Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-13
VIEWS
PLANE ON DISPLAY
Carefully Inspects Noted
Craft at Hams Point-ViS-
its Boiling Field.

Col. Charles A. Lindbergh saw his
Spirit of St. Louis yesterday evening
for the first time since he left it in
the hands of British royal air force
mechanics at Gosport, England to be
boxed and brought to this country
aboard the L. S. S. Memphis, which
convened him to Washington.
Unheralded. and contrary to the in
dications that had been given the
naval air station. Col Lindbergh
swooped down on the Navy air base
shortly after 8 O'Clock Yesterday after
noon for an inspection of his plane.
He did not catch the personnel I'M
awares, however. as Capt. James WI
son of the eleventh precinct mashed
the word to the air station as the Lind
bergh caravan sped past his office on
Nichols avenue Lieut.. Comdr. d. c.
Watson, executive officer of the sta
ton, was in command and waiting for
the pilot and his mother at the gate.
Accompanied only by John Hays
Hammond, in addition 10 Mrs. Lind
bergh and Comdr. Watson, Col. Lind
bergh was taken across the water TO
Hams Point in the stations gig,
Newspapermen and photographers fol-
lowed aboard a Coast Guard cutter.
Given Cheers From Shore.
AS he landed on the barge, Col,
Iindbergh was given a luSty cheer
from those on shore. He proceeded
to a minute inspection of his plane
and expressed himself delighted with
the work done by the Navy mechanics
He had been informed that although
they had the plane ready to fly away
at midnight Saturday, or 5la hours
after the two big boxes bearing it in
dissembled form had been landed on
the air station dock, the mechanics
continued to put finishing touches on
the ship until 4 O'Clock yesterday
morning. He asked that his appre-
citation be conveyed to each and every
member of the crew of mechanics.
Col. Lindbergh confined his con-
versation with Comdr. Watson, him.
self a pilot. to the subject Of flying
alone. When told by Comdr. Watson
that an old friend of the two was in
Europe on cruise with the u ); 3
Detroit. sister ship of the Memphis,
Col. Lindbergh replied: That's fine,
but he won't get much flying DONE"
Visits Boiling Field.
Upon his return to the air station,
Col. Lindbergh said he wanted to visit
Boiling Field. Maj. Harvey 3. B
BurWell. commander VI DOiiiil5 ASiN
unaware that the airman had included
his post on his schedule. happened to
be on the Navy side and in civilian
clothes when he heard of the proposed
visit. st.
With Maj Frederick L. Martin,
original commander of the Army
world flight. they sped across the
rough ground in an automobile and
were waiting at the operations office
when the Lindbergh party arrived.
Mai. Burwell showed Col. Lindbergh
the newest planes, but the young pilot
appeared to be far more interested
in an Army Curtiss pursuit plane,
bearing blue and gold checkered deco
rations on the disk wheels and the
nose. On the side Of the single-seater
was painted a dome of the Capitol,
new insignia of Boiling Field ships.
Col. Lindbergh climbed aboard and
made himself comfortable in the cock
pit.
This was the plane which was
rushed out for him at Boiling Field
this morning when his own was I'M
able to carry him to New York on
account of a frozen cam follower,
which prevented the functioning of
the valves in one of the cylinders.