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Show DEATH OFTEN NEAR AS TWO BREAK RECORD Dangers of Attempted Nonstop Non-stop Flight Recounted By Pilots. WASHINGTON, Nov. 4. IBy International Inter-national Newa Serviee non-stop distance airplane flight records were shattered by Lieutenants John A. Mac-Ready Mac-Ready and Oakley ECelley in their dash I L'.Otin mil, s from San Dlcgo, California, Cali-fornia, to Indianapolis, officials of the army air service Informed International Interna-tional News Service tonight. The longest previous record was that n .oh- on June 14, 1919, from St-Johns, St-Johns, Newfoundland, to Cllfden, Ireland Ire-land by Captain John Alcock and Sir A. "W. j'.rown They made 19 36 miles in 16 hours. FLY IV STORM ! oaytox, o.'. Nov. 4. Lieutenants J. . Mae Heady and Oakley Kelley, army avlatots. who wf re foiced to land near Indianapolis this morning after completing "J 0 U 0 miles In an at-tempted at-tempted hori-StOP flight from San I Meg,, to N ew York, arrived at Mc-Cook Mc-Cook aviation field here at 12.L", 'O'clock today and reported to Major T II. Lane, their commanding officer. offi-cer. J In giving to Major Bane their flrt official report of the flight, the airmen air-men revealed that during their nearly pO hours in the air, they were In the midst of 8 storm ami rain for 11 hours land 30 minutes In crossing the mountains the wind Was BO strong that it threatened sev eral limes to turn their ship over DEATH OFTEN NEAR. "At various times I thought the end was near," Lieutenant Kelly said. ' I ean safely say that two men never re nearei death than when the high winds In the passes of the Rockies seil us about like a toy. 'At one time we were flying smooth-ly smooth-ly at an altitude of 6800 feet when suddenly a cliff loomed in front of us. I began to guide the ship to avoid crashing and by a mere chance I was successful In scaling the top of a precipice preci-pice by about three feet. "Our first intimation of real trouble 'eame when he notice, the. water leak I While passing over Kansas. ' We made every effort to keep our 'radiator cool by using up our reserve Supply of v. ater, and Jokeyed until m I reached Indianapolis. There we made a final Inspection of the ship and Ifound that the motor was so hot that lit would not permit us to go farther. We made the landing without trouble." trou-ble." MAY TRY AGAIN. Disappointed but not discouraged by their failure to finish the flight to New York, both fliers Indicated that they want to repeat the attempt from San Diego if the war department will give its consent. Lieutenant MacReady, replying to a question, said that although' In the air 32 hours as against 25 on the flight ending today, the regent endurance flight over San Diego was not nearlj as nerve wracking as the distance voyage. voy-age. 'The wlnd; in lhe mountains made the difference between the comparative compara-tive safety of the flight over San Dlcgo and the dangers of the eastward voyage." voy-age." he said. m j:r' Lost wai "We did not lose our way during the entire trip, as our instruments worked perfectly and informed us at all times of our location and the direction in which we wero traveling. "Friday night we experienced heavy cross winds which caused us to use much precaution. The ship worked perfectly with the exception of the defective water line " Lieutenant MacReady Is the holder of the world's altitude record and Lieutenant Kelly is one of the most expert ex-pert dlstanco flyers In the air service. 00 |