Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-01

Aviation is believed to have benefited
r,otarialIv from Arthur Coolers nen-
SION flioht between Los Angeles ana NV
work Comments emphasize the pom
chat tho little attention has been pala
IN living across the continent rs con-
trastad with public interest IN overseas
featS. and the clipping OF nearly e'@h'
hours from the record by Goeo2i Is ac-
claimed as an important contribution
TO practical development .,..
ri seems curious to the BtooSiHn
Daily Eagle that ''in tho development OF
aviation there has been so little inter-
est in spanning the great American cen.
tinent. The Eagle points OFT tnat ~
has been Ave wears since KEW ana mas.
read made the first continuous i'ielit
frnn The East to the West Coast.
In the past" suggests tna AtiaIla
Constitution. long distance Nights nave
been principally attempted oVerssh 20,
They have called for tremen1ous on''
NJ Iifc as pioneering in any great de-
yelonment does. Only In the pest lew
davs other lives have been sacrirceu. ~
- heartenlnq to know that overland
firhts ar, being popularized. me MAJ
ards are less The direct results In INC
Interest Of commercial aviation are
greater. c,,.. ,.o, udu an
real IN those who have some interest III
our national defensa, and VINO are Iiot
so idaalistic as TO believe that wars are
zone forever" according To the hat! ~
burq Telegraph, lis the thought OF tiis
snced with which defensive aircraft ean
be shifted from one part OF the county
10 another. Think oil squauIous "a pa,
srit and attack planes resting IN thslr
hanaars on the Pacific Coast. Wnen the
u,;rps sing of impending hostilIties ON
thp Atlantic side It Is late AFTERNOON.
h,,t In short time the ships arr
v,heeled Ia the line. the motors roar aho
swarms of fighting craft ere IN the an
~ rojl their wheels on Eastern hylne
fields before thu sun IS OLD the hsN'
morning.
+ Il s. "
"rrhe hours spent In flying from Los
Aroeles IN New York made up perion
suf,icisntlv long TO offer opportunity 10
n,eerve the behavior Of the machihe
,,nder conditions of considerable stress,
gavs the Nashville Banner. anu NY
ficht was remarkable enough 40 sah
,,,i,itc attention to flying and empha-
atsS lie unusual possibilities. III otnef
words aviation profited by GoeDt ;
venture and he and his companion
were not taking exceedingly NUS
chances" ~, noa IN Hawaii
10 81 wear Gocbel adds much NOR III
nortant feather to his cap by thia n!sit -,
paca,,ss M It's practical meaning, III
sno ontnion of the Newark Evening
NAIVE when two such flights as thas
~ Hassell for Greenland ana thhl VI
Coehnl from coast to coast are uhoei~
taLnn the same week, It appears heaIt-
enino That stunt flights are giving way
~ sensihie efforts TO reduce America.
n,i,,o In the useful. Europe IL ahead ~
us In that respect, and the sooi'eI
steady dawn to II the more SPEEDY ME- ,,,.
,ten ia America viii become the ntlii.y
II should be rather than the means "
self advertising II too often II, 49,
III YOU believe You VIII not pe apn
In remember that Art Goepel utw ''o'n
Los Angeles 10 New YORK IN 20 noe. ,
and % minutes without n Slngie sesa
lust carry away the CONVICTION Inn W., =,
soon YOU will be able to hreakiast IN
Me-" work. or cleveland and dine the
same dav In San Francisco OF Los
, Angeles :" suggests the Cleveland NeWs'
The st, Paul Pioneer Press emphasizes
! the point that the transcnntlnenial
| Aver goes so per cent more rapidly thah
| FIVE wears apon drawing the CONCLUSION
THE point of interest has changed. ~
now is not so much that eoast+to1
coast fight has been made. but tnet !,
has been made faster" or the thflh
that might have been produced l@~
years ago. the News remarks that the
| American people have become so
/ familiar with the skill OF pilots and the
| dependability OF airpiancs that 1t may
take a flight TO the moon 10 startie
them before long
! u y
Now that Goehel has brought the
! nonstop tfansenntinental flight back
| into the ltmeliQht," the South Bend
| Tribune predicts, I'VE may expect To
see other flyers attempting 10 establish
! new records, His record VIII not stand
forever. of course, because advances In
hrplane construction win eventually