The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-13
FLIERS LAND
AFTER TEN
DAYS IN AIR
Flood of Movie and Stage
Contracts Greet Record
AViators.
MOTOR IN GOOD SHAPE
Gathering of Refuse in Tail
Group Makes Landing
Necessary.


LOS ANGELES, July 13.-Loren
Mendeli and r. B. (Pete) Reinhart,
changed from greasy flying togs to
clean linens and smooth-faced after
the removal of ten days growth OF
beard, presented much different
picture today than Friday at 2:16
p. m. when they crawled from their
biplane Angelno after a sustained
flight of 246 hours 43 minutes 80
seconds.
kilograms of congratulations,
offers of movie and stage contracts,
invitations to indorse merchandise
for cash and other problems con-
fronted Mendell and Reinhart.
Motor In Good Condition
According to McManus and the
pilots. the direct cause of the sud-
den descent Of the Angeleno during
its thirty seventh refueling at 1,500
feet was the gathering Of paper
and other refuse in the tail group
of the plane, causing the plane to
become wobbly and hard to control.
During the last refueling the sup
ply plane gained altitude slowly and
the draught of its propeller blew a
coWling hood of the Angeleno back
into the stabilizer Of the plane. This
increased the uncertainty of steer
ing and a successful refueling con-
tact appeared impossible, so Men
dell dove for the landing field.
The f1iers claimed an examination
showed the Wright wirlwind engine
would have been good for $50 hours
more. The flight covered approx
imately $1,000 miles OF flying.
Airport figures show that the
Angeleno travelled eighty five miles
per hour and would have circled the
globe.
Airmen place importance in this
fact because for the first time in
history a plane has been sustained
in fight long, enough to have gone
around the earth.
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Mendell and Reinhart retired at
$50 p. m. Friday night after a
victory banquet In their suites
and brief speeches over the radio
over nationwide hookup.
Much interest was attached to
the physical examination the men
were forced to take after the con-
clusion of their fight.
1t was announced at the hospital
in Culver City that Reinhart's pulse
registered 120 when he entered the
institution and thirty minutes later
it had dropped to sc. Mendelrs S
pulse beat 109 when he first was
examined and a half hour later
registered 90.
Reinharts blood pressure ranged
from 100 to 140 and Mendell's from
1856 to 12O. The eye reflection and
respiration of both pilots was some
what above normal.
Reinhart, due to the fact that
he handled most of the refueling
for the Angeleno and was forced to
inhale gasoline fumes and subject
himself to additional nerve strain,
felt the effects of the long fight
more than Mendeu.
Both f1iers were deaf when they
landed and 1t was several hours be-
fore their hearings reached a de-
gree approaching normal.
First Three Days Hardest
Mendeu said the first three days
and nights were the hardest.
"We were sick from gasoline
fumes, weary from fighting fogs and
unable to sleep, due to the roar OF
the motor" he said. Then sud-
denly we became acclimated. We
were unable to hear the motor be-
cause we were deaf. AS a result
We got sleep, and sleep is one OF
the most important things on an
endurance flight"
Records of the condition OF Men
dell and Reinhart at the end OF
their fight will be turned over To
Doctors Theodore Lyster and Isaac
Jones by the Culver City hospital
it was said.
The two physicians examined the
aviators at the time they got rhelr
pilots licenses and data OF Impor-
tance concerning the effect OF long
flights upon pilots will be dlscoV-
cred. physicians believe.
Medical journals already have
asked for comprehensive accounts
OF the case from a scientific angle