Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-04-21 | Page 1 | Bremen Relief Plane Halted by Pilot's Illness

V BREMEN RELiEF PLANE HAl HALTED no BY PILOTS PILOT'S ILLNESS Fever Keeps Floyd Bennett Bennett Bennett Ben Ben- nett in Bed at Lake Ste. Ste Agnes SCHILLER MAY SUB US U.S. Ship Insured for 70 76 Against Risks LAKE STE. STE AGNES Que April 21 ii By the Canadian Press Press-Ill- Press III- III ness ess of Floyd Bennett who is I confined to his bed has caused aused indefinite postponement of the flight night of the Ford plane to the relief of the Bremen which had been scheduled d for today Bennett who was copilot with Bernt Balchen Balch n on the light flight here from Detroit yesterday dev developed 3 a I high fever during the night and was s-as unable to leave his bed this morning Both Bennett and Bathen Balchen Bal Ba- c then chen e who h have e rec recently undergone gone tone gone extremes extremes' of temperatures temperatures' have save suffered from heavy colds SCHILLER MAY FLY Should it appear likely that Benett Bennett Bennett Ben Ben- nett ett will be unable to fly for tor some sometime time ime the substitution of ot C. C ADuke ADuke ADuke A. A Duke Schiller was being consid consid- ered red Schiller has already alread made one round trip by air to Greenly Greenl island and brought ht out Major lames James of the Dr Bremen crew rew The Ford plane was to Ilave bave taken aken parts to replace those broken in n the tue landing of or the Bremen and anda a I. I supply of sp special lal fuel to enable the he transatlantic plane to to proceed here lere en route ute for New York Tork NEW YORK April 21 Ahe AP- AP AP The he Bremen relief plane piloted by y Bernt Balchen and Floyd Bennett on a its way to Greenly island h has hs s be been een n insured for tor against practically all risks including crash Continued on page 5 BREMEN RELIEF PLANE HALTED BY PILOTS PILOT'S ILLNESS I Continued from page pase and fir fire firs Insurance ance officials said it was the tho first time as far as they knew knes' that American con compa companies pa- pa nies flies had insured a plane travelIng traveling traveling travel travel- ing off th the regular rout routes s on so se risky a flight The Time rate charged d was 7 per cent with damages under not collectable NEW YORK April 21 21 i AP A- A P Difficulties confront the mon monoplane plane Bremen in a takeoff from froni Greenly island Conditions were des described here by two vo photographers photograph rs on th their lr return from a visit to the stranded German fliers DROP OF 20 FEET There is almost a a. straight drop of 20 feet from lom the island to the tIme river ice ice froth from where the time takeoff must be made said Ray nay Fernstrom Fern Fern- strom stream Paramount News Associated ted Press cameraman who with E Edward Ed- Ed ward vard N. N Jackson photographer for forthe forthe i ithe the New ew York ork Daily Dally News flew to Greenly island nd in the time second re relief relief re- re lief hief plane to reach that lonely spot Time The gre great t difficulty difficult said Fernstrom is to get g-et the time plane lane down tha that t sh Shai s-haip s Ilp 1 incline Dr C Cui- Cui i. i who flew to Greenly Island with Duke Dule Schiller has been directing directing- the building of ot a ramp of boards for which work na natives natives natives na- na tives have volunteered but I think it will wm still be a hazardous job