Evening star., 1927-10-29
GOEbEL HOPS OFF
ON NEW YORK TRIP
Pacific Flyer Leaves Capital,
Expecting to Return for
Conferences Nov. 10.

With New York as his destination
Arthur c. GOebel, transpacitic flyer,
left this morning at l:u5 from Boiling
Field in his blue and yellow airplanc
Woolaroc, intending 10 return to The
Capital November 10, to spend ~ days
here comforting further with Gov.
ernment officials interested in avia
ton.
Lauds Radio Beacon.
Terming airports and landing fields
the country's most essential need in
aviation at the present time, Goebel
declared the radio beacon is "the
greatest thing ever brought out" at
the luncheon rendered him yesterday
afternoon by the National Press Club.
The flyer revealed that at first he in
tended to make the hop to Hawaii
alone, but months Of study on his
plans and course convinced him that
he needed a competent navigator. He
chose type of plane that had already
been tried by commercial use, he said,
in outlining preparations for the his
toric hop.
ut wasn't luck at all, but scientific
preparedness" Mr.. Goebel insisted,
pointing out that he had Ill gallons
of gas left in his planes tanks when
he landed in Hawaii.
carried. he said, to insure against any
one type proving defective. After the
flight, he said. neither himself nor his
navigator was tired. as they went for
a swim at the beach at Waikiki and
danced until early the next morning.
Old Equipment Passing.
Lieut.. w. V. Davis, naval officer of
San Diego, who accompanied Mr.
Goebel on his flight as navigator, has
been married since the event, the
satisfaction that the country is get
ting away from the old wartime
equipment, and declared that he had
learned much about weather condi-
tions and landing fields during his air
tour over the country that has brought
him to Washington. lie added that
he is getting away from the stunting
game and on a commercial basis"
Goebel was a stunt flyer in Hollywood,
Calf.
Victor S. X. Houston, Delegate-elect
from Hawaii, paid high tribute to
Goebel during the luncheon, as did
Capt. Emory S. Land, assistant chief
of the Bureau of Aeronautics. Navy
Department. Capt. Land said the
spirit of aviation has been aroused in
America, and that the Goebel flight
had demonstrated a vital matter in
national defense. Clarence NJ. Young,
director of aeronautics of the Depart
ment of Commerce, who examined the
Dole prize contestants at Oakland,
Calf, before the take-off, said that
Goebel's equipment was 100 per cent,
and that he accomplished zone of the
most difficult flights on record"
Dawson Pays Tribute.
Lieut.. John Harding, jr., Army
world flyer, delivered a brief greeting
to his flying colleague. and F. Trubee
Dawson, Assistant Secretary of War
for Aeronautics, said the Army was
proud of Goebel, who is a Reserve Off
Ger. The flight, Mr.. Dawson said,
demonstrated what American ma
chimes and engines can do when
handled by courageous and competent
men, but expressed surprise that the
flights across the Pacific are not bet
ter appreciated, particularly the navi-
cation difficulties.
Fred Hamlin of Hollywood, Calf,
former newspaper man, who is accom-
panying Goebel, in brief address said
the best tribute he could pay his
friend was to term him "a regular
fellow"
Louis Ludlow, president Of the Ma
tional Press Club, presided and intro
duced the speakers, after paying high
tribute to Goebel's worth, both as a
man and as an aviator.