THE TRANS-ATLANTIC FLIGHT.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 1991, 17 June 1919, Page 3

THE TRANS-ATLANTIC FLIGHT.

yiCKERS-VIMY PLANE STARTS. St. Johns, June 14. A Vickers-ATmy aeroplane, with pilot Aleoek and Navigator A. W. Brown, left Newfoundland at 4.13 p.m., Greemvieh time (or 32.5 New York time) hound on a trans-Atlan-tic flight to England. London, June 15. A wireless from Clifden, Ireland, states that the Vimy machine alightcd at 0.40 a.in. , FLYING ITS IDE DOWN. . London, June 15. The A' ickeis-A'imy aeroplane was due to arrive in Ireland at noon. The weather was ideal. Later. —Aleoek "and Brown are in the best of health and spirits. Their worst trouble was lauding in boggy ground at Clifden County, Galway. The fuselade was buried at the nose. Aleoek, when interviewed, said: “A\ e were tired of being alone in the fog and drizzle. Sometimes we discovered we were flying upside down.” ATLANTIC LIGHTSHIPS. London, June 7. In an interview, Tower, the commander of the United States N.C.4, said: “I "predict that within five years there will be a chain of international lightships, each being a meteorological station, which will

patrol the ocean along the trans- , ocean air route. This will mean a V-~ large initial expenditure, but will be . well worth while, as such lightships

will be able to aid vessels as well as airships. Such a patrol would put trans-Atlantic flying on a substantial basis. The first chain could be established via Azores, since that is the best flying course, but a chain between Newfoundland and Ireland is also practicable. A lightship every 500 miles would be ■necessary.”