The Washington times., 1929-06-15
AIM
Of DARING
YOUTH

sANTANDER, Spain, June
Is 1.N.S.).-Revealing that
he "felt like throwing him
overheard into the Atlantic
Ocean," Jean Assolant, pilot
of the transatlantic airplane
Yellow Bird, told international
News Service today of the cir
cumstances surrounding the
discovery of Arthur Schreiher.
22-year-old aerial stowawaI
20 minutes after the plane had
hoped off from Old Orchard
Me-. Thursday morning.
schreiber who leaped from the
ebscurity- Of prosaic life in Port
land. Me, to worldwide uotariety
by his venturesome feat, arrived
safely with Assolant, Rene Letevre
and Armeno Lotti, jr.. when the
Yellow Bird made 4 forced landing
at Comillas, near here, last night.
NOllCO0 SOnIcIHMS "LoAS
Assolant told of the sensational
discovery when he and his COM
panions arrived here from Con1iilas
by automobile today to inspect the
palace Of the governor of Santander
Province, while awaiting the ar"
rival of spare parts before continu-
ing their flight to Paris.
Il noticed that something was
am,ss the moment we took off from
Old Orchard" Assolant declared,
but as the motor was functtonin@
splendidly. decided to get away
if possible in spite Of it.
THE tail Of the plane felt un-
usually heavy, and found that I
had to get the motor roaring at
full speed before the plane could
leave the ground The trouble nays-
titled me considerably, but I was de-
ternined to keep on if possible.
About 20 minutes after we had
left Old Orchard beach behind us,
/ was amazed to see a man crawl
from the tail of the plane, where he
had hidden himself before the take
off.
my first feeling was of utmost
anger, and / felt like throwing him
overheard into the Atlantic we were
trying so hard to conquer. Words
almost failed me as this totally
unexpected figure loomed up out
of the storage compartment in the
rear of the fuselage>
Overcoming my surprise at last,
| raised my voice to be heard
over the roar of the motor, and
asked him what he meant by stow
ing away. endangering all our lives
and possibly leading to the destruc"
ton of the plane.
Was Seeking Glory
The stowawav told me his name,
and then said:
IT don't care about my own
! life. I am after glory?
The stowaway added, Assolant
declared, that admiration for Col.
Charles Lindbergh's flying achieve.
ments had influenced him to board
the plane.
In the course of the interview
| Assoland disclosed that the stow
away had caused him and his
companions considerable trouble on
the trip although he was loath
to go into detail on this score.
While obviously displsased with the
stowaway's presence on the ship,
the flier tried to treat the matter
AS good-naturedly as possible.
This was the first time Schrei,
ber ever had flown IN an airplane, "
Assolant continued. II cannot say
that he made a good passenger"
Lotti, financial hacker of the
venture and wireless operator dur,
ing the voyage, was more out
spoken.
III All the Way
Schneider was extremely i'll from
the start of the voyage to the fin.
ish," he told international News
Service LAS Jean has said, it was
the first time he had ever flown.
and transatlantic aviation is no way
to break into flying.
1--WE were extremely angry when
we found him aboard, but there
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