Evening star., 1927-10-17
Indy LUNCHES
WITH PRESIDENT
Stops Off on Way From Rich.
mond-G0eS to Balti-
more Tomorrow.

Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, pioneer
transatlantic flyer, dropped down into
Washington today after an uneventful
flight from Richmond.
The Capital is just stopping-off
place for the ace of the air on his
present trip, and his visit is entirely
unofficial and lacking in the social
festivities which marked his trip here
on his return to the United States
from Paris last June. He will leave
Washington tomorrow morning for
Baltimore, another Of the last stops
on his Nation wide trip for the Daniel
Guggenheim Fund for Promotion or
Aeronautics.
With William P. MacCracken, jr.,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for
Aeronautics, Col. Lindbergh was a
luncheon guest Of President Coolidge
at the White House at l o'clock.
They Discuss Aviation.
He discussed aviation with the Ex.
ecutive and later declared that this
Nation should for the present give
it's full attention to the development
Of continental air lines and should
let the future take care of trans
oceanic development.
Col. Lindbergh regretted that there
had been so many tragic endings to
recent tranSoceanic flights and stated
that in lis opinion the cause for some
of these disasters has been improper
organization. He added that not suffi-
cient preparation had been made by
some of those who have undertaken
flights across the Atlantic or Pacific
and that they have not used the right
equipment, have not taken the proper
time in making ready and that they
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such feats. tt
Col. Lindbergh is still of the opinion
that service stations provided by
floats anchored in the ocean would be
of some protection to those attempt
ing transoceanic flights. He said.
however, that the practicability of
this should be worked out by engi-
neerS.
Winding Up Trip.
A few moments after he had TAXED
his silver ship, Spirit of st. Louis, up
to the wide doors of a hangar at Boil
ing Field, Col. Lindbergh made it
known that his visit to Washington is
entirely lacking in official auspices
and will have in it nothing Of the adu-
latiOn and public reception which
marked his visit in June.
His landing at Boiling Field at 11:44
thu morning from Richmond, where
he spent last night, was the first time
he had settled the wheels of the Spirit
of st. Louis on the soil of the District
of Columbia. He flew on his previous
visit here, but took the air in an Army
pursuit ship. He was accompanied
from Richmond by Harry F. Guggen-
helm, sponsor for the nationwide trip
which Lindbergh is now winding up,
and j. D. Cushman, in a plane pi-
loted by, Philip Love, who was as
signed several weeks ago by the aero
nautics branch of the Commerce De-
partment to pilot the plane which ac-
companies Lindbergh on his flying
tours on behalf of the Guggenheim
fund.
The flying colonel, after carefully
taxing his ship up to the hanger en-
trance, hoped out and removed his
helmet and goggles, to be greeted by
Mr.. MacCracken and Maj. H. 5. Bur
well, commanding officer Of Boiling
Field. The presence of the two Gov
ernment executives was the only Of
fetal touch to the reception to the
intrepid airmen.
Wears Same Suit.
Lindbergh wore the same dark blue
suit with a white pin stripe he wore
on his visit to Washington in June
and was the same modest, almost self
effacing man who has charmed two
capitals with his gracious manner
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