Show Bf Byrd L I G gress in T Transatlantic ra s il ti F Flight 0 1 merica peets n W Way ay High Up II Clo dy Skies Skie I M Messages CI Clearly arly Jeard eard by Listeners Along l ng Coast CoastES ES FOG BANKIe BANK Ie Skirts Shore Before H Heading ading to to toSea Sea 1 I EVELT EVELT FIELD N. N June Commander Richard E. E lessed the following mes mes- Ithe Transoceanic anic company I p p. p m m. m eastern daylight time v in good condition Head re bothering us Cape Race Racel l last st station we will raise on onI I st. st t Regards to to all the han han- w IF AX X N. N S S. S June ne 29 B By the then ri n Press Press Press-At At 2550 E. E D. D T. T dr der Byrd was approaching off the cording According to i cross bearings ed d government y Canadian st stations ns X N T. T S. S June Jun 2 29 By the Comma Comma Commander der Rl Rich Rich- h- h Byrd In his hisS hisSa m a at covered the length lenth pf of Scotia cotia today on his nonstop In three hours and I minutes bettering Colonel Lindbergh's LIdbergh's time time of a al i l earlier b by one hour and five America merIca arrived off the coast at 10 0 a. a m. m eastern I aId left the north- north of th the province at kt 30 berlins aberlin's time In the tile Colum- Colum h sl slower than han that of he Spirit o of ot St St. St Louis or the thet alt t oving weather r conditions fa- fa fahe the he fliers as they headed for In brilliant sund sun- sun and d' d with na no- fog in sight eWt ver low over Louls tl making certain of f their departure oft departure f over the Gulf Lar nce to Ne New Kew v O q 1 N N. NS S. S June 29 AP AP- AP Jo i g messages signed by bynder byrider j rider der Byrd were intercepted wire viro our b best st r regards gards to id f and crew W We are keep keep- harp lookout for Nungesser does loes not help us at surf surface ce mile We think we ting some sc scientific data ascend message read lessage for good old Floyd Tell ve him we miss him like 4 k ns and are thinking of oJ E I I IFORD N. N S. S June 29 United fr- fr The The America was reported ten miles from I- I Mali Ian an- an 1229 12 9 daylight t time rne today FAX FAC N N. S. S June 29 AP APi- APi P Pj j erica erics passed over Martins Martin's forty miles west of Hali- Hali 11 10 eastern daylight time I r ing Commander Byrd ping King ij very high Thick fog is off the coast with wit little or uander nander Byrd Bird flew over Bed- Bed north of at eastern daylight time Ume He ping away from the fog og oga a along ong the coast t. t JOHNS N. N 1 F F. J June jane ne 29 AP P aver Newfoundland this noon ned d to shut off any sight of ot Continued on page 6 America Speeds son on Way day way High mL gh Up T in in Cloudy Skies ContInued Continued from page 1 1 The America when It reaches here Similar conditions were re reported reported re- re ported in messages from Cape Race The wind was nort northeast BRIDGEWATER N. N S. S June 29 AP Residents AP-Residents Residents of Cooks Cook's Falls near here sighted an airplane pointed point point- ed for Halifax at 10 1055 55 a. a m. m eastern eastern eastern east east- ern daylight time today The plane was flying high and the Identification tion marks could not be seen t METEGHAN 1 N. N S. S June 29 APAn AP API APIAn An An airplane flying very high was sighted here shortly after 10 a. a m m. eastern da daylight light time today It was headed toward vard Halifax HALIFAX N. N S. S June 29 AP AP- AP Unfavorable flying weather was reported reported reported re re- re- re ported from St St. Johns Newfoundland Newfound Newfound- land at 9 30 a a. a m m. eastern daylight tim time A northwest wind was blow- blow Ing lag and the sky was overcast with occasional showers A dense fog was visible off the coast BOSTON June 29 AP AP-A AP A message meSsage message mes meS- sage from Commander Byrd picked up at the navy yard here at 8 41 a. a m. m said The America was vas half haIr way between Cape Cod and arid Yarmouth Yar Yarmouth Yar Yar- mouth N. N S. S The message read The America Is halfway between Capo Cape Cod and Yarmouth N. N S. S weather clearing slightly Emp Empty y cans of gas causing trouble to com com- com com- pass We Ve hope it will be relieved when we throw empty cans over over- board The message was was vas picked up by a coast guard station at Nahant where the name of the destroyer was not revealed It indicated that the intrepid airmen airmen air air- men mn had completed the first leg of or their flight and had left well behl the eastern coast of the Unit States which they had follow closely as they swung up Long Iland I Iland land sound and over Cape Cod The early hours of the flight w we made through weather conditio which were never favorable a AJ which varied from mist to rain rain raIna a generally thick weather Less than an hour before the N hant station placed the plane t c Gloucester it had been sighted pas pa pasing ing Tag over Pro Provincetown on the t 1 Continued on page 7 7 RICA ICA A SPEEDS V WAY A t HIGH UP IN IN CLOUDY SKIES Continued from page 6 Cod headed beaded In a northeast on n n on a line that should take across the Gulf GuU of Maine va va Scotia Intervals in the morning It Its IS ss had bad been noted by observing ing ng the Long Island sound In island and at Plymouth A Ae Age ge e picked up here lere at told seventy five miles due R was waS o. o Boston and reported It had passed over Cape Cod It O NOTES PROGRESS sages from the plane were wereth th rip by many stations as It coast and all Indicated tup up p the the 1 ct ry progress although for f period while passing over 1 Island its traffic signals had Iliad Later however ho r. r they e rd distinctly and came came es esy es- es s- s y clear to the Nahant Naha t staS sta sta- f S TO TOX June 29 The AP-The The i Hf Cliff