ACCOMPLISHED,
THE ATLANTIC NON-STOP FLIGHT HALIFAX TO IRELAND. VICKERS-VIMY MACHINE SUCCESSFUL. (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) [AUSTRALIAN A’ N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION]
(Received'This Day at 8 a.m.)
i VANCOUVER, June 14th. 8 p.m. Latest messages from Halifax state the Vickers-Vimy aeroplane is not reported. The steamer Digby, arriving, saw no trace, though she crossed the aeroplane’s route. LONDON, June 15. An 11.30 a.m., wireless from Clifden, Ireland, states the Vimy machine alighted at 9.40 a.m. | -- * | AFTER THE FLIGHT. | (Received This Day at 11.15 a.m.) i LONDON, June 15. Alcock and Brown are well and in good spirits, after their sixteen hours’ flight. The wireless propeller blew off shortly after leaving St. Johns. ] The wireless was much jammed by messages not intended for the machine, j The Vickers-Vimy aeroplane was due ito arrive in Ireland at noon. The weather was ideal. Alcock and Brown are in the best of health and spirits. Their . ,worst trouble was landing in boggy ground at Clifden, County Galway. The fuselage was buried at the.nose. • ( Alcock interviewed, said we were ( tired of being alone in the fog and drizzle. Sometimes we discovered that we were flying upside down. !
ALCOCK AND BROWN’S EXPERIENCES.
(Received this day at 11.25 a.m.) LONDON, June 15.«
Alcock and Brown were sixteen hours twelve minutes arriving at the wireless station at Clifden. They circled round the aerials looking for a landing and m falling slightly damaged the machine, landing in a bog. The Marconi staff rushed to their assistance and found Brown dazed and Alcock deaf from the shock of landing. The Staff escorted the aviators triumphantly, receiving them into a house where they soon were fully recovered. Brown states they were constantly in a thick fog and mist. Sometimes they found themselves flying at eleven thousand feet, and at other times upside down, ten feet from the water.
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Hokitika Guardian, 16 June 1919, Page 3
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