Show II ITALIAN AllAN AIRMEN STOP SlOP AT AI NATAL Forced Back by Terrific Rain and nd Hail HailStorm Storm By U. U G. G KEENER United Press Staff Correspondent RIO DE JANEIRO July Two 6 Two cal calm Italian t lian fliers s Arturo r ur Ferrarin and Carl Del D'el Prete today to day had established a new long distance flight record in a moment moment- momentous ou ous mile trip from Rome to Beach near Natal Brazil They landed there at p. p m in last night to locate the big landing fIeld at Natal and then tool took of off again tryIng to locate better landing fIeld where they could get supplies for theIr Savola- Savola Marchetti monoplane The fliers had been In the aIr for 51 hours 24 mInutes when they first landed on the Natal municipal bea beach h near tile the river Ceara and the I Mirio falls faUs BREAK RECORD They had broken the llie long distance distance dis- dis tance flIght record made by Ciarence Clar Ciar- ence and Charles A. A Levine who flew miles to Germany from New York last yu year The flight of these two former fonner ItalIan war fliers was as spectacular lar as It was carefully planned d. d The Sa vola Savoia-Marchetti grey monoplane monoplane mono mono- plane capable ot of miles an hour had been prepared secretly for the great test As a prelimInary test the two airmen took the machine aloft and broke the endurance flight record ot of Captain George Hald man and Eddie Stinson Then they pronounced the craft r ready ady for Its great challenge of the south Atlantic Tuesday evening tile the craft cratt was loaded with Its five and one halt tons of fuel with sandwiches wInes coffee and fruit and the fUels fliers appeared appeared ap- ap for a start Reports from the ocean said that flyIng conditions were were not tile the best SHRUGS AT WEATHER Ferrarin met this report wIth a shrug of his shoulders We expect to make It We greet our Latin brothers Ferrarin saId At 7 30 P. P m. m Rome time the motors mo- mo tors of the tho great plane pIano were roarIng roaring roar roar- roar roar- Ing and at P. P m. m the plane was away The plane made terrific speed It whirled through the unknown aIr course at a sp ep ranging ranging- from to mlle s an hour Constant radio radio communications Continued on page 6 I IT ITALIAN ALlAN AIRMEN STOP AT NATAL 1 Continued from page were maintained with Rome nome with land stations and with ships at sea I and Del Preto Prete bad baa determined determined deter deter- mined on on Buenos Duenos Aires as their destination and and yesterday afternoon afternoon after after- noon when hen the craft had first t appeared appeared ap- ap over Brazil the two to Italians struck a direct course down the coast hoping to continue on their memorable flight to Buenos Duenos Aires Aires- a distance of about miles FLYOVER NATAL The aviators a were sighted ap- ap Natal from n. n northeast northeast- rl e-rl direction Tb They y were wele at an altitude attitude at- at of about 1200 feet and over the cIty they descended sharply to n. n heIght ot of between and I feet The plane circled the city once then started southward At p. p m m. m the plane returned bu Beach and made a landing It Was as pointed out here that probably the aviators had been bee looking for the airfield airfield air air- field at Natal during the afternoon and tailing failing to find It had started southward hoping to rC Rio de deJaneiro Janeiro Presumably then the fliers started started start start- ed searching for tor the most likely landing spot and this resulted In n their landing on the beach TAKE OFF AGAIN FindIng no to welcome them there the they decided to continue I southward and took oft off from the I smooth flat beach and again headed head head- ed south hoping to fInd a more favorable landing place South ot of Natal they encountered a terrific raIn and hall hail storm and therefore turned northward again and the Natal station reported that the plane was seen shortly afterwards afterwards after after- wards flying firing steadily towards San Sann n Roque que PERNA PERNAMBUCO Brazil July 6 AP Captain Arturo Ferrarin and Carlo P. P Del prete Italian I aviators arrived d at Port Natal by automobile from Touros this mornIn morn morn- In ing |