The Archive · 1928

Record Breakers in Trouble

Attempt on Endurance Achieve ment Hindered by Mishaps Roosevelt Field, N-Y., Jan. 18, Clarance Chamberlain, who flew across the Atlantic to Germany last year accompanied by Mr. Charles Levine, Ys circling Long Island in 'a Ballanca monoplane in an én-[deavour to regain the world's endurance record, which was wrested from him at Dessau by the German aviator, Herr Ristiez, who remained in the air for 62 hr, 11 min, and 8 see, Jan, 14, According to notes dropped from Chamberlain's monoplane, the afri men have encountered ' oil and petrol leaks, trouble with their flying instruments and sickness, but are continuing their flight, 'A Gallant Try Later Covered with grime and grease, Chamberlin and Williams descended at two o'clock this afternoon, owing to shortage of fuel, from the Bal-Janea monoplane in which they had been circling Long Island your to beat the world's endurance flight record, which wa made last year at Dessau by the German aviator, Herr Ristiez, who remained in the air for 52 hra,, 11 min, and 8 sec. The flyers would have equalled this record if they. had remained in the air another 75

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