Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 May 1919 — SEAPLANES CROSS ATLANTIC [ARTICLE]

SEAPLANES CROSS ATLANTIC

’First Successful Attempt Ever Made lu Trana-Atlantic Flight. ■ All honors are due to the three Yankee seaplanes, the NC-1, ■NC-11 and NC-4 in making the first sue-, cessful trans-Atlantic flight. The NC-4 made the trip from St. Johns to the Azores, approximately 1,350 miles, in 15 hours, and from that place the over-ocean flight will be The NC-1 was forced to descend to the surface of the ocean •’OO miles from Fayal after becoming lost in the fog and was delayed to some extent in its flight. The NC-3, flagship of the American naval trans-Atlantic flight squadron, was at first reported lost, but according to late reports was able to reach the harbor of Ponta Del Gada Thursday under its own power, nearly 60 hours from the time she was forced down by the fog, when almost in sight of the Azores.