A GREAT FEAT

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16347, 23 May 1927, Page 7

A GREAT FEAT

TRANS-ATLANTIC FLIGHT LINDBERG’S SUCCESS NEW YORK TO PARIS ALONE NO ELABORATE PREPARATIONS. , Klee. I'd. Copyright—United Press Assn. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.. (Received May 23, 11 a.m.j PARIS, May 22. The airman, Lindbergh, had a remarkable reception from an immense crowd . at Lebourget, where lie landed, i Captain Lindbergh, on route to the ' Embassy, wanted to visit and condole with Captain Nnngesser’s mother, butwas persuaded to rest. When interviewed in the Ambassa- • dor’s dressing-room, lie was opening | hundreds of congratulatory cablegrams. ! His face no longer was haggard. He : described the flight cheerfully and modj cst-ly. He did not sight a single ship jon the Atlantic, hut encountered rain, snow and hail. In the first 1000 miles 1 from Newfoundland he yo.se and descended frequently to find" the best conditions. Sometimes he was only 10ft. above the waves; sometimes he was 10,000 ft. Subsequently lie encountered fine, weather. The period of night time was short, hut the flight proved monotonous, and he was relieved by the sight of the Irish coast, He was then confident that he would finish the journey. He drank water throughout, and arrived at Le Bourgct with an unquenchable thirst, i lie had enough petrol left for another ; ICOO miles. He is not returning to i New York by air. 1 French airmen were amazed to find his maps drawn on a 1,000,000 to one scale, giving a geographical contour and the vaguest outlines. The only instrument lie had was a compass the size of a man’s palm. The Paris newspapers hail his triumph enthusiastically. One opinion is that he has done more to draw the peoples together than all the diplomats. The. War Minister, M. Painleve, writes in Petit Parisienne. “ Captain Lindbergh’s magnificent human triumph is a stimulant for progress, and increases man’s mastery over matter, time, and space. Some heroes succumb; others succeed. After this the former have not sacrificed themselves vainly. Captain Lindbergh triumphs through Captains Nungesser and Coli’s attempt.” LINDBERGH’S NEXT EFFORT FLIGHT TO AUSTRALIA NEW YORK, May 21. A message from St. Johns, Newfoundland, states that Captain Lindbergh passed eastward at 7.15 last (Friday) evening, New York time, and the French Cable Company announces receipt- of word that Lindbergh’s 'plane passed over llayeux, France, at 8 o’clock on Saturday evening. A St. Louis message states that lie cherishes the plan to be the first man to tty from the United States to Australia. According to Harry Knight, one of his backers, bo will first attempt to break the endurance record and then undertake a flight to Australia in two hops —-from the United States to Hawaii Islands, thence (o the eastern coast of Australia, a little north of Sydney. The flight in the Eellanpa ’plane with Chamberlain as pilot has been definitely cancelled. The Atlantic ha,s now been crossed by aeroplanes on seven occasions. Captain Lindbergh’s unique lone-handed flight making the seventh successful attempt in the world’s history. Trans-Atlantic flying started in May, 1919, when the United States naval plane NC4, piloted by Commander Albert C. Read, made I the trip from Nova Scotia to Portugal !by way of the Azores. A month later i the late Sir John Alcock, accompanied 1 by Sir. J. Whitten Brown, made their record non-stop flight from Newfound- | land to Ireland, a distance of 1890 miles, lin a Vickers-Vimy with twin Rollsi Royce engines. in 1924 the United | States aviators crossed the Atlantic in 1 the course of their round-the-world ; flight. In 1925, and again the following ’ year successful flights were made from Spain and Portugal to South America. More recently, the Marchese de Pinedo, in his present world flight, flew the 1432 miles from Port Cnuico, Cape Verde Islands to Fernando de Noronha, off the coast of Brazil, in the splendid time of 13) hours. If the Marchese is again successful in the return flight, which he has now commenced, it will be the eighth Atlantic crossing and he will be the first man to cross twice. Lighter-than-air machines have crossed the Atlantic twice, the British dirigible R 34 showing the way in July, 1919, when it flew from Scotland to Mineo'.n. The Zeppelin ZR7, later named the Los Angeles, winged it from Germany to Lakehurst, N.J., in 1924, when it was delivered to the United States Government, THE FLIGHT TO INDIA NO NEWS OF AVIATORS . ANXIETY CAUSED (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received May 23, noon). DELHI, May 22. The Army Department announces that there is no news of the fliers, Captain Carr and Gilhnan, journeying from England to India, since they crossed Germany. They should have arrived at Karachi this morning. Anxiety is felt regarding their whereabouts, and inquiries are being made along the route. Though the airmen aimed at reaching Karachi it; was expected that they would not stop there, but would fly to Calcutta, and create a new record. DE PINEDO’S RE-CROSSING NEW YORK., May 22. Telegrams froth Trepassey, Newfoundland, report that tile Marchese De Pinedo has planned to depart at sunset on a 1000-mile, flight over the Atlantic to Azores. He expects that most of 14 hours will be required for the flight in the darkness. It is reported that 101 b. weight of first-class mail at a charge of 50 cents per letter will be placed aboard the , ’plane to be mailed in Europe. ’ Trespassey Bav is gaily decorated with a medley of bunting and flags are flying from eacli fisherman’s cottage.