AVIATORS "ON THE AIR"

Radio Record, Volume I, Issue 49, 29 June 1928, Page 5

AVIATORS "ON THE AIR"

THE TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT SPEECHES BROADCAST, TUT NACCOMDAN IED by the uproar of * gtreet celebrations and unhurried by weleoming crowds, the crew of the ‘plane Dremen recently told the audiences of WOR, New York, and Columbia Broadcasting System stations about their trip from Baldonnel to Greenly Island. Baron yon Huenefeld was the first of the famous trio to speak, and his remarks seemed to concern the fin:..cial preparations for the aerial expecition, As on the occasion of the ec. « banquet, his words were not easily understood, but his gratitude for the honours accorded him was unmistakable and gracious,

(CAPTAIN KOEHL, the second principal in the three-cornered broadeast, told his version of the flight in German. To this unpractised linguist, the captain’s description seemed fervent and full of adjectves; though just what was said remains a mystery. Major Fitzmaurice commenced his tale with the news that he and his German companions had made separate and unsuccessful attempts to fly across {°e Atlantic last year. After describ-| ing the Baldonnel preliminaries to the Bremen flight he took up the detailed account of the actual flight, with data as to altitude and weather coupled effectively to notes anent food and feelings. His speech was the longest of the three, as was to be expected, and before it was over his voice was hoarse. The broadeast, arranged by the sponsizs O£ the Kolster hour, set out to } sent the first calm radio appearance ot the aviators and to let them tell their stories as they would. It achieved its ‘pose fully and did so with an absence o£ announcerial hoop-la that was refreshing,