ANOTHER LONG FLIGHT.

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19646, 15 June 1929, Page 15

ANOTHER LONG FLIGHT.

FRENCH AVIATORS HOP OFF. jgCOBTS LEFT BEHIND. iIIBMCAX FLYERS CRASH. /r«MM> ra*«> ASSOCIATION-BT EUSCTMC NEW YORK, Juno 13. i report from Old Orchard, Maine, * t j,at Armora Lotti (sponsor and *T ilot ), Jean Assolant (pilot), and TL Lefevro (navigator), in a giant JU-winged French monoplane named lUloir Bird, mado a perfect takc-oh VWlOthis moraine on their longtlund attempted flight to Paris, S eleven minutes atcr two Ameri- « Williams and Yanocy narrowly 2SSJI serious injury, when their £2>TGreen Flash ploughed into the .Sand « a * preai.ly damaged *ThL Americans sped down the ere* -neaped beach in an attempted ?I+oß™ their projected 4,.j0-rai e |Sfc to Rome, but had travelled only .Surd of a milo when the 6500 pounds ILft tore into tho soft sands and aloverturned. The airmen were un--s«d. but both wheels of the 'plane nr« torn off, tho propeller smashed, the winz broken, tho fabric torn, and th»#n(tine damaged, making it unlikely that a further attempt will be mado Meanwhile, having overcome tho •either obstacles which had keDt them ] M d-boand for three weeks, tho frenchmen wcro proceeding riorthjiitwsrd towards Cnno Sable with tho expectation of reaching Paris in 30 fconrs. The French 'plane, though Midline in weight 1.1,700 pounds, mado S beautiful take-off with Assolant at the controls Lefevre navigating, and %otti taking charge of the radio. Within half an hour of their departure lieutenant Tw»onard M"lkn. of tho fluted States Coastguard, who intended to eieort both 'planes over the Irrt 100 miles, returned to the beach Mel reported that tho Yellow Bird, trtvellins at a hifdi speed, had ontjiitonced his amphibian, forcing him to »b»ndon his Dlan to accompany them further. Mella declared that tlie Frenchmen's motor eewned to bo functioninjr perfortlf and the craft to bo makinsr exwlhirt time. —Australian Press Association.

SEEN 850 MILES OUT. (B«eeivcd June 14 th, 7 p.m.) NEW YORK, June 14. Tn« Irench 'plane Yellow Bird, in its fight to Paris from Old Orchard, passed mt th« American steamer Wytheville n Thursday evening, 850 miles out.— Australian Press Association, United lervfce. AN UNTIMELY CYCLONE. AEROPLANE WRECKED. DELHI, June 13. Mr Van Lear Black's 'plane, which tu anchored at Dumdum Aerodrome Jlior to its being broken up for 6hip|«tg to America, was blown over and tracked by a cyclone.—Australian Press Association.