The producers news., 1927-06-03

did you do the whole flight bv dead
reckoning? | am a flier myself: NV
name is Gotham, and | flew from
LONDON few minutes ago to see you
ana tell you you have done the great
est thlng | have ever heard Off
All heads turned. The voice was
that OF Sir Alan Gotham, the greatest
OF British long distance aviators. the
pioneer of routes to South Africa
! India and Australia.
1T is Sir Alan Gotham" several
said, and made a path for him to
approach Lindbergh, who grasped The
Brlton's hand and said: 81 am mighty
glad to meet you, sir. have heard
a great deal about you. We-I-did
1t all by dead reckoning. We didn +
carry any astronomical instruments
and don't know how to use a sex
tant."
What points did you fly over in
crossing Ireland to France?" some
one asked.
Hand me the map: I'll tell YOU"
Llndbergh replied.
Neither Hungry Nor SIeenv
IN answer to another question he
said he did not feel either hungry or
sleepy during the flight, and as to
MS meals,-I ate about a sandwich
and a half and drank about a half
a glass of water. l kept the windows
open all the way. But, YOU see. our
shlp' the way she is built, you are
protected from straight winds, and
SO we didn't have that discomfort"
How did you fly from Cherbourg
on to Paris ?"
"Oh, Just came on in a straight
line, picked up the beams of the
searchlights all right and saw the
Seine. Then when l got a look at
Eltfel tower all lit up, l knew that
was Paris, and 1 had been told at
home that LIE Bourget was ID kilo-
meters northeast of Paris.
Not Sure of Field
when / got there | wasn't ouite
sure that it was lie Bourget. That
is why 1 flew around there several
minutes. thought LIE Bourget must
be a little further on, but when thew
turned on the field lights I figured
that must be the place. Then the
crowd began racing out there into
the lights, there wasn't any more
doubt about it. The French journal
lists asked Lindbergh what was his
opinion as to the fate of Nungesser
and Coli, as he took a path through
much the same route they were ex-
pected to follow.
There are a hundred things could
have happened to Nungesser and
COi,' he said. eff thew had very
bad weather this side of Newfound-
land, one of the hundred things that
seems not improbable is that thew go+
into sleet storm and that thew
might not have been able to get ont
of 1t or climb above it. A sleet storm
can bring you down in five minutes.
because Ice built up in front of the
wings will change their entire curve.
Not Chance in Ice.
Then suppose they flew low all
the way and got into an ice field.
There you have got the worst possi-
bic conditions, and you NAV not he
able to get over it. There are ;ce
fields off Newfoundland, where, if
you had to come down there wouldn't
be one chance in a thousand to be
found.
"The flight Nungesser and Coli
took from Paris to New York is much
harder than coming from New York
to Paris, because of unfavorabIe CON
ditions. At New York we received
kilograms from all over the United
States, nearly all asking us to express
sorrow to the people of Paris over
the loss of Nungesser and Coli. Their
attempt touched the heart of every
body IN our country and everyone of
us wanted them to succeed.