Evening star., 1928-05-23
L|NDY TAKES JOB
WITH NEW AIR KLINE.
Heads Technical Committee
of TranScontinentaI
Transport.

| Rr the Associated Press
| NEW YORK, May 23.--Col Charles
! A. LinCbergh has decided to enter the
| commercial airplane field and has ac-
| cepted # flll-time job as chairman
/ of the technical committee of the re-
Gently formed TranScontinental Air
| Transport, Inc
! He is TO assume his post at once and
Will take charge of putting into opera
| ton the rail and plane service between
| New York and the Pacific Coast, which
| the PENNSYLVANIA Railroad. the Atcr>~
son. Topeka & Santa Fe, the Wright
Aeronautical Corporation, the Curtiss
Airplane e. Motor Corporation and the
National Air Transport, Inc, co-operat-
ed in forming.
May Cancel Other Plans.
]. Checver Cowdn. a member of the
board Of directors of the company, who
made the announcement after confer
ence between the directors and Col.
Lindbergh. said that it was fun time
lob" and it was believed any plans the
colonel might have had for further
good will flying" would be Cancelled. at
least. for the present.
The announcement said that Col.
Lindbergh would have supervision over
"all matters concerning choice of equip
ment, fields general service, flying
routes and safety appliances.
Associated with him on the technical!
committee will be four aviatorS, not yet
selected. but who will be men of long
experience and proved ability" Cowdin
said
Efforts to obtain the services of Lind
bergh for the new company have been
made repeatedly. Recently he flew over
part of the route already selected for
the first service with Harold Bixby and
Harry p. Knight. st. Louis bankers and
long his friends. who arc directors of
the new company. His decision to join
the new company in an official capacity
was not made until yesterday, however.
Tries Out Glider Plane.
Lindbergh and Henry Breckenridge.
his lawyer. spent yesterday afternoon at
CurtiSs Field trying out new glider
monoplane, powered with 2o-horse-
power motor which was recently brought
here from Germany. Although 1t was
the first time he had ever flown one of
the planes. he spiraled, looped and did
stunts over the field.
The Transcontinental Air Transport,
Inc, has been incorporated for S5,000.-
900. and plans combined rail and
plane service by which passengers will
fly during the daytime and make the
night journeys over the mountains by
train.
The date of commencement of the
new service will depend on the work of
Col. Lindbergh and his committee and
the speed with which it selects the
planes to be used. completes details of
the route. flying schedules and landing
fields.
Cowdin said that since the announce
ment of formation of the company a
week ago his Office had been flooded
with requests for information as TO the
cost and how soon the line would be
put into operation. indicating a wide
spread public interest in the project.
Col Paul Henderson, a director of
the company and general manager of
the National Air Transport. said in Chi
cago that two other large joint railroad
plane lines were now in prospect, and
that both would include Chicago. The
primary route to the Pacific Coast runs
through St Louis and thence west
through the Southern States.
Lindbergh Is Silent.
Col. Lindbergh today received the
questions of newspaper men as TO his
plans with smile. but otherwise was
almost as reticent as he was after his
good viii flights.
Other than that he was prepared to
give his position as chairman OF the
technical committee of the corporation
all the time necessary To establish Its
plan OF a two-day plane and train pas
senger service from coast TO coast he
made no definite announcement.
He declined to say whether he had
an interest in the new corporation which
was formed by railroads and aero
nautical corporations.
Until the committee Is formed, he in
dicated, there will be no announcement
of the type Of airplane to be used, the
schedules TO be maintained. the air
route stations or other details OF the
service.
May Go West Later.
Col. Lindbergh said he would be in
New York for some time" although
the work. would later require him To
go to the Pacific Coast. probably over
the projected route of the service. In
his several trips across the continent
Col Lindbergh has flown over much
OF the territory TO be served. but he
declined to commit himself as TO
whether he favored any particular
route.
Ofiices for the new corporation have
not yet been taken and Col. Lindbergh
said that for the present at least his
headquarters would remain with the
Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the Pro-
motion Of Aeronautics. Inc. with which
he has been associated since his flight
10 Paris.
Col Lindbergh was asked If this new
connection meant the abandonment of
any plans he might have for further
independent fights. He said that had
not been considered, but that ne was
prepared 10 give all the time necessary
70 the transcontinental transport.