Evening star., 1927-05-22

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1t was apparent the young man
was too full of his experiences to
want sleep and he sat on the bed
and chatted with the Ambassador,
his son and daughter.in.law. BY
this time the frantic corps of news
paper men who had been madly
chasing the American airman from
one false scent to another had
finally tracked him to the embassy.
In a body they descended upon
the Ambassador, who received
them in the salon and informed
them he had just left Lindbergh
with strict instructions to go to
sleep. AS Mr.. Herriek was talk.
ing with the journalists his son.
in-law came down stairs and said
Lindbergh had rung and an.
nounced he didn't care to go to
sleep just yet and would be glad
to see the newspaper men for a
few minutes. A cheer went up
from the group, who were let by
MFR. Herrick. rush upstairs. In a
blue and gold room with soft
light glowing sat the conqueror
of the. Atlantic. !
He Immediately stood t1p, and
spondent OF The Star and the New
York Times was first to greet him.
"Sit down please" urged every
one in the same voice, but Lind.
bergh only smiled in his famous
boyish smile and said: Its almost
as easy to stand up as it is to sit
down."
Questions were fired from all sides
about the trip across, but Lind. =
bergh seemed to dismiss them all
with brief nonchalant answers:
Surmounts Newfoundland T1sd6ie.
II expected trouble -ever New.
foundland because had been
warned the situation there was un.
favorable. but LEot over that haz.
ard with no trouble whatsoever"
II had~four sandwiches when
left NeW York." said Lindbergh
tonight. II only ate one and a
half during the whole trip and
drank little water. I don't sup.
pose had time to eat any more
because you know it surprised me
how short distance 1t is to Eu.
rope"
However, it wasn't easy going.
had sleet and snow for over one
thousand miles. Sometimes it was
too high to fly over and sometimes
too low to fly under, so I just had
to go through it as best 1 could.
flew as low as 10 feet in some
places and as high as 10000 in
others. passed no ships in the
day time. but at night l saw the
lights Of several ships, the night
being bright and clear"
Every one wanted to know II
the Flying Foor' had been sleepy
on the voyage.
II didn't really get what you
might call downright sleepy" he
said, "but I think sort Of nodded
several times. In fact, I could
have flown half that distance
again."
Plenty of Fuel Left.
II had enough fuel to go 1000
miles, I think-certainly 500, al.
though had no time to examine
the fuel tanks, the crowds were SO
terrific. II it wasn't for soldiers
and two French aviators, I think
I might have been injured by the
wild enthusiasts in the throng.
Anyway, l paid no attention to
economy of fuel during the voy.
age"
Mr.. Herrick then asked the
young aviator if he had any diff
Guilty in finding his way once he
had reached Europe.
"Well you know this is my first
trip TO Europe. and I just had to
take chance"
Lindbergh added with another OF ;
his smiles that he liked what he
had seen of Paris and he wanted
to stay as long as he could.
The American boy said that
never once during the trip had
he doubted his eventual success,
and when he was over Cherbourg
or what he thought was Cher.
bourg he knew he would make it.
about 40 miles away from
Paris began to see the old trench
flares they were sending up at LIE
Bourget." he continued. II knew
then I had made it and as I ap.
preached the field with all its
lights it was a simple matter to
circle once and then pick a spot
sufficiently far away from the
crowd to land o. X. I landed per.
fectly and then the crowd descend.
ed on me and it was all over but
the handshaking."
Discounts His Effort.
Lindbergh refused to take se.
riously the problem of flying the
Atlantic when asked how he had
performed the almost unbelievable
feat.
You know flying a good aero.
plane doesn't require near as much
attention as motor car" he ex.
planned.