naval r radio dlo compass n int Intercepted the following ige ge e from the America at 9 u 4 eastern astern stern daylight time tUng chilly Flying 1 at altitude ver er er one half mile All my slap slap- 4 doing doing th their lr Jobs like men 4 STON June 29 At AP-At AP At 9 eastern eai ern n daylight time a a. radio p ilM ge e from the America inter- inter t d at the navy yard rard here said 11 wenty ty miles ml west of f Yarmouth x l OVID VIDE NCE CE R. R I I. I June 29 AP race erace r e Young amateur radio op- op r up the following age gl from Byrd to the Radio A 4 rat on of America at 6 o'clock d time lime traffic automatic autom Uc signals fi gone gone bad Everything E els else 1 BYRD I rt Ia a By the Associated Press rough screening fogs and 1 the giant monoplane Ica roared oared its way today along ova oa Scotia shore headed away Paris aris after a from Roose- Roose I field f Long Jong Island at 5 24 a a. a m. m rn daylight time i mander mander Byrd flying wIthIe with Ie in his three- three red Fokker had compass compas t le oyer the sea midway from fromi i Cod to Nova Ko Scotia due to extra gas tanks The trouble t. t adjusted and nd the America ij 10 o clock o'clock was vas I N N. S. S It was at athan han ban that Lindbergh hit Nova Kova j ion on 11 the nose on his flight to toI I Byrd Byrd plane reeled off the thee e miles illes from front Roosevelt field in tr hours and f thirty four ur minutes minute 4 bust one minute longer time Ume than Lindbergh storms that have blocked a J t during the more than a month l e half halt that the Byrd plane has waiting at the field seemed i iii night to be as great an obstacle ver er But in the early hours Commander Byrd my announced th that t despite the theer theer her er mans man's report he pe had leave I went forward in a a 8 like ess-like manner and shortly a 5 o'clock Commander B Byrd rd this crew Bert Acosta George GeorgeIe pe Ie Is and Bernt Balchen Balch en drove trove Ithe plane T. T Harold Kin Kin- Wright motor expert climbed land tuned p t tie the motors FAREWELL crew waved a a. last farewell to their places and signalled i ve vo her the gun A mechanic g behind the plane slashed restraining rope rope as as the en- en and the great ship down the incline and whir and whirred red field m the misty light my Iny dawn t J tenths of a a. mile It drove 5 Ithe the field and then slowly Ugh the men inside were lit lift v r main strength it WI upward and soared into the j it takeoff was the occasion for forr r or r that Kinkade had stowed i 1 5 l 1 away as a fifth man in the J II Yesterday afternoon Byrd old told him that h M he would like to 1 the motor expert along And Andade F j b ade d de' de replied Well Wen you may mayme me et et th there re at after r you get away p confided o to reporters to attempt to stow i aid when he was not s seen n to toRd J 1 S Rd d froth the plane after tuning i mot was believed that 11 actually d d. d actu lly gone d living iving back At the hangar about r in n hour aft after r the America had hade be e ground Kinkade said a five five- 1 ver ve- ve r tin of or tea belonging to fo Comit Com- Com mander Byrd made him decide to tor r remain maln b behind Byrd and his crew he said checked over Various supplies supplies supplies sup sup- plies to see if room could be made for Kinkade They discarded first the mud guards on the landing gear then a a. pair of moccasins and two cans of ot oil DROPS OUT OUT Then said Kinkade they were about to throw off the commanders commander's pound five tin of tea teu That decided decIde me I figured figurell they would n need ed to tos s save ve all the weight they could in order to buck the headwinds that are awaiting them of off Newfoundland Newfound Newfound- land I 1 immediately came of oft off the ship Kinkade appeared disappointed Cheer up tida aid a friend to him Maybe you'll fly back from Paris to this country what Im I'm going to do he answered He lie added that he would sail for fOl France today oday aboard the President Harding taking with him spare parts for the Amer Americas America's mo mo- mo tors r AT CONTROLS Acosta was at the controls on the on-the the takeoff and Byrd w was s in the navigators navigator's navigators navigator's navigators navigator's navi navi- gators gator's cabin with Noville and Balchen After the plane had left and while newspaper telegraph ph Wires were chattering with accounts of the takeoff In the hangar the spectators spectators spectators tors stood about in groups on the field discussing the he and speculating on t the 10 fliers fliers' chances for success It was generally agreed that the theman man who commanded the first plane ever to fly over the north pole would w have no great difficulty dif dif- in following an air trail that h has s already been twice brazed LOSING PRESTIGE Despite his repeated assertions that he was In Inno no hurry however it was generally believed that Byrd left when he did today at least partly because he felt that he was losing prestige It became known that he was was receiving in recent days many sarcastic letters letters' and telegrams telegrams telegrams tele tele- grams concerning the delays of ot his flight flight- and is i was thought these telegrams telegrams' might have carried enough weight with him to tip the balance In favor o ot of a takeoff when the weather became fairly favor favor- able The America will follow the magnetic course most of ot the way to Paris making a a. Journey of ot miles or 27 miles longer than the great circle course with which it almost coincides The distance From here to Newfoundland 1143 miles from Newfoundland to Bray Bray Bray- head 1900 miles making a a. a total of ot miles from Roosevelt field I ld to From to Paris Fans the distance is miles milts |