Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-10-19
MAyNARDS NERVE
STANOSFL|GHT TEST
He Pays Tribute to Com
panion in Grueiing Race
On kIighting.
GREETED BY Ills FAMILY

MINEOLA, X Y. October 18.-
Steering by compass and hying at an
average speed of nearly two miles a
minute 500 miles across the con-
tinent and return through snow, fog,
clouds and rain. Lieut.. Belvin w.
MAYNARD landed on Roosevelt Field
at 1850 o'clock this afternoon, the
first aviator to finish in the Army's
great transcontinental air race and
reliability test.
lie carried as passengers Master
Electrician William f. Klein of fIar-
rIsbure. Pa. whom he described as
deserving the greatest credit" and
'-Trixie," Belgian police dog.
Beat Westbourd Trip.
Unofficial figures compiled here to-
night by the American Flying Club.
which has co-operated with the Army
air service officials in conducting the
race. show that Lieut.. Maynard s
was "a hours 45 minutes and seconds.
only a few minutes less than his I'M
official flying time on his westbound
trip.
Under the rules OF the contest, how
ever. time spent between control sta
lions must be counted in the actual
fying time as computed by the Army
in deciding the winner of the race.
This means that the eighteen hours
Lieut.. Maynard spent changing mo-
tors in a cornficld in Wahoo. Neb,
where he was forced down because
of a broken crank shaft, will be add
ed to his official flying time. The un-
official total elapsed time on the re-
turn trip was 80 hours, 80 minutes
and 4S seconds. Including three days
spent in San Francisco. the round trip
was made in approximately ten days
and five hours
The first persons to greet him as
he stepped from his machine Ut the
conclusion of his historic flight were
his wife and two little girls. who
rushed across the field amid the fran
tic cheering of the hundreds of spec
tators, who were marshaled at safe
distance by special details of soldiers.
The first words uttered by Lieut..
MAYNARD when he put his foot on
mother earth again were generous
tribute to Sergt. Klein.
"Sergt. Klein deserves the greatest
credit" said the lieutenant.
of is ALI up to the lieutenant" prob
ably retorted the sergeant. He is the
greatest pilot on earth
Between Lieut.. Maynard and his
wife however, it was not IA question
NJ words. Mrs. Maynard was at the
side of the airplane almost before it
had come to rest, and her husband
leaned from his seat and embraced
her silently. His two little girls were
.,ar lifted up one after the other to
,.,ss ,hefr triumphant father.
Unaffected by Test.
Iieut Maynard's second public an
rouncement following his tribute to
his companion in the great race was
J.. signal proof that neither his cour-
,o nor nerve had been affected by
,ha orueIing test to which they had
ha.n subjected. He declared with a
s,ni,a that he would be off again
within few days in an attempt to
,ke a one-stop transcontinentai
hight. The single stop will be made
.t Dallas. Tex. and the lieutenant
sa;d that he expected to make the at
,.mnt within the coming week.
The official congratulations of the
ARMY were given to the victorious
aviator by Col. Archer Miller, COM
mander of the Long Island flying
fields. who awaited sympathetically
until the lieutenant could greet his
family.
Tho most Joyous member of the
,,r1v. at least as far as demonstration
went, was Trix!e. the Belgian police
dog. who accompanied the flying par
SON as his mascot. Trixies delight at
Gnding the solid earth under her once
more knew no bounds, and she dashed
around and around the plane, joyously
barking.