The Washington times., 1929-07-06
BOY IS KILLED
IN AIRDROME
CRUSH

ARP @ RT, CLEVELAND,
Ohio, July s (I.N.S.l.-Ex-
hausted BY the tremendous
strain Of their seyen-day flight,
Byron X. Newconnb and Roy
3. Mitchell landed their big
blue monoplane City Of Cleye-
land at 1879 80 Eastern
standard time) today, %
minutes after they had set q
new worlds record for re-
endurance flight.
The new record 4 ia hours and
50 seconds, the longest period q
time any men have remained aloIt
in sustained flighk
SO great was the chaos tnat
seized the milling thousands VINO
thronged the airport to greet the
fIiers, that more than score We're
treated for minor injuries ana one
Of the victims, Steve kusko,
died In Bera Community Hosptal
four hours after the mad scene.
Kusko was rushed from the air.
nent at the hospital after having
been trampIed upon by q horse.
His was the only fatality re-
ported.
"It wasn't the motor that brought
ma down" Mitchell told Interna-
tional News Service Immediately
after the landing. 1T was our physi-
cal condition. We could go up
in the same plane tomorrow and
set another new record without even
repairing the motor Il We had re-
covered from the effects OF the
flight.
Physically "Out"
.sThe endurance record had been
broken. so there was no reason to
stay up longer when We were phys1-
scally exhausted"
The fliers took off at 6:3S:51 p. m.
! week ago Friday. AT 111e:53
3 M. Eastern standard time last
night thew eQualed the former rec
ord set over Fort Worth, Texas sew
eral months ago by Reginald Rob
bins and James Kelly. At I5:le.5s
this morning, they officially SET the
new record.
Under National Aeronautical A..
sociatfon rules, there must be at
least one hours difference between
an old record and new In order
for the latter to be recognized
Pilot On Leave
The endurance plane received IFS
last refueling at O'Clock last night.
At that time the fliers dropped 9 note
which read:
Motor perfect. everything Q. \,
q new record is 3 certainty.
Mitchell. Cleveland Buffalo AIR
mail pilot who obtained leave to
take part in the flight. paid genef-
Gus tribute to the engine OF tne
Stinson mofoplane in which us
record was made.
"Our descent was simply case
OF machinery triumphing over man. :
he declared. The motor Wouio
have been good for many more
hours sustained flight. but NeWeonap
and ! were not.
Both airmea showed obvious
traces OF the terrific strain under
gene during the seven days they, cir
cIed above the Cleveland airport,
piungihg through thunderstcrms
and occupying themselves at rre-
auent intervals with the nerve
wracking task Of refueIing WniLe IN
flight.
nanent IN effect OF the long vigil IN
the air, but both were 50 nearly ex-
hausted they could scarcely stand
alone when they stepped out OF the
plane.
To the surprise Of nlany. their
hearing had n0A been affected. They
said they had no trouble hearing
everything that was said to them
when they landed. despite the fact
that they spent more than > week
in the small cabin directly behind
the cylinder Wright whiriwind
motor.
Roth Meet Wives
The crowd Of more than 75,0O0'
persons which had assembled at
the airport early last night to watch
Newcomb and Mitchell set the new
record broke through police lines
I'm places and swarmed out onto the
field, turning the place into q mad
carnival iniuring more than score
and ending in the death Of young
Kusko.
Both fliers' wives were on hand
to greet them with a big hug and
innHmerable kisses when they step
ped from the plane.
We are 80 glad to have them
back with as, said Mrs. Newcomb.
I'VE are the proudest wives in
the world. /" said Mrs. Mitchell, ''of
course. We knew Newc. and Mitch
would break the record 1t GER
tafnly Ii good to have them back
safely with as.
Otto Leisy, president Of the stew
art Aircraft Company, sponsor of
the flight, was 80 jiTbilant over the
success of his boys that he ran up
to them and planted resounding
kisses on the cheeks Of both fliers.
1t cost Leisy in excess of $4,000,
not counting the cost Of the plane,
to put on the enduranee flight.
CULVER CITY, Calf, July
fLN.S.l.--Bent on lettering the new
Newcomb- Mitchell endurance flight
mark, Pilots Il. w. Mendeil and r.
b Reinhart had passed their ninety
sixth hour in the air ct 8 .. m. to.
day I'll a. m. E. s. IT,.
Over a radio set on their biplane,
Angeleno, the Californians learned
OF the new record set in Cleveland
and dropped note asking that their
c0ngratulations be telegraphed to
the Ohio airmen.
In another message Mendell and
Reinhart stated their motor was
working better than ever and was
consuming less gasoline.
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