The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-09
Brisbane, Wild With Joy,
Welcomes Kingsford-
Smith and His Aids.
BLOWN OFF OF COURSE
Worst Storm Encountered
in Trip Bullets Machine
Before Goal Is Reached.
BY CLARK IRVINE
United Press staff Corresnordont

ChAteu EreaS otaH correspondent
BRISBANE, Australia, june g.
Wild with joy at his safe return.
Brisbane welcomed Capt. Charles
Kingsford-Smith bac kto his ma
tive land today.
The triumphal America to- Aus
tralia flight-the longest ever at
tempted over the sea-was ended.
and the Australian ace and his
three comrades were idolized as ma
tional heroes.
The big monoplane Southern
Cross glided to earth heer at 1915
a. M (9:l5 p. m, Friday, Indian
apolls timel. Stepping from the
cabin Captain Kingsford-S Smith.
Capt C. T. P. Ulm, Harry Lyon,
navigator, and James Warner, ra-
dio operator, were surrounded by
thousands of cheering Australians
and borne from Brisbane airdrome
on the shoulders Of their admirers.
The trip, which was made from
SuVa, Fiji Islands, in 81 hours and
20 minutes, was the third leg of their
trall-piazing voyage over the Pacific.
1t was 1,795 miles long.
New Era in Aviation
"Your flight marks a new era in
the history of aviation" Sir John
Goodwin, Governor of Queensland.
said in greeting the two Australians
and two Americans.
Your achievement will 60 down
in history for all time because of
the courage, skill and endurance it
required"
Colonel Brinsmead, director of
civil aviation, one Of the first to
greet the fliers, said their achieve
ment had shown the real close
ness OF Australia and America bv
bringing the two nations nearer
geographically and uniting them in
an undertaking of great valor."
1t was pointed out that the flight
from Oakland airport to Brisbane.
including the two stopse at Honolulu
and Suva, had taken only eight
days Twenty days are required by
Blown of Their Course
Only one more flight, a 500-mile
jump TO Sydney, must be made be-
fore the journey officially is ended.
Sydney is the home of both
Kingsford-Smith and Ulm.
Gingsford-Smith said Lyon could
not be blamed for the ship going off
its course before it reached Aus
tralia.
1--WE we're blown 100 south of our
route by the storm, which was the
worst we had encountered" he said.
"The ignition switch and carbu-
rotor were water soaked and the
radio was fading. 1t was a most
hazardous situation.
81 hesitated to throttle down be-
cause I knew if we faltered it might
necessitate a dive and we would
have dived deep if we had not fat
tened out"
Yankees Are HOnOred
When the plane landed Lyon and
Warner jumped out and tried to
escape. They almost succeeded, for
both we're dressed in civilian clothes.
Lyon was bareheaded and Warner
wore a straw hat.
where are the Yanks?" the
crowd demanded,
The two Australians sought them
out and dragged them back.
Lyon and Warner demonstrated.
''It is a welcome for Australians
they said. 1--WE don't want to in
trude."
But they were forced back to the
plane and raised upon the shoul-
ders Of the assembled crowd
The navigator and radio operator
will not be in the plane when it
leaves for Sydney Saturday. They
will remain here three days, then
go to Sydney and board a vessel
for the United States.
Radio Works Constantly
The arrival of the aviators marked
the completion of 1851 miles of sea
flying since they left Oakland air.
port. 1t took 83 hours and 81
minutes to negotiate the distance.
Throughout the long hours they
were in the air their plane kept in
constant touch with radio stations
on land and sea. That was pointed
to by aviation experts all over the
world as demonstrating the in
valuable aid of communication in
ocean flying.
A second outstanding phase Of the
Southern Cross's flight was its dem
onstration of safety in using three
motors instead of one. At no time
did the crews confidence in the big
silver winged ship waver