AERONAUTICS: Over the Atlantic

From Paris to Manhattan by air is a feat that has stimulated and perturbed Frenchmen since the days of lost Heroes Nungesser and Coli. Last week Lieut. Paulin Paris, Mechanician Marat, Radioman Cadou set out to accomplish it in a hydroplane. They reached the island of Fayal in the Azores safely. Then they refuelled, prepared to hop to Bermuda, to Manhattan.

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