Evening star., 1922-10-07
CREDIT AIR RECORD
TOL|BERTY MOTOR
Army Flyers Making Up Lost
Sleep Following 35-Hour-
and Minute Flight.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SAN DIEGO, Calf, October :.
While Lieuts. John A. Macready and
Oakley Kelly early today were mall
ing up sleep lost while flying over
this City 50 hours and IS minutes tv
smash all records for sustained flight
preparations were being made al
Rockwell Field, where they landed
with the great service transport IT,
to obtain some more measurements
connected with the feat
The two Army aviators estimated.
on landing late yesterday at the end
OF their memorable flight, that they
mad consumed nearly all Of the $40
gallons OF gasoline which filled the
enabled it to keep circling in the
long hours with it's s1-foot wing
spread. Accurate measurements Of
the gasoline left and the lubricating
| oil remaining in the motor and re
serve tanks will be taken
Liberty Motor Praised.
| Officers and men at Rockwell Field
| all echoed the praise which Macready
and Kelly gave to the powerful Lib
erty motor which carried them on tiIc
! record-breaking flight
| careful examination of the engin.
| and all other parts of the great ma
| chine VIII be made as soon as posi-
BILE. and. if it is found to be in a.
good condition as expected it will be
| carefully gone over to prepare it for
| the nonstop flight the two airmen
| expect to make to New York from
| this city early in November.
| Macready set new altitude record
of 40,soo feet at McCook Field. Da,
! ton. September 90, 1921. Lieut.. Mac
ready is a native of Los Angeles and
Lieut.. Kelly is from Geneva, Pa
Travel 2..sO Miles.
| Dworack, the mechanic, estimated
| that the two aviators had travelled
| about o.7S0 miles. The route, up to
| the last stages of the flight, was Il
1 huge ellipse. one end at La Jolla.
| another suburb of San Diego. and
the other at Imperial Beach. at the
| southeast end Of the harbor. The big
| machine passed over an edge of
| North Island. where Rockwell Field
| is located.
| On several occasions the aviators
dropped over notes. telling how they
| We're getting along. One note from
Macready inclosed plug of tobacco.
| which he had bought for DworacE,
| but had forgotten to deliver by hand.
| The plug came to the ground with
red. white and blue ribbons futterInB
| from it.
THAT tobacco never will be chew
ed if / can help it, said Dworac X
| when he opened the package.
Note OF Thanks.
| Another note came from both avi-
ators to Dworack and a fellow me
chanic. 1t said:
| This message from the air on ac-
complishing a new world airpla ne
endurance record conveys our thanks
for your expert service and self-sacri-
Ificing efforts in insuring the reliabil-
ity of the Liberty engine and the
aviation seVice transports for this
task"
| The aviators were we'll tired out.
hut willing. they said. to have con-
ltinued their flight. except for Their
desire to reach the ground before
darkness should make landing more
difficult.
The landing Of the big plane was
| the signal for a mighty chorus OF
| whistles from the vessels in the har-
| Dor. When the airmen cfrcled down
! to the field. small army of speeta-
| tors. including the Rockwell Field
| force and many civilians, was waiting
| toxgrect them.
| The aviators We're beGrimed with
oil and grease when they stepped
from the big machine in which they
had remained aloft, circling over the
city for virtually two days and a
night.