Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-24
St. Louis Flyers, After Mark
"That Will Stand" to Get
$1,324 Apiece for Each Day
Added to Flight Time.
LOUlSiANlANS CLAIM
FUEL TANKS FOULED
Texans, Up 169 Hours, Continue
Quest, Determined to Better Goal
Set by Missouri Plane-Minne-
sofa Aviators Say All Is Well as
They Go On in Search of Laurels.
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
ST. LOUIS, July 24.-Pointing
their ST. Louis Robin toward an
endurance flight record that will
stand" Dale Red Jackson and
Forest O'Brine, who yesterday
broke the world record for sus-
tained flight. continued their con-
quest of the air today, flying
leisurely over Lambert-St. Louis
Field. At 2:17 pm. central stand
ard time) they had been up 272
hours and had exceeded the old
record by more than "a hours.
AS they began their twelfth day
aloft, the flyers ordered 10 gallons
of gasoline and some oil and gave
every indication of remaining up
at least another day, although
Jackson said in a note that some
of the cylinders in their air cooled
Challenger motor "act like they
had the toothache."
Thank Throng for Acclaim.
They expressed their appreciation Of
the acclaim given them last night by
throng of $4,000 persons on the field
in these words: I'VE, pilots of the St.
Louis Robin. wish to thank the peo-
pie of st. Louis and the surrounding
country from the bottom OF our hearts
for the kindness and interest taken in
our flight so far. We have not quit,
but are still trying to put the record
where it will stand in honor OF St.
Louis for some time"
How does the engine sound down
there?" Jackson asked the ground crew.
Il can't tell any more, I've heard it so
long We sleep by it, eat by 1t, wake
up by it. and everything by 1t, around
it and behind it. When we are through
up here we viii need motor at home
to sleep by
"Obie" Shores a Tune.
He indicated his spirits are still un-
dampened by this postscript:
"Obie (O'Brine) is snoring. dont :
know the tune, but could dance by it. y
To watchers on the ground the sound
of the engine has never varied and the
flyers demonstrated they had plenty
over the field in dropping this morn
inc's note and then climbing back up
to 5000 feet in brief period.
The pilots entered the realm OF hlgh
finance as we'll as atmosphere yester-
day at 301 p m. central standard time.
IT, is worth exactly $1,324 to each flyer
to stay aloft for periods OF "A hours.
Jackpot" Is Being Raised.
With the establishment of the new
mark. the offer of the Curtiss-R Robert
son Co.. sponsors of the flight, of 800
an hour went into effect. Two st.
Louis firms each added $100 a day and
the st. Louis municipal opera is giving
each flyer 81 an hour. In addition the
jackpot and knick-knacks, such as
radios and watches, are to be given the
airmen.
The flyers. who spent their eleventh
night in the air, we're looking forward
to the end of the flight only when the
new air-cooled six-cylinder radial Cur
ttss-Challenger motor ran out" Their
f1rst motor trouble came shortly before
the "Angeleno's record of 246 hours 43
minutes and 80 seconds was equaled
when oil sprayed over the cabin win
dowS However, in later notes, no
mention was made Of the trouble and
the pair who refueled the plane with
= is gallons of gas last night said there
was no appearance OF oil on the win
doUs.
Noise Rocks City.
Since fiving over the downtown dis
trict shortly before the record was
equaled yesterday the st. Louis Robin
STAYED above Lambert-St Louis Field
on orders of Maj. Albert Bond Lambert,
official observer. and Maj. William B..
Robertson of the Curtiss- Robertson Co.
A din of whistles, sirens and bombs
accompanied by showers of paper, gave
warning in the business section OF the
new world record. 1t was such ac-
claim as greeted Col Lindbergh on his
return from plotting the Spirit Of st.
Louis from New York to Paris.
The celebration continued last night
with half-hour fireworks display at
Lambert-St. Louis Field. Jackson and
O'Brine took part In the affair with
Very flares.
Near Collision Js Bsred.
In notes dropped yesterday. Jackson
told Of a near collision Monday night
when A. plane bearing photographers
seeking pictures of the refueling got in
the way and Jackson missed them by
Is feet. He also complained of plane S
pilot giving them the wash" of the
propeller. Another note told Of the long
end lonely nlgnC Vlgu.
4 Jackson received orders from Mrs.
Jackson yesterday. to learn to play a
; Ilkelele while on the fight. saying she
wouldn't allow him to come down until
he had mastered the instrument "and
that will keep you up their quite a
while"
: O'Brines parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Samuel O'Brine and his sister Ruby
/ arrived from their Cedar Rapids. Iowa,
home yesterday while Jackson's parents,
his brother and sister were on their way
] from Faribault. MINI. This completed
the family circles. as tbs wives of the
flyers have been at the field during the
flight. Mrs. O'Brine acting as dietician
Fifth Record Breaking.
Congratulstory messages came in
steady streaks including one from q
proud parent who said their son had
been named for Dale jackson. Another
came from Loren MendaI and Roland
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