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''tlnunlly had to climb up in the fuselage
to chin off the ico with a knife. The
l t nnfl lnltftil-fti nlan pftvn trmthln
being full of frozen particles which
come out when we descended to a lower
altitude nn hour before landing.".
Qaritalh Alcock said the Vickers
Company was pending two men to sal
vage the damaged bip1an,c, but be gave
it as his opinion that the job would
require several men nnd that they would
haro to lay a track to get tlje machine
out of the bog.
The aviators said they did not feel
hungry during the flight, but were ex
tremely thirsty. '
"For in time," Captain Alcock said,
"wc sjioke to each other through the
communication telephones, but these
broke down after four hours, and we
bad to discard them. Then I had to
shout to Lieutenant Ilrown, Most of
our 'conversation' consisted of tapping
eagh other on 'the Bhouldcr and going
through the motions of drinking."
4' Amid the chorus of editorial con-
hrrntu!iiUons to Captain John Alcock
and Lieutenant Arthur W. Ilrown. on
the successful completion of their nlr
plane trip across the Atlantic, the note
of national triumph,,, although it is
sounded, is not struck excessively.
British Press Happy
Gratification is generally expressed
S1 that 'the first non-ston crossing of the
Atlantic was made by a Tlritlnli ma-
cnine anven oy iirttisn airmen, antl
.ft- uk-iu mu uuu in- iwu HUUBuiti rcicrcuccs
made to the .fact that the flight was
accomplished "without adventitious
i aid," but on the whole, the American
crossing is recalled with 'due recogni
tion. Thus the Chronicle says :
"The honor of the first crossings be
longs to the gallant Americans, but
Alcock and Brcwn w'crc the first to
cross In less time than would 'be taken
by a .sea voyage. Tha. Atlantic honors
nrVnow fairly divided between the
Itjpited States am Great Britain!"
;THe Telegraph says of the flight: "It
docs not eclipse the, glory of the Ameri
can achievement,, but that is because
there is no question of nn eclipse in
these matters, as there is no question of
'jealousy."
The Mail also refers to the "supreme
ly planned organization of the NC-4's
record passage," Some newspapers
deprecate the assumption of the early
establishment of transatlantic passenger
service.
They point to the long delays en
countered in Newfoundland and the
hazards that Alcock and Brown ran,
and believe it will be long before sea
surface travel is superseded.
Terible Trip', Says Alcock
Describing the experiences of himself
and Lieutenant Brown, Captain Alcock,
-In a message from Gnlvrny to the Daily
Mail says: y
"We' had a terrible journey. The
wonder is we nre here at all. Wc
scarcely saw the sun, or" moon or stars.
For hours we saw none of them. The
fog was very dense, and at 'times wo
had to descend within 300 feet of the
?ea.
"For four hours our machine was
covered with a sheet of ice caused by
frozen sleet. At another time the fog
was so denso that ray speed Indicator
did not work and 'for a few minutes it
wart very alarming.
"We looped the' loop, I do believe,
nnd did a very steep spiral- We did
Kimc very comic stunts, for I had no
sense of horizon.
Winds Were Favorable
"The winds were favorable all the
way, northwest, and nt times southwest.
Wc said in Newfoundland that wc
would do the trip in sixteen hours, but
we never thought wc should. An hour
and a half before we saw land wc had"
no certain idea where we w(ere, but we
believed wc were at Galway or there
abouts. .
"Our delight in seeing Eastal Island
.and Tarbot Island, five miles west of
Clifden, was great. The people did
not know who we were, and thought
we were scouts looking for Alcock.
"We encountered no unforeseen con
ditions. We did not suffer from cold
qr exhaustion, except when looking over
the side; then the sleet chewed bits out
of our faces. Wc drank coffee and
ale and ate sandwiches and chocolate.
Oiir flight has shown 'that the At
lantic flight is practicable, but I think
it should bo donc,; not with an airplane
or seaplane, but 'with flying boats.
"We had plenty of reserve 'fuel Jcft,
using; only two-thirds ot'our supply.
"The only thing that" upset me was
to see the machine at the end get dam
aged. From above the bog Jooked like
a lovely field, but the'" machlno sank
into it Jo the axle and fell over on
her side."
No Sense of Remoteness
5fM, xne corresponaent endeavored to get
Alcock to describe the Impressions he
' 'had during the flight while the, aviator
was at Clifden today.
"It is difficult to sum them upVl' said
tWcock. "It is curious to be able to
say that I had no bense of remoteness.
