New Britain herald., 1929-07-12
ENDURANCE PLANE
 NOW IN llTH DAY
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lioA do llle lSudClO us IlOLOr . Pliers whose faces are lined with the cares of keeping the horizon : levef' for great lengths of time, shook their heads and marvelled with the laymen who watched the astounding flight continue.
 There were many elements of chance which might suddenly ter minate the flight. Favorable weather conditions continued to prevail as daylight came.
 Crowds, so often disappointed in their expectancy of a landing again moved to the airport with the dawn. with only the promise of seeing the endurance ship refueled again later in the day.
 The plane had flown more than 66 hours beyond the record of 174 hours, 59 seconds set by Roy L. Mitchell and Byron k. Newcomb of Cleveland.
 Culver City, Cal, July 12 (UP)- A thrilling battle for supremacy be- tween man and machine continued cNS1 SulNCl SltS oil poiI eoNNJ ~O Loren Wendell and R. B. Pete" Reinhart neared the 250-hour mark in their record refueling endurance flight.
 The motor of the sturdy biplane Angeleno, getting noisy" yesterday after nearly 10 days in the air, was purring contentedly again today. At 7:50 a. m. Pacific coast time G0:3O E. S. T) the f1iers completed their 240th hour in the air. The 250 mark will be reached at 5:30 p. m. (P. c. T.) providing the motor ani the pilots hold out.
 Trouble With Motor
 For time late yesterday it ap- peared as if the two grimy and whiskered pilots had outlasted their machine. A note from Wendell in- formed the crowd below that the motor was becoming noisy and there was a little trouble with the oil pump" Officials took the note to mean a landing might be made any time and ordered an ambulance rushed to the field to take Wendell and Reinhart to a hospital for eX aminations as soon as they landed.
 But the fiers sighted the ambu- lance and dropped a note in which they spurned the services of the sick buggy
 If that's for us we won't need it for 100 hours or more,' the note said.
 The fiers' spirits ran high through the night due to the fact that a cres- cent moon and a clear sky supplant- ed the heavy fog they had battled through two previous nights. They were able to take on full quota of 125 gallons of gasoline as they had a high ceiling and were able 10 fly at a 1500-foot altitude.
 Motor Loses Noise
 After the 35th refueling at 7:30 p. m. last night, the motor of the Angeleno gradually began to lose the disturbing noise which had been noted by the f1iers and the ground crew, and another "bugaboo" of the flight disappeared.
 During the slight trouble with the . m otor the pilots had addressed a direct appeal to the crowd on the ground.
 "Please don't rush out on the field when We come down. We are tired. We have many things plan tba Anol1pnn n Want n keep it intact if possible. We ex- pect to be up 100 hours more, but want you all 10 help us get down safely so please don't mob us when We land"
 Belief the pilots might descend then was dispelled by taunting mes sages which Wendell and Reinhart dropped during the next few hours the messages invariably ended with the phrase wen see you next week"
 Bath RudeIy Interrupted
 Another fact added to the spirits of the two self-styled hard boiled hombres." They had considera ble fun while Wendell attempted to take bath in the crowded compartment of the Angeleno. They ordered an extra quantity of water sent up by the refueling plane. Wendell ap- parently won the toss for the bath. But as he was scrubbing himself four other airplanes Zoomed close by the Angeleno. Accordingly. the disturbed fier poled fun at the ground crews with the following message:
 Send some window shades up here" he wrote. T tried to take bath but had to quit when four planes flew by Can't we have any privacy up here?'
 Paul Whittier, pilot of the refuel- ing plane, messaged in reply that if the two tliers were going to stay up forever he would arrange to have a shower bath installed in well curtained partment.
 Prominent caterers have taken over the job of selecting the food for the Angelenos crew. Their dish es are selected without salt. Sweets, although stimulating, are avoided.
 The Angeleno, which was over- hauled for the present flight after