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Show Globe Fliers Span Atlantic ARRIVE AT BERLIN IN MONOPLANE Aces Refusing To Rest Push On To Moscow In Attempt To Set New Around-the-World Record; Both Tired BERLIN, ..June 24. (U.R) The monoplane Winnie Mae flashing around the world, arrived ar-rived here at 8:30 p. m. from Hanover, Germany, where it made a brief halt after spanning span-ning the Atlantic during the night. The fliers, Wiley Post and Harold Gatty, brought their speedy craft down here before be-fore proceeding to Moscow. They were utterly exhausted exhaust-ed after nearly 36 hours of almost .continuous .flyipg. LIVERPOOL, Eng., June 24 (IIP) Wiley 'Post . and Harold Gatty, after a successful flight across the Atlantic, landed their monoplane Winnie Mae at the Sealand airdrome, air-drome, near Chester today, and proceeded pro-ceeded on their way around the world after a brief halt. The daring' fliers came down at the airdrome at 1 p. m. but despite the strain of their dash from New York to Newfoundland and across the Atlantic in little more than 14 hours, refused to rest but took off with the intention of flying at least as far as Berlin and perhaps to' Moscow. Seek 10-Day Record First word that fliers had niado the year's first crossing of 'the North Atlantic came when they passed over Bangor, Wales, 40 minutes' min-utes' before reaching Chester. The fliers left at 2:05 p. m. after a halt of an hour. They were cheerful cheer-ful and received the congratulations congratula-tions of airport attaches smilingly, predicting with quiet confidence that their stout plane would carry them around the world in the amazing time of ten days. Post .and Gatty ' left Harbor Grace, Newfoundland, at 2:27 p. m. E.S.T. yesterday, and flew the distance dist-ance of approximately 2,850 miles to Chester in 16 hours and 33 niin-utes niin-utes at high speed. Their start from New York was made at 3:56 a. m. E.S.T. yesterday. The flight to Newfoundland requiring requir-ing 7 hours and 49 minutes, the elapsed time from New York to Chester was 27 hours and 4 minutes. min-utes. ' ' , Post and Gatty Jooked wonderfully wonder-fully fit. They said they were hardly tired after their flight and their appearance confirmed it. "We hope to finish the flight even in better time than we had expected." The flight from Harbor Grace, with favorable winds, was made at a fast average of approximately 160 miles an hour. |