6 SEPTEMBER 1930, Page 3

The French Flyers Captain Castes and M. Bellontc, in making

the first" direct flight from Europe to New York, have won a long coveted honour. Aeroplanes have pieviously crossed the Atlantic from East to West, in spite of the prevalent westerly winds, but have always been obliged to land almost at the nearest point, further north than New York. The Frenchmen also took the shortest route, but were able to continue over Halifax and to land at Curtiss Island, New York, on Tuesday morning. It was a great achievement. * *