Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-30

railroad station and make sure where
we were.
About noon we hit the Rhine and
had no trouble in recognizing this big
river. We followed it southwark. and
before long got to CoblenZ. Tnere
were blue skies without clouds, ana
we never had to climb higher than
1000 feet.
But we talked things over on the
way and decided to land for While
at Stuttgart after all. Stuttgart was
easy enough to locate, but not It's
landing field, il any. After clrcllng
around over the city three times, and
dropping down low SO the people couid
have a good look at our plane. we
thought that homebody must have
been kidding us about the field. After
ward. we learned, here at Munlch.
that the field is Is miles or so outside
the city. which explains why we could
not find it and also why no machine
was sent up to show us the way.
Smooth Sailing Into Munich.
From Stuttgart it was smooth sail
| ing all the way to Munich. with
| blue sky and a nice breeze.
We had thought of flying over Hot,
a town in Bavaria where Schlee s
father was born, but it seemed to De
out Of our course. The maps WORKED
all right on the last lap Of the days
fight. We picked up town called
Dillinger by giving the railroad sta
| ton the uncover at height Of about
| 800 feet. Next we identified Augs-
berg, and from there 1.-The rail COM
pass"-in other words, the railroad
| guided us straight to Munich.
| A snappy little biplane met us on
| the outskirts of the city and gave us
| the direction to the flying field. where
we landed at pm. without the slight
! est difficulty. Somebody began lead
| ing us to the custom house on the
| field, which did not bother us any.
| We have nothing to declare but the
| clothes on our backs. However,
neither the customs nor passport Off
| Gals paid any attention to us. If we
| continue to get by without showing
| our passports we will have a new
record for circiing the globe without
visas.
Schlee did most of the plotting on
| the flight from London. We ale a
sandwich apiece and Schlee drank
| little coffee. Brock drank nothing at
all. But the beer which they served
us in big liter stems after we landed
tasted mighty good to us both. l.
was worth coming to Munich for.
Over Mountains Next Hop.
We had thought OF going further
| this afternoon. but changed our
minds when the flying officials told
us about the high mountains ahead.
1t would not be 50 good to buck into
a mountain in the dark, so we de-
- h. ;,,lot nd
start off at $50 tomorrow morning,
with Constantinople as an objective
for tomorrow run. We may make
a brief stop at Belgrade for a bite to
eat, but we figure we ought to make
| Constantinople by or pm. Being
| without any flying maps beyond Mu-
Mich, we have been trying to buy
some here, but those we have got so
far are mighty hard to read. 80 we
may have to lay our course by COM
pass alone.
We found that the gasoline which
the Royal-Dutch Co. undertook to
| supply us with at each of our stops
was waiting for US here. Also there
was a supply Of Valvoline oil. both
having been shipped from Hamburg.
| Having replenished the old ships fuel,
we decided to make ourselves more
comfortable by taking a bath and
changing our clothes. at least to the
extent Of socks shirts. collars. and I'M
dcrWear, which we bought here. AS
we are carrying no baggage what
ever, we will have to continue this
9 changing process all around the
world
Judging by our showing so far, we
have no doubts whatever that we
shall succeed in our enterprise The
motor has never missed a single beat
up to the present time, and the plane
likewise, Is in perfect condition.
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