Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-28

started through the dawn straight, for
Paris. Flying high with only one
escort plane behind and nobody to
bother him, he arrived over the Arc de
Triomphe and there swept down out
OF the morning haze to an altitude of
only few hundred feet. He .circled
above the spot. 1t was his salute to the
tomb of the unknown soldier. He had
fulfilled his dream of seeing Paris from
the air by daylight.
Over the embassy building where he
has been a guest during this past week
of delirious days, the young Missourian
did stunt or two and then struck out
on a beeline back to the LIE Bourget
field.
He put the little French plane
through one evolution after another
loops, tail spins, head spins, splrals,
every stunt that filters know. Il did a
little bit of everything that is almost
everything" he said later when asked
about his early morning flight
AS his plane came down near the
ground the captain finished off with a
few minutes mock battle with French
plane that had followed him. Then
his time was his own until midday
After that, he had to be the hero again
| to shake hands, smile and meet people
of prominence.
After his flight, he had breakfast
with group of French aviators,
looked over his own plane and the
! planes of the other aviators lined up
| in the hangers at lie Bourget. From
| there he drove back to Paris and did
some shopping but only for a little
while.
After that, Paris claimed him again.
There was a lunch at the ministry OF
war, presided over by War Minister
Painleve, more speeches, more tributes
and another reply to make. From
there he was driven to the official
home of the president of the French
senate and met the members OF the
upper house Of the French parliament.
: Ambassador Myron t. Herrick went
with him, as. did General John J. Per-
shing.
After luncheon, the last of many that
the French government has given him.
Captain Lindbergh went to the senate
to hear his glories eXtolled anew After
that he made a hurried visit to the
historic fair of st. Germaine and from
there to an automobile plan and then
still on to the Flier's t'Nest" in the Bois
de Boulogne, which is provided by the
International League of Aviators Tor
the flierS of all nationalities.
His last full day in Paris was done
but the night remained. There were
still more appearances to make. Hurry
i,,o hooL IN tho eT1ohaSSv the American
fIier had his usual evening conference
with newspaper men. He told them his
plans, but they extended no farther
than London He expects to fly there
from Brussels on Sunday and after
that his activities will be in the hands
of American Ambassador Alanson b.
Koughton.
He did not know whether or not the
invitation from the United States gov
ernment to go home aboard an Amerl-
can DESTROYER would be accepted, and
the actual time of his departure from
Europe would depend on word from
home" which he is still awaiting.
After his talk, Captain Lindbergh
dressed for the evening and ATE his
dinner in the privacy of the embassy
He hurried away to a theatre where a
benefit performance was given for the
families of aviators who gave their
lives to the progress of mans conquest
of the air. At the theatre he was re-
ceived, as everywhere, with laundering
and frantic cheers.
BRUSSELS, Belgium, May 27 P)-