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Girenas on July 17, 1933, Lithuanian - Americans started planning the Second Transatlantic Flight. The American - Lithuanian Trans-Atlantic Flight Association (ALTAFA) was founded and a Lockheed \"Vega\" type airplane was purchased.  When the pilot originally selected to do the job resigned, the project was offered to Lt. Felix Waitkus. With the help of his father - in - law Anton F. Brotz, Sr., F. Waitkus rebuilt the \"LITUANICA II) and made her fully suitable for the task. After desperately waiting for more favorable weather conditions, on Sept.21, 1935, F.Waitkus finally took-off from Floyd Bennett Field, N.Y. for a 4500-mile journey to Kaunas, Lithuania. A few hours later he flew into fog, rain, head-winds and icing conditions, forcing him to fly by instruments most of the time. After 22:15 hours of strenuous flying, being short on fuel and physically exhausted, Waitkus crash-landed in Ireland, near Ballinrobe. He was sixth pilot to cross the Atlantic solo and the only pilot to make such a crossing in 1935. This album gives a written and pictorial history of the flight and the jubiliant reception of the pilot in Lithuania. Another album written by the same author on the transatlantic flight of Darius and Girenas was published in 1984.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e(In Lithuanian) \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eViso pasaulio lietuviams labai jautriai pergyvenus Dariaus ir Girėno tragišką žuvimą 1933 m. liepos 17d., Amerikos lietuviai tuojau pradėjo planuoti Antrąjį Skridimą. Buvo įsteigta Amerikos Lietuvių Trans-Atlantinio Skridimo Sąjunga (ALTASS) ir nupirktas Lockheed \"Vega\" tipo lėktuvas. Kai pirmasis lakūnas (J. James- Janušauskas) rezignavo, į jo vietą buvo pakviestas ltn. Feliksas Vaitkus. Uošviui A.F. Brotz padedant, F. Vaitkus \"LITUANICĄ II) perstatė ir pilnai paruošė transatlantiniam žygiui. Po desperatiškai ilgo geresnių oro sąlygų laukimo, 1935 m. rugsėjo 21d. F. Vaitku iš Floyd Bennett aerodromo New Yorke pakilo 4500 mylių skridimui į Lietuvą, Kauną. Po kelių valandų jis įskrido į miglą, lietų, priešingos krypties vėjus ir apledėjimo sąlygas, ir  turėjo beveik visą laiką skristi \"aklai\", t.y. pagal instrumentus. Kuro atsargoms baigiantis, po 22:15 val. įtempto skridimo, fiziškai išsisėmęs Vaitkus nutūpė Airijoje, netoli Ballinrobe. \"LITUANICA II\" buvo palaužta. Feliksas buvo šeštasis lakūnas, solo perskridęs Atlanto vandenyną 1935 metais. Šis albunas aprašo ir fotografijomis pavaizduoja Antojo Skridimo istoriją bei triumfališką F. Vaitkaus sutikimą Lietuvoje. 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