Turned Back After. Three Hours Flight in Rain and Mist London, Sept, 16. Captain Metatosh and Commandant Fitzmaurice have hopped off a. Fokker monoplane from Dublin an attempt to fly across the Atlanti Captain Melntosh is an' Imperial Airways. pilot and Commandant Fitzmaurice the Commandant of the Inish Free State Air Fores.
Their monoplane is the Princess enia, Tt carries a rabber-boat but not equipped with wireless, The engine is a 9-cylinder Bristol-Jupiter of 350-hyp.
The airmen started {fom Dublin at 1.36 this afternoon." Rain waa felting but Atlantic conditions are reported to be favourable Captain Melntosh said steering direct for Newfoundland and expected to make New York in 28 hours.
Later.
Captain MacIntosh was seen earlier fying over the sea, probably turned round and re-gained the coast,
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