ATLANTIC FLIGHT

Hokitika Guardian, 17 June 1929, Page 6

ATLANTIC FLIGHT

(United Press. AssociationtV-BV Electric! ...... . Telegraph— . . YELLOW BIRD LANDS. ■ • REACHES SPAIN. >'•" ' : • ’■•v.'i y : f LONDON, Jiine 14. The - Yellow Bird landed at Santandre at 9.30 a.m. MADRID. June 15. The aeroplane Yellow Bird landed on the beach near Comilles. Her fuel was practically exhausted and her radiator was almost dry when she landed. The reports of a stowaway being on board are verified by the crew, who are well. ' w • wPARTS, June 15. Anxious crowds gathered at Le Bourget to await the aviators’ coming in the Yellow Bird.> Others congregated round the big newspaper, , offices, where progress reports were posted. After hours of increasing anxiety, the news of the plane’s landing in Spain was received with great enthusiasm for the completion of the first French trans-Atlantic flight. MADRID, June 15. When the plane Yellow Bird struck the Spanish coast it attempted to ■ continue along the coast, but it later landed, not caring to risk a crossing off the Bay of Biscay in the darkness, in view of its shortage of petrol. The machine continues its flight to Paris to-morrow. THE BOY’S EXTRA WEIGHT. CAUSES PETROL TO BE LOST. MADRID, J[une 15. Assoland blames the extra weight of the stowaway for failing 'to reach Paris. Nevertheless, when the aeroplane landed, he jumped out good-hum-.'ouredly and presented the boy to the (cheering crowd as “ Our unexepcted guest.”' ; The aviators were not angry, with the boy, and refused to hand him over to the police. The wireless operator stated : “"He (the hoy) shared our risks, and he is one of us, and now we intend to make sure that he sees Paris, and then we 'will ship him home. He had the nerve and we are proud of him.” MADRID, June 15. Assolant discloses that the weight of the stowaway., whose presence was not discovered until the “Yellow Bird ” . was some time in the air, necessitated throwing overboard a quantity of petrol, the plane being unable to rise sufficiently, and later they jettisoned the...staler., The Spanish authorities are rushing a starter and. petrol to Stantander by air. • ' Lotti is not disposed to Maine the 'hoy Schreiber' for his failure to 'reach Le Bourget, but rather the elements, which were bad for two-thirds of the way, and notably oyer the. last section, when they were battling against a violent gale, which forced the 1 Yellow Bird” southward. The flight averaged 112 miles per hour. This is the fastest flight since Alcock’s.'flight, at the rate of 118 miles hourly. MADRID, July 16. Lotti wirelessed to United States that the crossing was bad. For at least two thirds of the distance he was hampered by clouds, wind and rain. They struck a violent four hour tempest and were unable to keep the steamship sourse, being forced southward to escape storms. FLIGHT TO ENGLAND. START THIS WEEK. SYDNEY, June- 16. i Kingsford Smith tested the Southern Cross "in a flight over Richmpnd, the machine behaving well. The Governor-General, Lord Stonehaven, was aboard at the controls, while the plane was circling over the aerodrome. - Kingsford Smith hopes to start before the next week-end on the flight for England, the first stage being a non-stop flight to Derby, in the Northern territory. The crew will he the same as before.