New Britain herald., 1927-06-16

| away eS"oiN A>S" VI M
The unannounced and uncere-
monial visit required only IS min
utes. merely time enough for the
fier to change from the army plane
which he boarded two hours before
at Mitchell field. l.. l.. to his own
plane which was left here after his
home coming welcome because OF
engine trouble.
Only few newspapermen. a scat
tering group Of speely-eyed specta-
tors and the personnel OF naval and
army air fields witnessed the quiet
arrival and hop-off. which was in
sharp contrast TO the clamor which
accompanied Lindberghs home
coming here on Saturday and his
departure on Monday.
Lindbergh was preceded few
! minutes before his arrival by Lieut..
Sinclair Street, OF the army air corps
and on the return trip to New
York Lieut.. Commanders Wick and
Miles Of the navy, Joined the escort.
They flew ahead OF the trans-Atlan-
tic fier.
Although the sun had not shown
itself when Lindbergh arrived and
departed flood lights from the ma
val station made Bowling Field as
bright as day. and threw THE Spirit
of st. Louis" into sharp outline as
she winged away.
Lindbergh flew down from New
York in l hour and So minutes
during the early morning hours to
take the Spirit of st. Louis back to
New York so that he can fly the
craft from there to St. Louis tomor-
row.
Flight Without Incident
AS an air mail fiier it was no feat
for him to penetrate the darkness
He landed perfectly amid the artif-
cial illumination of the beacon light
and scores OF blue ground lights
THE flight was without incident"
was the laconic comment Of Lieut.
Street.
When he landed at S:44 a. m.
Lindbergh conversed briefly with
newspapermen and had his photo
graph taken while he remained in
the army plane. But he kept his
motor running and virtually nothing
he said could be heard. He then
went to THE Spirit OF ST. Louis"
with fashlight and went with
Lieut.. Commander Wick into a
hangar for a short conference on
the plans for the return trip.
Finally jumping into the trans-At-
lantic plane at 4:05 o'clock the !
famous pilot TAXED about 500 yards !
down the field and swinging sharp !
! ly around he turned the throttle on !,
full and took off at 400 a. m. /;
He circled the field once and then !
pointed the plane toward New York. |
! disappearing quickly from the gaze
Of the observers on the ground. |
The army plane in which Lind
bergh flew from New York was tn"
Curtiss single-scater pursuit ship Of
the number one type that he use,
Monday on the trip to that city
Lindbergh apparently was perfect
ly satisfied with the condition Of the
Spirit OF st. Louis" which since
Monday had been tested several
times by naval aviation officers. Its
motor roared without any semblance
Of a defect.
The fight in the early morning
hours disappointed thousands of
Lindbergh's admirers in Washing
ton who had expected to see him on
his air return here. For the past
two days newspaper offices here
have been besieged with telephone
calls concerning his flight plans.
He played trick on Washing
tonians who tried to obtain few
words from him.
The witnesses OF his landing want
ed to know why he chose such an
hour to rejoin his THE Spirit Of St.
Louis" so they lost no time in gath
ering about the cockpit Of his
speedy army pursuit plane as he
TAXED mp to the hangar where 1--WE"
lay ready.
Army and navy officers also join .
ed the crowd about the flyer, but
apparently sensing that time was
precious. Indy merely kept his mo- ,
tor running as bystanders directed ,
query after query into his ears.
He shouted few greetings to the
crowd. but the spinning engine
drowned all other sound and this
continued until the motor in 1.-THE
Spirit OF St. Louis" was warmed up
sufficiently to allow him few mo.
ments with air station officers be-
fore taking off for New York. |,
Nassau County Greeting ,
Nassau county greets the colonel +
at $3.50 o'clock on Roosevelt field ]
from where the Spirit of St. Louis" ;
scared on May 20 on its voyage
across the sea. Colonel Theodore |
Roosevelt, who gave the modest
young hero letters Of Introduction to
friends in Paris. was scheduled as 4
the principal speaker at the exer-
cises.
Arrangements; were made for 100,-
900 participants in the welcome.
After bidding farewell to the spot
that marks his start to glory. Lind
bergh returns to Manhattan for the
Orteig tea. The check presentation
ceremonies have been limited to one
hour after which Lindbergh will be ;
the guest Of honor at an informal
reception of the alumni of the Uni I
versity OF Wisconsin, where he was
once a student.
His day in public ends at 1890 p. $
h., at the Aeronautical Chamber Of {
Commerce dinner at the Waldorf AS I
toria. !
While Mrs. Evangeline L. Lind I
bergh. his mother. left for st. Louis +
afternoon to await his APP
pearance there tomorrow, Colonel r
continued his triumphal i
tour of New York. Everywhere he r
appeared roaring thousands milled |
and crushed to see him. E
Lindbergh opened his program (,
Yesterday at the Hotel Astor where +