As the newspapers reported itRené Fonck's New York–Paris flight
3 days of original coverage, September 16, 1926 to September 22, 1926, one clipping a day from the papers of 1926. Newest last, the way readers lived it.
As printed: Fear Is Expressed However, That Weather Conditions May Now Halt Activities For This Year.
ContextCapt. René Fonck, the French ace credited with more victories than any other Allied airman in the war, is at Westbury on Long Island preparing to fly to Paris with three companions in a huge three-motored Sikorsky biplane — a nonstop New York–Paris crossing nobody has yet made, with a $25,000 prize waiting. This morning a gasoline leak of ten gallons an hour sent the machine back into its hangar, and with the season closing, some fear the start may be put off past this year.
ContextCapt. René Fonck, the French ace with more victories than any other Allied airman in the war, waits at Westbury on Long Island to fly nonstop to Paris with three companions in a big three-motored Sikorsky biplane, with a $25,000 prize for the first crossing. Weather — including a tropical hurricane — has pushed the hop-off back once more, and a message from a former commander in Paris has raised the question of who gives the order to go.
As printed: Giant Sikorsky Plane Crumples On Take Off, 2 Die
ContextCapt. René Fonck, the French ace credited with more victories than any other Allied airman in the war, had been waiting on Long Island for weeks to fly nonstop to Paris with three companions in a big three-motored Sikorsky biplane, with a $25,000 prize for the first to make the crossing. The heavily loaded machine never left the field.