1 have done considerable night flying,
nnd any sense of loneliness has worn off
long ago. I do not think that either of
tis had "any thought of what we were
flying over, being merely intent on get
ting across.
"We wanted to get the job done; and
I pan tell you that we were jolly 'veil
'nl.
pleased when we saw flic coast.
"""The correspondent asked Alcock
CABLE BEATEN BY AIR FLIGHT, .
NORTHCLIFFE TELLS ALCOCK
London, Juno 10. (By A. I',) .Viscount NorthcKffe has. sent the 'fol
lowing message to Captain Alcock : s.
"A very hearty welcome fo thq pioneer of a direct Atlantic flight. Tour
journey with your brave companion, Whitton Brown, is n typical exhibition
,6f British courage and organized efficiency. Just as in 1013, when I offered
tlwfprize, I felt It would soon be w'on.i so do I believe that your 'wonderful
Journey Is a warning to cable monopolists and others tc realize that within
thc-pcxt few years, we bliall be less dependent upon them, unless they increase
their wires and speed. y "
"Your voyage -was made more quickly than the average, press messages
of 1010. Moreover; I look forward' with certainty to the time when London
morning ncwspajiers will bo selling In New York in the evening, allowing for
' the difference between. British and American time, o!nd vice versa, jln regard
to icw loru evening journals reaching Liondon ncttt day.
"Then we shall no longer suffer from the danger o(jjarbled quotations,
dye to telegraphic communication. Then tho American and British peoples
win fondTstand each other better, as they are" brought into closer daily touch.
"Illness prevents mo from sinking jou by the hand and personally pre
senting the prize, but I can assure rou your welcome will be the enunl of
"that ot Hawker mid, his gallant American compeer, Read, whose, grcqt ac-
commispraem na given us such vnjuame dam tor future Atlantic work.
'"X rejoice at the, good augury that you departed. from and arrived at
those, two portions of the British commonwealth i the hunnv and nrosnerous
I. dominion ot, Newfoundland, and the
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SAYS GIRL PRAISING ALCOCK
May Kitson, Who Sought to Make Trans-Sea Flight, to Renew
Efforts for
"Oh, it's wonderful! And just to
think I I might have made the trip with
them!" was the manner in which Mis
May Kitson, nt her home at Urdcnheim
Terrace today, commented on the suc
cessful transatlantic flight of Jack Al
cock. Miss Kitson Is the joung lady who
sometime ago sent n letter to the suc
cessful aviators asking that she be per
mitted to make the flight with them..
"I really wanted to make that flight.
I Wanted the experience and I wanted
the thrill, because I love thrills. I as
prepared for hardships I had camped
out before and I knew there'd be hard
ships; but I was willing, if it's proper
to use slang, to take a steve brodie.
"I'm afraid my chances to go over
are very slim now. Mr. Alcock seemed
whether he regarded his flight as having
beaten that of the American seaplane
NC-4. To this Alcock replied:
"I could not say an thing but what
is good of the Americans. .1 have been
treated very kindly by the Americans
since I have been over there" (meaning
in Newfoundland).
Averaged 120 Miles
"I believe the great secret of long
distance flying under such conditions as
wc experienced is to nursjjour engine.
I never opened the throttle once. The
machine itself has a spbed of ninety
miles nn hour, but without opening the
throttle and with n following wind we
nveraged 120."
Emphasizing the bodily comfort of
the passage, Captain Alcock said :
"I wore electrically heated clothes as
an experiment, but the machine itself
was so snug thnt it was unnecessary to
switch on'thc. current."
Both aviators arrived in Qalway last
evening and stayed there nil night. They
will leave on a train departing from
Galway nt 2:25 o'clock this afternoon
for London. A gang of mechanics left
OranmOre airdrome yesterday afternoon
to repair the airplane. A large num
ber of people have been to Clifden, but
ns it wns impossible to pass the mili
tary sentries hundreds were disap
pointed. Some adventurous ones waded
through the bog to get near the air
plaue, and, notwithstanding the guards,
claim to have obtained bits of the wings
as somenirs. These were displayed
here Inst night. ,
Trlze-Winners Well Pleased
When the Vickers-Vimy biplane was
sighted crossing the Irish coast an air
plane flew out from the Oranmorc air
drome to render assistance. This ma
chine landed near the Vimy, but un
fortunately was wrecked, owing to the
softness of the ground. ,
When the machine landed at 0:40
o'clock Lieutenant Arthur W. Brown,
the navigator, said to .Captain Alcock :
"What do you think of that fancy navi
gating?" and the pilot of the machine
responded; "Very good.," The-two men,
who had just completed an epoch-making
voyage, then shook hnnds.
