Evening star., 1928-05-13
that band of flowers and the pipe organ

| II got back into clear water, rose
bit and finally came out TO where 1t was
only raining. I saw fields, and after a
time sat down In one. A man came out
of a barn and said Lancaster was only
| 16 miles west cold. wet and hun
cry, and I never got a gol-darned fishl
| sixteen people were drowned In
PENNSYLVANIA that day, and / suppose
would have drowned. too, If 1t hadn't
been for the fan on the front of my
ship. My observation on this trip is
that the p III has too many wires for
an airplane and not enough for a fish
net"
| Humorist Reveals Self.
For pure, unadulteratcd American
humor. take ali official report made by
| Kenneth Ung2r:
Il was crossing the Rubbie Noun
! tains one day at about 10000 feet
| wncn l broke set of gears and landed
in a very small field in the Secret Pass.
| A Tancher riding range saw me land
| and rode over and let me teke his horse
to ride to the nearest ranch.
After phoning to Elko for help
started back to the ship on horse.
started to mount and the horse took of
| in a climbing turn before l got in the
seat and had my safety belt fastened.
ITO make a long story short, ] over
| controlled her nose. went down and /
spun or side-s -slipped-I don't know
which--into the ground with great
| speed.
II broke my left ankle and was well
shaken up by this second forced land
| ing.
After filling the mir with smoke for
| few minutes / get the beast again
and we took off in a gentle loop and
returned to the ship. Help came; We
| repaired the motor and flew the ship
| to Elko There ! had the ankle set
by one of the best doctors in town.
II had the luck to borrow pair OF
crutchcs made for a man 6 feet tall,
and as am 5 foot Z we got along tine.
| had the boys at the field tack strap
on the right rudder bar so l could
pull as well as push. This made up for
| the loss of my left foot, took of for
| Salt Lake with the regular mail as
usual.
! Motto: Always be sure you have
your belt OH before you take off with a
Western horse"
Tex Marshall's Landing.
There is the same kind of laugh in
| another pilot. TEX" Marshall, who
wrote in, after a clever landing under
| adverse conditions. that man came
up to him on the field and said:
mfr. Marshall, my name is VotaW,
and l want to tell you that I never saw
any one come so near hitting so many
different things in such short time
and miss EN- all. I want to congratu-
late you or sympathize with you-I
don't know which,"
Perhaps the classic of all is the re-
port of Dean Smith:
Dead sticked - flying low -- only
place available--on cow--killed COW
wrecked plane--scared me---Smith.
Whether the story is one of straight
| way courage or the whimsical tale OF
a, the humorous or the reticence OF those
who report nothing happened worth
telling about" one sentiment OF devo-
ton To the service and desire to help
aviation inspired all true pilots The
world has seen in Lindbergh the in
suiration of that devotion It exists
also In many others less renowned,
1t is. first OF all. due to men like these
that the last decade has seen such a
remarkable growth In mail aviation.
Inspiring Words Of Pearson.
Icannot close discussion of this sub
| iect without including some lines which
contain the most moving words ! have
read In recent years. lines contained in
| the letters written by Brooke Pearson,
an air mail pilot, to his mother and his
fellow pilots. They are so inspiring that
I shall set them down here just as his
mother and his fellow aviators read
| them-after he had crashed:
Dear Mother:
"T trust your eyes may never see this,
but should God desire that you do. you
at least know He has called me like
many more who have given their lives
| for the future of this wonderful game.
I was possibly wrong In not giving 1t up;
| possibly might have thought the same,
| but choose to keep at 1t and only pray
that something OF use has been learned.
THE world In general calls us silly
| fools, but It's the silly fools who make
| the sacrifices, that help to perfect any
great thing that the world In general
greatly benefits by later.
MY dearest mother. I say farewell, au
reyoir, for time only. as hope we VIII
meet again. Keep brave heart,
pray God to look after you. as you have
struggled as no other mother has TO
make ends meet. It's always darkest
just before the dawn l. L. Y. A.
BROOKE"
"Stick 10 IL. Boys"
| And to his fellow pilots words which
| In the light of after events take on the
glowing aspiration OF this game youth
and the future:
MY Dear Friends
II 20 west, but with cheerful heart
hope what small sacrifice have made
| may be Of use To the game When we
| fly we are damned fools. they say. when
you're dead you weren't half a bad
| fellow
Every one In this wonderful aviation
is doing the world far more good than
they appreciate.
| we risk our necks, give our lives to
| perfect an invention for the benefit OF
the world at large. so that they may
| benefit In years TO come. They mind
you, are the very ones who call us fools
stick to 1t. boys. I'm still very much
| with you
See you all again.
| JAP PEARSON"
Ten years of air mail history contain
q record Of splendid human achievement
and a prophecy OF greater things to
| come