. m. GMT 15th June Vickers| Above cloud but between two lay- He is Sir Arthur Whitten Brown, | Vimy Atlantic machine leaving | ers, K. B. E, wHo nine years ago this | Newfoundland coast 4:25 p. m. . 20 a. m, — Height §800 feet. morning with the late John Alcock Ireland, Captain Sir landed near Clifden, |12 minutes after a flight of 15 hours | signed Alcock | sleet, |7 6:20 a m. instructions awaited, and Brown.” The and 57 minutes from St. Johu's, time was later officially corrected to | Flanes covered with slect and ailer- Newfoundland. The old and new 15 hours and 57 minutes, | en wings frozen. Still in cloud. worlds had been linked by air for | The lirst trip by aiv across the At-| 7:03 a. m. — Height 11,000 feet. the first time, lantic was probably as spectacular | Cloud thinning. Obtained position “The airshiv service will come |45 @NY aviation achievement. Hard ! from sun, altered course to 170 de- first,” Sir Arthur told the United | MCK overtook the fivers almost with- | erces at in an hour after they hopped off.{ 8:15 a. m. Thei rcourse was blocked by fog, | 3, 1. rain and slcet nearly all the way. | identified Clifden. Only skillful handling of the ma- 8:40 @, m. — Landed. | chine by Alcock vented a dive Deceived by Bog Press on the ninth anniversary of the epochal flight. I have faith in fulul_'o transatlantic airplane service, but not in the near future.” The man who flew across the At- — Cr 4 into the sea, while Brown was ham- “We landed firstly because ou n Lindbergh w 5¢h00l | pered iy weather conditions in mak- | orders were to land on first avail- ears is no longer in Inti- ;0 Lis navigator's observations. able ground in Ireland, and sec- mate touch with aviation. although | some of the difficulties of the flight | ondly hecause the clouds were only he is still in the employ of the Vick- above the sea. ers interests, who built the first At- | under ve indicated in the following log, prepared for the United Press by Sir 200 feet in hilly country lantic flight plane. | Arthur Whitten Brown at his home tions is dangerous,” Sir Arthur said most it develop- 8ir John Alcock, K. B. K., D. 8 in Swansca, South Wales: in explaining why the machine was | ments since 1919 would ap C., was killed December 18, 1919, |JUNE 14th, 1919— brought down in a bog. “We were be th id Turn while attempting to land an am-| 4:12 p, m.—GMT took off. deccived by the appearanc phibian flying hoat mnear Rouen,| 4:28 p. m.—Crossed coast of New-|bog in which we landed, as it ap-| France, cn route from London to!foundland on eastwurd course at!peared from the air to be the new note in home furni: ed in this new fiber creation. An unusual purchase makes it possible for you to buy this 4-piece suite tomorrow for only $59.50—finest value we have seen in years! The seat cushions are auto-type — removable and spring-filled — covered in richly figured cre- tonne. Please bear in mind that this is a LOOM- WOVEN SUITE — small fiber strands very closely woven. .Choice of various beautiful new finishes—including Antique Buff and Opal, with colorful, diamond-motif decoration! $5 Down ! 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Alcock pulled machine straight |oun<|\ per loped 109 miles per hour and [climb 6.0 Noaded | altitude | Right llon of fuel A regu GMT 14th June total time 16 hours | In Nuu\ cloud with heavy snow and | — Height 9,400 feet, 2,440 mil know! forn and flying such condi- | chancs of the |tion proved quite | The Many New Finishes to Choose From, All 4-pieces Two royal air also deceived when to land alongside us at- lable | upon Arthur sufficient estimated that there petrol remaining in |slowed The |the ibe] S s Aot —and there is much to be| | considerable more years and much | cow-punchers an round: bbbt terys dan i o s e { Winner With His Sloop | longer experience, “The youlh who The vancn il b e e L fuel was possible. Instri Asked whether he could vision | Southport. June 15 (®—Captain is a resident of Bayside, L. 1.. and | supervision of James H. Bright, were also taken from the|the time when privately owned | Arthur Knapp won the second sail- \\hu is @ wicmber of the Pequot | prominent Florida developer, and and never recovered. The | planes would be as common no- | boat race in the intercollegiate ser- | Yacht club, is the star of the series |Zack Miller, rancher, efreus man {plane was in good condition and jtor cars, Sir Arthur veplied: “Even |ies for the S-meter boat and the chances for Yale ov Harv- {and cattle dealer. The stables will perfect shape after revolutions per | lisions d a span' length of 42| maxinum and weighed 17'.1\ > Vickers bomber I overall power. Tt devel- a full speed near the ground could U0 feet in 25 minutes, fully and make 98 m.p.h, at that total weight for the was 13,500 with $65 homber rmament pounds was scelected, all climinated, and fuel tanks placed in | front and rvear gunners' cock- Th ine had a range of STA wireless with a 240-1 useless aved off. vange 1 hen generator sl Luck a Vital Paci Arthur Whitten Brown luek a vital factor in avia-| he told the United Press, “but lition ntmost repavation, and adequat of the task to be pe 1 1Ir “Lucky Lind implies Lindbergh leaves lings 1:1 con- s anad 1o the in it is a misnor wireless, and im- communication. tinding by wircless development of the metal air- wppear 10 Indicator, posi- 1 1 | | Food Saver $19.95 Family size, three-door stde icer, well insulated sanitary food compart- ments and odorless. 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