When assistance reached the machine
the two aviators were helped to the
ground nnd it was found that Lieuten
ant Brown was slightly injured on the
nose and mouth by the jolt given the
machine when Jt struck the ground.
Both men were deaf and dazed and were
unnble to walk steadily for some miu-'
utes. They quickly recovered, however,
and were escorted to the wireless sta
tion in triumph, being given the best
hospitality available. They distributed
cigarettes ns souvenirs, and gave away
the small dog nnd cat which were mas
cots during the trip. The rUire equip
ment was rain-soaked bytho downpour
during the journey.
After breakfast Lieutenant Brown
went to bed, while Captain Alcock in
spected the mnchinc. The lieutenant,
however, was unable to blep and soon
got up. By noqn both wero looking
perfectly well and willingly distrib
uted autographs, to admirers. Cap
tain Alcock wanted to fly to England
in a borrowed plane, but his coifipan
loif observed : ''I have had enough fly
Ingfor n bit." '
Captain Alcock exhibited a bunch ot
future, equally happy and prosperous
- BTVBOTSrGf fcUBI&f LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY,
e r k. ft'1"' '"" "
Air Journey
to be my one best bet you know, 1 was
oorn in I-.nglnnd. But if there's the
smallest opportunity, believe me when
I sav that I shall nsk acaln."
Miss Kitson has never made a flight
in an nirplnne. She tried to go overseas
during the war as an ambulance driver
but was rejected because she was too
jounp.
"I'm glad Mr. Alcock was the first
one to make the trip without a stop.
And I know you'll forglvo me just a
little bit for snjing that I'm glad It
was an Knglishmnii who did it. I am
nn American, but my birthplace hati'
left n little soft spot in my heast for
honor to England.
"No. Iwcver met Mr. Alcock. And
he never sent a reply to my request. You
see. he has been very busv."
rain-snnked letters which he had been
asked to mail if the flight was suc
cessful, njlng: "I am the first trans
atlantic postman."
The two aviators said they were only
once in real danger when the mnchinc
went into a flat spin, owing to the pilot
being unnble to tell how the machine
was moving. Licutennnt Brown,
noticing that the compass needle was
swinging from side to' side the first
indication that something was ..wrong
managed to get Captain Alcock to un
derstand the difficulty. The machine
traveled at n rate of 110 miles an hour
nt times, nnd the pilot once found him
Belt diving straight toward the surface
of the ocean. lie was so near the
water that he had to "snatch" the ma
chine from its dive so quickly that it
almost looped the loop. He says the
machine would have crumpled up had
it touched the water at the speed it
was then traveling.
Tho biplane is being guarded by sol
diers, and it is probable it will be neces
sary to dismantle it.
Win In Game of Chance
For men who had undergone the in
credible strain of sixteen hours at top
speed witliout landmarks or wireless
guidance and who were forced to make
a landing on, to them, an uncharted
coast, it was doubly rt game of chance.
Tho Marconi plants at Clifden furnished
a recognizable goal. They circled about
it and took their chances at alighting
in a bog and came oft with smaller
damage than Bleriot when he descended
outside of Dover Castle from his then
memorable feat off crossing the English
channel.
The Daily Mail's corrcsnondent found
Alcock and Brown nt Clifden packing
their gear into n huge sack. Alcock's
face lit un with a smile when he was
congratulated by the correspondent.
Brown, who was bending over packing,
said quietly:
"We didn't do so badly, did wc?"
Alcock said with a laugh: "I am
not at all tired. Brown, however.
confessed. "I am a bit fagged out."
The corrcsnondent sajs Brown's eves
w'erc slightly bloodshot., but that other
wise the men looked ns if they had not
trnveled across the ocean.
Landed in Softest Spot
IVIipn the officers, onerntnrs ntul cnl.
dlers from the wireless plant rushed
toward the machlno after it lauded
Alcock said:
"This is tho Vickers-Vimv machine.
We have just come from Newfound
land."
The little crowd gasned and then
cheered and cheered again, Alcoik, In
telling -shis story, said, among other
things: .
"Wo lauded in me souesc snot in
Ireland, but I really wonder tufct we
got here with our wireless out of ac
tion. Neither of us got much fun out
oMhe flight. It wns n job' of work."
Brown said: "Wo were too near it
to realize what it is we have done."
