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April 20, 1928

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IRISH FLIER ADDS TO FLIGHT DETAILS; Bremen Flew Most of Ocean Only 50 Feet Above Waves, With Fitzmaurice and Koehl Alternating at Controls. PARAFFIN OIL, CO-PILOT SAYS, KEPT ICE FROM WINGS He Denies Flight Was Stunt and Draws Lessons for Others--Baron Served Tea at 5 En Route-- Irishman Got Sick for First Time in Air. Lighting System Fails to Work. Take Three-Hour Spells by Day. Fairly Gusty Wind in Mid-Atlantic. Night Flying Experience Heartens Them. Major Fitzmaurice Tells Further Details of Ocean Flight Says Fog Alone Prevented Flying Here. Baron Serves Tea for Three at 5 o'Clock. Paraffin Oil Used to Prevent Ice. Stay 6,000 Feet Up All Night. Calls Radio "Absolutely Necessary." Says Planes Should Arrive About Dawn. Suggests Perfection of Gyro Compass. Comparison With Other Flights. By RUSELL OWEN. Navigation Apparently Accurate.

By Commandant James C. Fitzmaurice. Officer Commanding the Air Force of the Irish Free State, Co-Pilot of the Transatlantic Airplane Bremen

Ed, Radio and the Fliers

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Notable Births

Robert Byrne (chess player)

1928Robert Byrne, American chess player and author (died 2013)[†]

Robert Eugene Byrne was an American chess player and chess author who held the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM). He won the U.S. Championship in 1972, and was a World Chess Championship Candidate in 1974. Byrne represented the United States nine times in Chess Olympiads from 1952 to 1976 and won seven medals. He was the chess columnist from 1972 to 2006 for The New York Times, which ran his final column on November 12, 2006. Byrne worked as a university professor for many years, before becoming a chess professional in the early 1970s.

1928Johnny Gavin, Irish international footballer (died 2007)[†]

John Thomas Gavin was an Irish footballer who spent most of his career in England. He played for Janesboro United, Limerick, Ireland, Norwich City, Watford, Tottenham Hotspur, Crystal Palace, Cambridge City, Newmarket Town and Fulbourn.