THE ATLANTIC FLIGHT

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19828, 30 April 1927, Page 11

THE ATLANTIC FLIGHT

FRENCH ACE TO TRY ONE-EYED AIRMAN HIS AIDE. PARIS, April 26. Captain Charles Nungesser, one of the French World War aces, whose acrobatics in the air have thrilled hundreds of thousands, announced to-day that ho would attempt a Now York-Paris flight ! some time during the summer. I He is working on plans with Lieutcni ant Coli, the one-eyed airman, whose ambition to fly the Atlantic is well known. Captain Nungesser, who was divorced Tjy his wife, Consuelo Hatmaker, is prominent in Paris and New York society. He hopes to win not only the 25,000 dollar prize offered by Raymond Ortieg, but the standing prize cup of ; the French morning newspaper, the i Matin. I The two airmen expect to use a 450- ! horsepower machine carrying 800 gal- ! lons of gasoline. The airplane now un- • der construction will have a continuous , flying capacity of 45 hours at an aver | age speed of 150 kilometers an hour. i Such a plane, it is estimated, will ! make possible, a trip of 6,730 kilometers or 750 kilometers in excess of the actual distance between the Paris air station of Le Bourget and Roosevelt Field on Long Island.