The Aero Club is making plans for
By
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"Transports
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THE
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o reception nnd banquet for Captain
John Alcock on his arrival In London.
When he will reach this city is not
known ns jet. It is expected thnt he
may participate in the Victory aerial
derby around Loudon next Saturday
and, If possible, inny drive the machine
In which he crossed the Atlantic.
London Learns News
London has only one Sunday after
noon newspaper, and the people first
learned of the success of the flight of
Alcock nnd Brown from it while walk
ing in the pnrks or coming out of the
churches. They leccived the Intelli
gence with the customary British de
corum. There was no cheering or
gathering of crowds.
Naturally, there was great satisfac
tion over the fart that British officers
had accomplished what the nlr ministry
nnd airmen gcnernllv believe will live
in history as one of the greatest and
most courageous feats of individuals of
the air force.
King Wires Congratulation
King cOorge learned of the success
of the flight of Alcock nnd Brown ns
he wns leaving church at Westminster
jesterday. The king Immefllatel tele
graphed his congratulations to the
airmen. Mnny high officials also sent
them messages and greetings.
Major General Svkes, chief of the
air staff, on behalf of King George,
wired Alcock and Brown as follows:
"it Is with pleasure that I have
to convey to jou me lonowing messngs
I have received from the king:
" 'The king is delighted to receive the
welcome announcement that Captain
Alcock and Lieutenant Brown have
landed safely in Ireland after a trans-'
atlantic- flight.
" 'His Majesty wishes you to com
municate at once with these officers nnd
.to convey to them the king's wnimest
congratulations on the success of their
splendid achievement.'
"The telegram to Major General
Sykcs was signed by Baron Stamford
ham, private secretary to Kine
George."
Harry G. Haw ker, the av iator vv ho re
cently made nn unsuccessful nttempt to
cross tho Atlantic from Newfoundland,
is credited by the Central News as say
ing with regard to Captain Alcock's
achievement:
"It was a magnificent and very fine
feat. I nm very gIad Captain Alcock
was able to make the flight In real
fashion without warships and all thnt
Fort of thing. It is very gratifying
from that point, indeed."
Manchester Walts Favorite Son
Manchester, Alcock's homo town, de
sires to have the honor of first wel
coming the aviator, but the Air Min
istry officials said it was likely
he would come to London before going
to Manchester. It was added that at
any rate two generous
receptions
"rwVSnvverrdutj at the '
Viekcrs plant, where AlcwVs nlnue
was constructed, but those thcie
checred the news. The manager of the
plant said the company alwajs had
had great confidence in Alcock. who
was with tho company before the war.-
"o always thought a lot of him
here at the works," Raid the manager.
"He was very popular unci the enthu
siastic way he worked in preparing his
machine inspired us nil.
"We do not know Brown so well,
but Alcock does know him, and he had
every confdence-in him."
The manager said there was nothing
Brown's U. S. Citizenship ""
Shares Honor With British
London," June 10. Lord North -cliffe
today wrote n letter to Lieu
tenant Arthur Whitten Brown,
navigator of the Vickers transat
lantic plane, in which he said:
"When I wrote last night I wns
unaware that behind the great num
ber of British decorations you've
earned wns concealed tho personal
ity ot nn American born in Scot
land. Had I known that It would
have rounded off my letter, for there
is nothing I rejoice in so much as
co-operntion between the British
nnd Americnn peoples tho only
combination thatln my opinion can
maintain the peace of the world."
AND
11
WIN"
Frederick Fanning
THESE ENGLISH AUTHORITIES
MOUNTAIN-NEST OF VERSE, THESE SUPERNAL FLIGHTS OF SONG
"Cloud splendors on the mountain-top of achievement."
'I , Ley ton District Timet, England.
"Power and originality." , . , Cork Examiner (Irish).
, "The rarest verses, of the time. Grip, us hours after reading."
World IV'tde Bureau, England.'
"Absorbing, astounding, inspiring, baffling." .
"Genuine aspiration and power." . . Occult
--. t
us. to another hemisphere."
. , , , Montrose Standard, England,
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'Great Stunt," Is Read's
Tribute to Rival Fliers
Brest, June 10. (By A. I',)
"One great, stunt," was the com
ment of Lieutenant Commander Al
bert C. Bead, of the American sea
plane NC-4, the first heavler-thnn-nlr
machine to cross the Atlantic,
today on the successful flight of Cap
tain Alcock and Lieutenant Brown.
