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Show I more than 500 feet the big gas bag exploded. - will resume her journey to this, port tomorrow, to-morrow, weather permitting. For ten hours the NC-1 and KC-3 were out of touch so far as Ponta del Gnda was concerned. Their positions were located lo-cated by means of directional wireless after the lapse of that period of time. The first attempt to cross the Atlantic At-lantic by the air route was made by Melvin Vaniman in a dirigible balloon named the America, October 10, 1910. He set sail from Atlantic City. When two days out the craft encountered a storm and Vaniman and his crew were picked up on the eighteenth by the steamship Treat, 375 miles east of Norfolk. Nor-folk. Vaniman 's eecond attempt, in the Akron, July 1, 1912, from Atlantic City, resulted in his death and that of his four companions. At a height of TWO OF SQUADRON LOSE THEIR BEARINGS WHEN N EARING GOAL POXTA DET, GADA, May 17. (By the Associated Press.) Two of the three American seaplanes which left Trepassey, N. F.. for the Azores last nijrht lobt their bearings in the heavy fo? off the northeast north-east coast of the Azores today, whon almost al-most within reach of their goal. The NC-4 arrived at Horta, hut the NC-3, which alighted off Fayal, is belns sought tonight by destroyers, with which it is in wirele? 5 communication. Naval officers here believ It la in no danger and will ba found before daylight, bavin? come down to. await the lifting of the fog. which greatly hampered flying. The NC-4. wnose objective was Font del Gada. is now sheltered in the harbor at Horta, where she a it i v e d at 13:25 Greenwich time (9:23 a. m. New York time). The commander of this plane 1 ! deemed it w1?e to alight because of the unfavorable weather, after making what Ms believed to be a record ion -distance overseaB trip. The NC-4. It is announced. |