24 MAY 1919, Page 3

The two seaplanes which made forced descents were aide in

one way or another to make the Arenas. One of them " tarried over two hundred miles to lend .under its own power, though unable to rise from the sea as the .struts and floats were considerably damaged ; the other was towed the remaining few miles by a ship. It has been a revelation to most people that these seaplanes, which indeed might justly be called flying boats, are able to come through safely after deseending in very rough water. Commander Read hopes to continue his flight to the Portuguese coast, and thence to come to England.