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Show ONE GREAT STUNT SAYS COMMANDER British Flyers Made Wonderful Wonder-ful Achievement and Worthy of Admiration. BREST. June 16. (By the Associated Associat-ed Press) "One great stunt," was tho comment of Lieut. Commander Albert C. Read, of the American seaplane NC-4. the first heavier-than-air ma-chine ma-chine to crosfl the Atlantic, to the correspondent cor-respondent today on the successful flight of Captain Alcock and Lieutenant Lieuten-ant Brown. "While there is nothing which will add much information to the art of aviation as a result of tho flight," he continued, "it was a wonderful, nervj thinp to attempt, and a magnificent achievement. I have much admiration ami re.npfct for men who attempted the groat feat in face of such odds. It required re-quired a machine built of the best material, ma-terial, but, above all, staunch determination deter-mination and unflinching com tge They also made the attempt at the right time " Commander John II Towers, of the NC-3. had this to say: "It was a splendid feat." Commander ToWers, Commander Read and Lieu' Commanders Little and Richardson will leavo hero for the United States tomorrow on the transport trans-port Zeppelin. oo |