"While there Is nothing which will
add much information to the art of
aviation as n result of the flight,"
lie continued, "It was a wonderful
nervy thing to attempt, and n mag
nificent achievement. It required u
machine built of the best material,
but, above all, stanch determina
tion and unflinching courage. They
also made the attempt at the right
time."
Commander John II. Towers, of
the NC-3, had this to sn :
"It was n splendid feat."
Commander Towers, Commander
Head and Lieutenant Commanders
Little knd Richardson wilt lenve here
for the United States tomorrow on
the transport Zeppelin.
special in the construction of the ma
chine which madovthe flight, except
that petrol tanks had replaced
bombing apparatus.
Mother Ilad Full Faith
thq
The Manchester homo of Captain .
f Alcock, of the Vickers-Vimy biplane, (
wns besieged by visitors jesterdaj, the I
callers standing in line to thalc hands
with Captain Alcock s mother. She
said, during the day:
"I had faith in my son. lie told me
he would make the flight safely."
Captain Sexton, chief of the United
States naval staff in London, com
menting on Captain Alcock's flight to
day -i.ild:
"It wns n very fine performance
The United Static nnvy will be onlv
too pleased to extend congratulations."
Maior Murry, of the United Stutcs
nnnv air service, telegraphed the fol
lowing messngc to Cnptnin Alcock: "As
the lepresctitativc ofthe United States
nrmj nlr service in Great Britain, I
take great pleasure rn extending to jou
and jour splendid crew heartiest o'i
gratulatious ou jour brilliant achieve
ment." FLIGHT GIVES NEW
DISTANCE RECORD
London, June It TI"1 flijiit nt tim
Vickers-Vimy biplane across the At
lantic was one of the three recent not
able achievements by airmen.
To Captain Alcock and Lieutenant
Brown goes tho high honor of having
niado the first nonstop nir nassneo ot
the Atlontic, the achibvement going to j
the credit of Great Britain. '
The Atlantic had nlrcndj been span- '
nod In nn nir journey, however, the feat I
having been performed by American
aval officers In the seaplane NC-4, with
n stop nt the Azores en route from
Newfoundland to Lisbon, Poitugnl, the
journey beginning on May 10 nnd end
ing on May 27.
Less successful but no less tlnrlng
than the achievement of the Vickers
Vimy pilot nnd unvlgator was the re
cent flight by two other British air
men, Harry G. Hawker and Lieutenant
Commander Mnckenzic Grieve. On May
10 tlioy covered more han hnlf the
distance ncross the Atlantic before being
eomnellcd to alight in midocean.
A comparison of tho records shows
that the NC-4 carried five men 2150
nautical miles in 20 hours 37 minutes,
while the Vickers-Vimy plane flew with
two men 1050 nautical miles in 10 hours.
io ,inCi.u Tho achievement of . the
uth fliers sets n new record for dis-
?- -uVof lufxc '$" navlug
longest single jump of theC-4 hnviug
uepn aiipruxuimici
1200 miles from
Newfoundland to Hortn in the Azores.
BROW'N'S FI4NCEE
ADDS TO HONORS
London, .Tunc 10. (By A. I'.)
"Magnificent! I never doubted your
success." This was the congratulatory
messoge sent Lieutenant Arthur W.
Brown by his fiance, Miss Kennedy, nt
whose home there were rapturous re
joicings when the news arrived that
the flight of Captain Alcock and Licu
tennnt Brown had been successful, says
the Daily Mail.
"Tho house was immediately dec
orated with flops, and throughout the
day the telephone brought congratula-.
tions." the newspaper adds.
"Tho suspense of waiting for the
news was terrible," Miss Kennedy is
quoted as having said to an interviewer.
"I will sleep sounder tonight. A mes
saire from the Daily Mail Saturday
evening told us that the night had be
cnn.
"I did not expect to hpnr anything
further before noon Sunday nt the
earliest, and when I learned of the
eHa.fc arrival of 'the plnne during the
forenoon I was almost beside myself
with joy." '
The marriage of Lieutenant Brown
Ayer
SAY OF THIS'
Academy, London,
Review, England.
JWE
JLG, 1919
nnd Miss Kennedy originally wns fixed
for April, hut when Brown understood
that he wns to pilot Alcock's machine
the wedding wns postponed until after
the attempt had bien made.
The wedding will not be delayed
Brown and Miss Kennedy worked to
gether 111 the nlrcraft department of the
ministry of munitions during the war
and heenmc acquainted.
They became
engaged last October
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