The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-13
LINDY HONORED
BY AV|ATORS

ACOnAuMe0 from First FaRG.l
national association, told Colonel
Lindbergh that he well deserves to
take his place among the ranks OF
| the aviation inmortals who hold
life membership in the association.
| The other holders of the honor
who advanced aviation either
I through actual achievement in the
air or through distinguished service
| in the sciences upon which aviation
| IL based, are Wilbur. orviIle and
Katherine Wright, Samuel Pierpont
Langley, Octave Chanute. John J..
! Montgomery, Charles NJ. Manley.
Glenn Hammond Curtiss and Thomas
A. Edison.
Appears Quite at Ease
The young flyer, who has seemed
Ill at ease in the pomp of the off.
! cial celebrations accorded him in the
National Capital. appeared more at
ease at the breakfast, where he
could talk aviation with those who
understood.
He beamed his appreciation when
Comdr. Richard Evelyn Byrd, whom
he beat In the race to Paris, per.
sonally congratulated him in the
most glowing terms and then read
the formal citation of the National
Geographic Society for the Hubbard
Medal.
The medal itself win be presented
as soon as it can be struck off and
sent to this country from Paris,
! where the dies are stored.
At the head table with Colonel
Lindbergh were the aviation leaders
of the nation. while before him sat
a great gathering Of fliers in every
branch of the service, among them
air heroes whose names Saye runr
from coast to coast.
President Adams. in presenting
Colonel Lindbergh, made the formal
presentation of life membership in
] the association.
/ BY your signal achievement"
Mr.. Adams said, ''you have at one
! stroke lifted the cause of aerial
navigation from the realm Of doubt
and uncertainty and unfolded be.
fore an astonished world the bound
less possibilities of aviation.
The results of your epochal
Tight, accommodating and compound.
Ing with each passing year, will
continue to bear fruit In the adj
vancement Of civilization after all
here present have come to toll no
more"
Colonel Lindbergh was given a
thunderous ovation by his fellow
fllers, as he rose reluctantly, blush
ing at the tribute. AviatOrs who
themselves have tasted the sweets
Of public acclaim for deeds of dar-
ing In the air, stamped. whistled,
shouted and applauded while the
youthful colonel twisted his napkin
In his hands and then leaned for.
ward, the palms Of his hands on the
table, to speak.
Nervous, Making Reply
In a Enthusiastically brief speech
Lindbergh spoke of the practicability
of ocean flying on a regular basis
and of the feasibility of Cali
fornia.to- Hawaii nonstop flight.
Aviation IS ON sound basis to-
day." Colonel Lindbergh told his dis.
tinguished audience Of fellow filters,
land It must continue TO be de-
veloped along these lines. Trans
atlantic flying will come, but it
Will require sound ground organiza-
ton and extended research and direC-
ton by experienced men.
There is great interest at this
time in a flight from California to
Hawaii. This flight is entirely prac.
ticable. 1t can be done and it win
be done. However, hope no one
tries to make 1t oh the principle of
navigation used in my New York
to-Paris flight.
IF had struck the coast Of
Ireland 800 miles north or south of
where did / still could have made