Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-10-19
GREAT AVIATION
CROSS CONT INENT
ENDURANCE TEST
WON BY MAYNARD
Flying ParSon Reaches Mine
ola, Thus Completing His
Flight From Atlantic to Pa
CifiC Coast and Back,
COMPANION ON TRIP
GIVEN HIGH PRAISE
FIRST Persons to Greet Him. As
He Steps From His Machi'.e
Are His Wife and Girls,
Poses for Photographers


Mineola, n Y. oct 1S.-Lieut Bel
vim w. Maynard, victor in the army s
air race across the continent and re-
turn the greatest aviation endurance
test of history, landed here at
l;54:05 p. m official time.
Lieutenant Maynard flew the 142
miles OF the last stage in his great
flight at speed OF nearly TWO miles
a minute.
The first persons to greet him as
he stepped from his machine were his
wife and two little girls, who rushed
across the field amid the frantic
cheering of the hundred of
spectators who were marshaled at Il
safe distance by special details of sol
diers,
The first words uttered hy Lieuten-
ant Maynard when he put his foot on
mother earth again were generous
tribute to Sergeant e. E. Klein, his
companion on the flight. Sergeant
Klein deserves the greatest credit"
said the lieutenant.
1T is all up to the lieutenant"
promptly retorted the sergeant He
is the greatest pilot on earth"
Between Lieutenant Maynard and
his wife. however, it was not ques-
Eion of words Mrs. Maynard was at
the side of the airplane almost before
1t had come to rest, and her husband
leaned from his seat and embraced
her silently. His two little girls were
lifted up one after the other 70 kiss
their triumphant father.
To Make One-StOp Flight.
Lieutenant Maynard's S second public
announcement following his tribute
to his companion in the great race,
was signal proof that neither his
courage nor nerve had been affected
by the severe test. He declared with
smile that he would be off again
Within a few das in IL dts.4.EyS 10
make one-stop transcontinental
flight. The single stop will be made
at Dallas, Tex, and the lieutenant said
that he expected to make the attempt
within the coming week.
Official Congratulations of the army
were given to the victorious aviator
by Col. Archie Miller, commander of
the Long Island flying fields. who
waited sympathetically until the lieu
tenant could greet his family.
The most joyous member of the par
ty, at least as far as demonstration
went, was TliXie, the Belgian police
dog that accompanied the flying par
son as a mascot. Trixie's delight at
finding the solid earth under her once
more knew no bounds as she dashed
around and around the plane, joyously
barking.
Lieutenant and Mrs. Maynard posed
good-naturedly for score of pho-
tographers and then the little family
was escorted through wildly cheer
ing line of spectators to tent where
luncheon had been provided
Quite Bit of Pleasure.
"From the standpoint of pleasure,
said Maynard in an interview after
landing, describing his round trip We
had quite a bit of it, flying over
a number of states and getting into
touch with people in different parts
of the country.
"Our hardships were scattered over
the continent, The first day was not
so bad. We were tired out at night,
very tired, when we reached Chicago.
The Aero club had sleeping quarters
for us on the field. They offered TO
take us in town, but 1t would have tax
a couple of hours to get back in the
morning, so we decided to stay on the
field, we did not get llluSi SieSp' we
had straw pillows and straw mattress
es and it was not very comfortable.
Next morning we started out and
encountered the toughest weather OF
the trip. We finally got to Omaha and
the weather got better. The wind was
against us. but we finally made Chey-
enne. We were delighted at the
amount of ground we had covered at
that time.
at was freezing cold at cheyenne
We we're ready to start before sun-up
next morning. Four minutes before.
the sun appeared we started our mo-
tor. We were pouring water into the
radiator, and some of it fell into sthe
overflow pipes and froze.
THE temperature was apoue
twenty degrees. We had to thaw the
pipes out and in so doing we thought
we had blown the radiator to pieces
Talked In Churches Sunday.
"I talked in a couple OF the
churches last Sunday and had an
kinds of invitations I could not accept
and was rather disappointed to have
to go away.
II was invited to lunch by The kinS
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