ATLANTIC CROSSED

Southland Times, Issue 21430, 26 June 1931, Page 7

ATLANTIC CROSSED

SUCCESSFUL FLIGHT TWELVE-YEAR-OLD RECORD BROKEN 5 “A REAL JOYRIDE” (United Press Assn.—By Telegraph—Copyright.) London, June 24. The record for an Atlantic flight, which was established in 1919 by the English airmen Sir John Alcock and Sir Whitton Brown, was broken to-day when, 15 hours 48 minutes after leaving Harbour Grace, an American airman, Willy Post, accompanied by a former Australian naval cadet, Harold Gatty, landed at an aerodrome'near Chester. They beat the record which has stood for 12 years by 24 minutes. Post and Gatty landed at 11.45 this morning and left for Berlin at 2.5 in the afternoon. "Hullo, England, we’ve done it!” was Gatty and Post’s greeting as they stepped out. at the aerodrome. “It has been a splendid trip throughout,” said Gatty, “a real joyride with smooth conditions the whole way excepting the first few hours.” The flyers wasted no time. They filled up the petrol tanks, hastily examined the machine and took off again. AIRMEN REACH BERLIN. (Rec. 7.0 p.m.) London, June 25. The airmen Post and Gatty were clamorously welcomed at Berlin. They leave for Moscow to-morrow. Gatty is a Tasmanian and was formerly with the Union Steamship Company. DEPARTURE FOR MOSCOW. (Rec. 11.50 p.m.) Berlin, June 25. Post and Gatty have departed for Moscow.