The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-12-30
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DESCEND NEARLY
EXHAUSTED
Feed Oil by Hand for
Hours in Setting New
Mark

Ml<Eol<A. Dec. 1Sl- -IEr llArrfN 4
monoplaae piioted by Edwards stia-
son. which this morning broke the ,
worlds continuous flying record OF
"a hours. 10 minutes and seconds.
descended shortly after 1915 a. m.
after having been In the air Is hours.
10 minutes and IS seconds. M
Officials times were: slfsl
start yesterday morning at s;ssiis.
Finished this morning al ii:i7:ss.
stinson. stationed at Kelly field.
Texas. during the war al civilian
Instructor because Of his de,icEie
health. probably trained more Amer
lean flyers than any one man.
Unexcelled as a stant flyer, he II
proud OF never having fallen during
his 10 years In the air. Ho Is cred
tied with not even having broken
part on plane. H'ia
Happiest in sn airpiane. he climbs
into bis seat with as little cosaern
as the average citizen going out for ln
motor ride.
The love OF flying runs In the FAM
tly. for two sisters--Mariorie hat
Catherine--aiso ere adept pilots ~
Forced 90 Descend.
Stinscn was forced TO descend be-
cause OF a faulty oil congestion with
which he and his mechanician. lloyd
Bsrtaud, had bnttitd kince q o'ciock
this morning. They still had gas
enough to have flown until sundown.
The pump used 20 inject cii Into
the Iubrlcaiins rystem from the aux
sion at . o'clock. The fisers punc-
tured the tank, set up a Temporary
tube and began feedins the lubricat-
ing system by hand. taking turns at
the controls OF the plane aud a. the
oil tank. s~ s.t-'
Both ;uen were almost blinded by
oil when they descended. In addition
they were suffering intensely from
the bitter cold. for although the plano
was equipped with a cabin. e,inson
had not left hts seat In the open cock
pit since 4 y. NJ. yesterday and his
mechanician found little time to sesk
shelter.
Three fingers OF stinson's right
hand and one ON his LETT were frozen!
bertud's hands were numb.
stinson, who halls from San Ans
tonic. Texas, and Bertaud whose
home is In New York. were s0rry
looking pair when they stepped from
their machine. Their faces were
smoared with oil ana their eyes bloo1-
shot. Neither had had wisk Of
sleep since they took on and Stinson
said his only nourishment had been
little coffee. ~
Dcafened w Motor.
Newspaper men found difficulty IN
interviewing Beriaud. who had hecn
deafened by the roar OF the motor.
The filters. each 81 years old. who
have been IN the air since they were
boys. took no particular precauti0n
to protect themselves ngains, the
winter weather. a
stinson said that he and hts
mechanician suffered great pain from
their frozen HANDS early this morning.
Finally they became numb and no
longer bothered them.
The pilot said that the maximum
altitude achieved during the night
was 400 feet. The machine carried
$50 gallons of gasoline when anc
took the air and still had 10 WHEN
she landed.
Seven judges watched the mono
plane kjrcic over MineolR. Garden
city nnd Hcmpstead. In addition
there were many unofficial Observes.
The aeronRutlcai chamber Of com
merce hailed the flight ,as a fttung
climax TO the achievements OF Amer
lean aviasbon In 1894. when four
world records were made by Yankee
|
August t6--A Looming monoplane
flying boat. rising 1880 feet with
four passengers on board, an eff
cheney and passenger record for a
ship Of It's class
September es--Lieut J. A. Me-
cready OF the army air service drose
an airplane 10 a height OF 1,see feet
at Dayton. Ohio. shattering the alti-
tude mark OF 33.iit feet. sct by Ma
Jor Rudolph Schroeder.
November 3--8ert Acosta. IN :
Curtis navy racer with a speed OF
1871 miles for i59-mile course.
broke the record for closed course
In the pulitzer trophy race at oma-
Ia.
FLYER HAS SISTER
N SANTA ~. y, VI.
SANTA FE. y. NJ DC. so.-Miss
catherine Stinson. sister OF Edward
Stinson. the pilot who broke the con-
tiauous dying record al Mineola to-
day. and who has beer o. = sanitar-
ium In Santa Fe for nearly a year
past. was much elated today when
Informed OF her brothers exploit
She was the first aviator In the SsIn-
son family and one OF the first wom-
an flyers IN the couatry. In add
: ton TO the first Los Angelaa-sAn
FranciFco flight with which she Ia