New Britain herald., 1927-05-11
PACIFIC TO MISS.
 RIVER IN IA HOURS Captain Lndbergh, Another Ocean Flier, Reaches St. Louis PLANS FLIGHT TO PARIS
Aviator From Far West, On Way to New York, Intends to Start Trans Atlantic Attempt in Week or So, He Announces.

St LOUIS, May II C@-From the Pacific ocean to the Mississippi river overnight, Captain Charles Lind bergh, "hopped" in the monoplane he plans to fly from New York to Paris, reaching St. Louis today, 14 hours and five minutes after his start from San Diego. Cal. at 5:55 D. m., St. Louis time, yesterday.
 Makes Fast Time
 The first 1850 mile leg of his jour- ney to New York, whence he will take off in week or ten days on the transatlantic flight on a course similar to that planned for the Coli Nungesser flight was completed in three hours less than Lindbergh had planned before leaving Rockwell field late yesterday He expected to ar- rive in St. Louis at II a. m.. today.
 Watchers at Lambert-St. Louis field saw the silvery monoplane ap- preaching from the southwest shortly before 5 8. m., and it was exactly o'clock when the 25 year old for mer St. Louis-Chicago air mail pilot descended to a few hundred feet above the field. He did not land flew over the city viewing the down. town district and the river. At S:18 he landed.
 Will Rest Day Or Two
 Iindbergh plans to leave in a day or two in his single-seater plane for New York. He is flight comman- der in the Missouri national guard air service.
 Il set straight line for St. Louis and flew by the compass all the way" Captain Lindbergh said. when he landed. My flying time was bet ter than 100 miles an hour most of the way and my altitude was 5000 to 6.O0O feet. except when crossing the Rocky mountains, when I went up to 13.00o.
 Crossing the Rockies
 "The crossing of the Rockies was at point north of Santa Fe, N. NJ. The line I took was such a straight one that I didn't see a city or a large town, until Jefferson City, Mo-. this morning." Jefferson City re- ported the passing of the Lindbergh plane at 7:lS a. m.
 After breakfast. Captain Lindbergh the only entrant in the Raymond Ur- teig s25,o0o flight who plans to make the transatlantic flight alone. in spected his plane, which is to be christened "The Spirit of St. Louis" before it leaves on the cross-ocean flight.
 The lone pilot took about c50 gall Ions of gasoline in his 1850 mile hop from California. He estimates his 425 gallon gasoline capacity and 35 gallon oil supply would take him A. o50 miles, more than double the shortest line across the Atlantic.
 The monoplane has wing-spread of 42 feet and fuselage 2S feet long and Is similar to western air mail planes. It has a cruising speed of 10o miles an hour with full load and high speed of about 130 miles an hour.
 Lindbergh Is -four star" mem- Der of the Caterpillar club. fraternity of fliers who have made forced para chute leaps.
 T am very sorry that Nunges- ser and Coli seem to have failed in their brave attempt to cross the At. lantic in the wrong direction" said Lindbergh today. "I hope they will be picked up. But their experience. whatever it proves to be, will not affect my plans"
 T didn't see very much but my in- struments." Captain Lindbergh said when asked for a detailed descrip- tion of his flight. 'I circled about over the Pacific ocean before head ing east. Darkness came while l was over Arizona and I didn't keep track of state lines thereafter, but at day. light 1 found I was over Kansas.
 There was a lot of snow on the top of the mountains. but the cold didn't seem to get up where I was. didn't get fatigued or sleepy at any
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