Evening star., 1927-05-31

the Belgian airport, flew over the
capital and then dropped a wreath on
the Belgian national military ceme-
terry. where a ceremony was taking
place. Steering straight across the
channel. I hit England right on the
southeast corner. flying fast and
moderately low The weather was all
but perfect. with no fog whatsoever
l flew fairly low over London, follow
ing the Thames to Black Friars
Bridge. and then turned south to Croy-
don. which I found without the
slightest difficulty.
Today am trying to get some rest,
although, as the French say, all is
relative. Tomorrow 1 will be re-
ceived by King George, and Wednes.
day l will attend the derby. Thurs.
day I expect to fly back to Paris to
say good-by to the French who
treated me so well. If my plane Is
packed up by then, will fly over in
an English ship.
Will See Turf Classic.
4 have often heard of the great
British turf classic and, although l
know absolutely nothing about horse
racing. I expect to behold wonder
full sight. l have had several tips
OUefeQ me. out lIldl uleduS iOtHlHes W
my understanding.
I have been practically flooded
with offers 20 make money since /
have been in London, even more so
than in Paris. Especially motion pic.
ture managers want to make
screen actor out Of me.
Not only do I believe they are sug-
gesting an impossible undertaking,
but, Furthermore, these offers do not
appeal to me, no matter what the
financial consideration may be. What
sort of a figure would cut in NOV
ing picture love story? I have had
suggestions to be a cowboy, sheik,
robber and lots of other things, but /
am an aviator. If there happened to
be a proposition which meant fur
thering the interests of aviation /
would be interested for what l could
contribute, but am not going to move
to Hollywood. Flying is my job. not
acting.
+ Going Back to Europe.
But as far as all propositions are
concerned, I would like to make it
plain that l am entering into no en-
gagements until get back to America
and have time to investigate and find
out which seem worth while and
which interest me. Although my fu-
ture plans are still unsettled. there is
one intention that / shall stick to. |
am coming back to Europe soon to
see what / didn't see this time. /
am coming py air and going to take
my own sweet time.
What l have in mind is to go to all
countries over here which lIave real
aviation, study their ships and fly
them. We in the United States have
a good many things to learn from
European aviation, Just as, in some
respects, we can show them some
thing. I am hoping the invitations
that I have received this time and
cannot accept, will hold for another
time.
Auto Trip Brings Fear.
Over the past 10 days I have had
gamut of many sensationS-Weari.
the livest sensation 1 had was yester-
day on the way from Croydon to the
American embassy. We We're going
along at a good clip. when there in
the middle of the road, coming toward
us, was a large limousine. 1t seemed
to be coming right into us. Our
chauffeur seemed to be steering right
into it. When 20 feet away from us
closed my eyes and shrunk down into
cushions to better stand the shock.
Then nothing happened. / opened my
eyes and the car had passed on. No
one had ever told me they drive on
the left side of roads in England.
For few seconds / had sensation
which had missed me during the en-
tire Atlantic flight was downright
afraid for the first time since having
New York.
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