The Archive · 1931

German Attempt on Atlantic

Lisbon, Sept, 13.

Willy Rody and Christian virtually unknown German aviators, hopped off from the Amadora Military Aerodrome 9.26 o'clock this morning on an at~ tempt to make an aeroplane flight to New York.

The aviators are using a single motored Junkers plane in whic Messrs. Bert Acosta and Chan: Levine of the United States once planned a trans-Atlantic flight from Germany to America. Rody recent-imperited a sum of, money -and with it he purchased the plane.—United: Press.

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