Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-10

Gals at the naval air station felt 1t
would be dangerous to bring the great
ship out of her hangar while the winds
continued.
Lieut.. Comdr. A c. Davis of the
Bureau of Aeronautics yesterday flew
, to Lakehurst in Navy land plane and
delivered a large batch of invitations
forwarded to Col. Lindbergh by the
reception committee here, which are
to be dropped aboard by the Los An.
geles.
Ready Since Yesterday.
Lieut.. Comdr. Charles E. Rosendahl,
skipper Of the airship, said he had
been ready to take off since yesterday
noon. The entire force at the naval
air station, including civilians, was on
duty at the station throughout the
night in the hope that the cross-wind
which came up yesterday would abate.
The wind was estimated to be blow
ing at velocity of 20 miles an hour
this morning.
Comdr. Rosendahl said the vessel
could have been unlocked and taken
out If there was full ground crew at
the station to walk it put. A few
months ago 200 marines who made up
the ground crew were sent to China
and 100 sailors were sent to replace
them.
Because Of the shortage of men,
COmdr. RoSendahl decided to await
more favorable conditions.
Lieut.. Russell l.. Vaughan, who flew
from New York to San Francisco
between dawn and dusk, accompanied
by Maj. D. B. Wardwell, Air Corps
Reserves, arrived at Boiling Field late
yesterday from Casper. Wyo. Lieut..
Vaughan is one of several distin-
guished Air Corps pilots who have
been invited here officially to greet
Col Lindbergh. Mai Lanphier, who
led the LIST Pursuit Group, and who
commanded the Army Porto Rican
flight, and Capt. st. Clair STREET., who
commanded the Army fight from New
York to Nome, Alaska, in 1919, also
arrived, flying in the pursuit group.
Several other noted airmen are due
to arrive before dark or early to-
morrow.
Members of the list Pursuit Group
who few into Washington yesterday,
in addition to Maj Lanphier and Capt.
STREET., are Capt. V. B. Dixon, Capt.
f. H. Pritchard and Lieuts. Lawson,
Bodle, Gregg, Crowley, Mallory,
Schulze, Keillor, Stowe, Johnson,
Woodring. Finch. Irvine. Gelbach,
Derwester, Hunter, Vanetta and
Hovey.
Among the Army pilots on duty
here who will fly in the escort
tomorrow are Capt. I. HI. Edwards,
Capt. Ralph H. Wooten, Capt. Robert
E. Oldys, Lieut.. Donald G. Duke,
I inIrf ofA
Scott Lieut.. Kellogg Sloan and Lieut..
Bob E. Rowland.
Former Commander to Fly.
Maj. Clarence M. Young, chief of
the air regulations division of the De-
partment of Commences aeronautic
branch and Col. Lindbergh's former
commanding officer IN a Reserve Army
observation squadron, will pilot a
Commerce Department Bull "Airster"
in the Army observation plane forma-
ton. Ralph Lockwood, an airplane
inspector in Maj. Young's division, will
fly a 'Travelair" biplane.
Among the Navy pilots from the
Anacostia Air Station who will par
ticipate in the escort are Lieut.. Comdr.
A. c. Miles and Lieuts. George r.
Henderson, James d. Barner, s. w.
CdLI"dy, W. u. 1OIIIllIlSOH, Il. w.
Litch and Richard Bowes. Navy
fighting and observation planes will be
used.
Lieut.. Henderson, as chief of the
flight test section of the station, today
designated the crew of expert me-
chanics which will assemble the
Spirit Of st. Louis after it is rushed
to the air station on a barge from
the Navy Yard.
The crew is headed by Aviation
Chief Machinist William j. Morris
and consists of e. o. Erickson, r. w.
Simmons, Aviation Chief Machinists
Mates Bowersocks, Crittenden. A. B.
Cook, Christensen and Salvo. The
heavy crates will be taken into the
flight test hangar, which is the Sec
ond seaplane hangar, facing Hams
Point