New Britain herald., 1928-04-25
LlNDY'S FLIGHT
 WAS 0F NO AVAIl
Serum for Bennett Useless Fler on Way Back Home

Quebec. April 35 f-Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh hopped off on h.. return flight to New York at l1:2o this morning.
 Lindbergh was unaware Of the death of Floyd Bennett, whose life was the purpose Of his air race here with serum to aid in combating the pneumonia from which Bennett sui ferred.
 Llndbergh had left the city for Battlefield park, which he used as q landing field. before word came from the hospital. He flew over the city before heading for New York and hls plane crossed directly over Jef- fiery Hale hospital where his fellow aviator lay dead.
 Quebec, April 25 Pl-Colonel Charles A. Lindhergh's daring flight through rain and snow to bring anti nneumonia serums 10 the bedside of Floyd Bennett. fellow flyer, today was found to have beer Ill Nain.
 Early today Bennetts physicians diagnosed his illness as type Of |obar pneumonia. The serunls "l'h which I,indbergh flew from New York were for treatment or type 9" from which it previously had been thought the North Pole flyer was suffering. =, The bulletin issued by pr w. H. Delaney, superintendent Of the Jei- frey Hale hospital, and Dr. A. L. Rarach of New York, described type three as the most Nirulent type ol lobar pneumonia and said, 'nhto'- -una,,lv the serums brought rom New York by Colonel Lindbcrgh do not cover il.
 Early yesterday John D. Rocke- teller, Jr, alarmed at the cond'Noh o, Bennett. stricken while endeaN : or,ne 10 pilot the Ford reliet plane ,o the aid of the transatlantic mon onlane Bremen, had asked 'h' rockcfe,ler Institute at New Aefh :. ;r,,,ire if there was anything II could do. ,;,,,,, pr. Harach informed the institute if might help by sending serum
 >t first it was planned 10 seh' i, hv train, but realizing that an ar n,ane was the faster, Lindbergh Wal appealed to. Sure I'll take it." he answered '1et's go." findberghs new Ryan hroughah \. Curtiss Field was warmed up U" the War Department loaned cur ,,ss Falcon, with q miXlmum spee' of 16s miles an hour, several i'il'o .r hour faster than the colohei own shin and this was used.
 Waiting at the field for the te ,un, ia arrive, I.indbergh has'Ii scanned the maps and weather re ports and warmed up the arm nI.ne Reports showed storm wea,il er along the route. Lindbergh asNe "a, . 45 calibre army auton'at' nistol and ammunition and strappe .the weapon about his waist, VIII out exclamation. It was thought o,anned to use the pistol TOT DE mailing In case of forced ianu''' after nightfall.
 The serum and three white ra' +o he used in the diagnosis or Der nett's illness were brought along.
 Thousands of excited Quep' residents on the field roared we come aa he climbed from the par and ran for waiting automopi to go 10 the hospital.
 Lindbergh was allowed 'o s' Bennett for a moment. He the drove to a hotel where he aga encountered a crowd waiting f' him in the storm.
 He said he had very good hisl but explained that visibility h' been very poor from the start ai that for many miles he was guid' hy his compass.
 He followed the Hudson 70 source where he ran into sho storm. Unable to sight any Ian mark he stcered by compass
 Lake Champlain, cut across cou try 10 the St. Lawrence river e'e miles above the city and alter c' cling several times to locate | field came down on Battlefield pal Plains of Abraham. to perit landing.
 pr. Delaney. explaining why I offer of serum from the ltockefell institute was accepted, said.