Show i I Fife Fliers Flier ra I ve at Azo t sea seaBy I a By c Pr Pre l o rO 1 In an 17 the rhe rheo cur l NC under Commander In lahl Its Mer Alb Albert rt S S. S I t nut first r objective i m In n the e at having bland and d of arr oC t his Faya I Azores h after shin b t k na her e way from s N P. P 1 In n lu 15 hours m n. n 1 8 and fc CJ I bay under Ul wi 1 k T L L. Lieutenant nt com com- C mUl m- m f the C 4 a s or of Corn but LUl the NC 3 lacy kit i il t reported John u H. H AC Tow row 1 time Ilme nt at 15 a. a m. m C nt luca df on as 13 of h her cou course e page 21 J Ji I i DIFFiCULT lT lArf LAP lAr OF f FLIGHT HT C COVERED VR Success Looms in Attempt to Pilot Plane Over Atlantic I Continued from pa page 1 gom somewhere bet between betteen een station ships 17 F Fand and 18 about miles from rom Horta Original plans were for or the thc planes to lind at Ponta Ponto lJ Delgada l ada and It ma may maybe maybe be bEl that thc the NC 1 and NC 3 will continue continue continue con con- on to thai that port which is about miles east cast of or Horta I Fog oJ evidently c caused Commander Read Head to land at Horta and officials here hero assumed that after taking fuel from the cruiser Columbia Columbia Columbia Co Co- Co- Co lumbia he continue to Ponta Ionta Delgada to spend the nl night ht before taking flight for Cor or Lisbon Portugal al on the lImo next I leg J of oC th the overseas o voyage The official dispatch to tho the na navy nade de department department department de- de said The Thie 4 NC arrived at nt Horta Island of oC Fayal Azores at 1 1220 1 0 The time given was apparently con confused used in some way war and amid could not be bo translated accurately I into Washington ton time but was taken to mean S O a. a m. m Time The NC 1 C left Trepassey N. N F. F at p. p m. m yesterday which would make her time fourteen hours and thirteen minutes for the 1 mile 1200 flight light to Horta An Ar I intercepted message from the NC 4 said ald she had ll pa passed sed station ship 22 at 8 10 a. a m. m Washington ashington time and that the weather was fog foggy a which was taken here to account for 01 the tho landing at Horta rather than proceeding proceed proceed- In ing to Ponta Delgada No word has reached the department from rom tho the NC 1 since she sho passed station station station sta sta- tion ship 2 22 seventy five miles from rom Horta thirty minutes behind the NC C The last report from the NC flagship of the seaplane division was wh when n she passed massed station ship 13 at 25 a. a m. m Washington time A later dl dispatch patch said the NC 1 passed passel station ship 19 l' at 6 14 a a. in iii Washington time while the 3 NC was off ocr her course somewhere lome here he between tween station station station sta sta- tion ships 17 Ii and IS 18 about miles from Horta at 5 15 a. a m. m Washington time The navy department later corrected the he time of oC th the arrival of the NC 4 C- C Cat at Horta according to the official report to read 90 a. a m. m Washington time lime which would make the tho time o of the flight night fifteen hours and thirteen minutes minutes min mm- utes from Trepassey ba bay The Thc intercepted message from the NC 3 C 3 received ed at at 5 Hi a a. a. a in Washington time read We c are of off our course somewhere between 17 11 and 18 station ships Another message relayed to the department de dc- IC- IC was one from rom the NC 4 sent at 7 35 a. a in Washington time saying she had sighted land hand It read We picked up land again Think It t is Pico This referred na navy officials daIs said to the top of ot the mountain which forms torms the western extremity of oi the he Azores group roup TH THE E LAME LAM E DUCK S Commander Read reached Horta several hours ahead of oC the schedule time Ime time officials having ln estimated that twenty hours would be bo required for forthe forthe the he seaplanes to reach I Inta Del Delgada ada Had lad h he continued to that port at his average flight speed he lie would have covered lIl the tue 1300 miles mile s in a little more than han seventeen se hours The NC 4 t C wu was vas the lame duck of ot ho lIH the division from the Hie time lime It started from rom Rockaway Beach Long Island Three of the four our Liberty motors which drove rove the ship to the Azores were vero installed after It let left Rockaway Beach because of or trouble with tho the orl original motors Commander Read was forced to toland toland land and at Chatham Light Mass on tho the first le leg of his flight lJ ht to land and He lie remained at Chatham for tor several days repairing He lie again was forced breed to make a landing on the wa way from Halifax to to make mako repairs and at Trepassey another new motor was put in the plane before It started overseas o Despite these handicaps handicaps handicaps han han- the time NC 4 led the wa way to tho the Azores practically all night GREATNESS OF FEAT While the performance of oC tho the NC 4 C 4 is viewed a as the time most spectacular lar Jar aviation achievement in the hl history history his his- tory of or heavier than air all craft emU Commander Commander Com Corn mander manner Read has not equaled the Am American navy record either for Cor duration duration dura dura- ura- ura tion or distance In seaplane flying lying The greatness of ol the feat lat It was t ald said lies In the fact that It was entirely overseas O On last April 25 5 Lieutenant Commander Commander Com Corn mander H. H B n. Grow piloted the tho navy seaplane F 5 for twenty hours and ten minutes continuous flight light in the tho vicinity of oC Hampton Roads Va covering coy cov ering a total of oC 1250 miles Tho rho I F 5 5 however circled around in the tho region of oC the air station In her endurance test S. S |