The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-09-06

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they were directly overhead.
They had made the journey from
Mere Point, near Brunswick, in two
hours.
Lieutenant Lowell Smith and
Eric Nelson, the successful pair of
globe girdling airmen, were accom-
panied on the flight from Pictou, n.
b., which was broken for the stop
in Maine, by Lieut.. Leigh Wade,
who flew a plane sent to him al
Pictou.
Smith Is First
Lieut.. Smith. commander Of the
flight. was the first to land his plane,
coming down to the surface at 2;O9
p. m.
A minute later the plane piloted
by Lieut.. Wade touched the water
and that OF Lieut.. Nelson a few sec
onds afterward.
The start was made in a westerly
breeze that kicked up a light chop
off the point. Flying conditions for
the 130-mile jump were excellent, ex-
cept for a head-wind. according to
advices to the f1iers just before they
left.
Summer residents lined the shores
OF the Point TO watch the three big
Douglas cruisers lift from the water,
and the west wind carried their
cheers and shouts of farewell out
to the fiiers as they cast off their
moorings, ready to taxi for the start.
The planes were delayed in start
ing until a new supply Of gasoline
and oil was brought to the shore.
Then a slight leak was discovered in
one of the pontoons of the Boston
II and 1t took some time to repair
this. Above in the blue sky the
squadron of planes from Boston
circled waiting for the world fiiers,
who finally TAXED across Enscoba
Bay over a choppy sea and joined
the planes above.
Fair weather with bright sunshine
greeted the airmen when they rose
early today and turned to inspecting
their planes preparatory to con-
tinuing their flight.
After tinkering with the machines
anchored in cove some 200 yards
off shore Lieutenant Smith and his
companions said they planned to hop
off about o'clock.
The fog which forced them to land
here turned to a drizzling rain
during the night. but clearing
weather this morning made it
possible to continue the flight.
Lieutenants Smith. Nelson, Wade
and their mechanicians spent the
night with cottagers.
Complete Surprise
The first reception to American
soil was far different from what
1t would have been had they been
able to push on to Boston. They
came to Mere Point as a complete
surprise party. Immediately prior
to their landing the planes were
sighted and were soon lost to view
in the fog Then a few moments
later three planes, which were first
believed to be members of the well
come squadron from Boston, ap-
peared, coming east. They swooped
down to perfect landing and mem
bers Of the summer colony were as
tonished to find that they had the
round d-the-world fliers as their guests.
The airmen smilingly accepted the
invitations showered upon them and
lost little time in surrounding a CO.
DiO1S Maine dinner
At 10 o'clock the f1iers turned in
for the night. At the point where
they first returned to American soil
they had completed approximately
21 900 miles of flying across oceans,
over mountains and deserts in their
epochal trip.
First u. s. Meal
Lieutenant Smith spent the night
at the summer home of Prof. Nelson
C. Chase of Belmont, Mass. 1t was
at the Chase home that the leader
of the globe girdling fiiers sat down