New Britain herald., 1929-07-29
ROBIN WEARS 400 HOUR MARK WITH
 ALL GOING WELL
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except for some "bumpy' air early last night which today had worn off into smooth sailing again.
 Nerves Near Snapping
 As matter of fact, the perfection of the flight has become so monoto- nous that evidences of frayed nerves aloft and on the ground supplied the main attraction of Lambert St. Louis field over the weekend. One note dropped by Jackson and O'Brine rather roundly banned attending newspapermen for "crab- ping" about sleeping on cot beds m tents.
 Some of the reporters, reminded by the f1iers that sleeping on gas tank isn't so hot, either" replied that the gas tank might be prefer able "at s2 snore.'
 Jackson and O'Brine are earning extra flying money at the rate of s116 an hour, and have amassed an approximate total of s15,0o0 since shattering the record of the Ange- leno last Tuesday.
 Sponsors of the flight, comment ing on the testiness of the messages from the plane yesterday, said they felt the matter should not be taken too seriously because of the terrific strain to which the fliers have been subjected.
 Hello, bunch" read the last note dropped Sunday.
 "How's the weather down there?
 Sure is fine at 5000 feet, but getting a little cloudy. We are pass ing through some of them, and they are sure bumpy.
 You can bring up 75 gallons of gas at 4 o'clock, and don't forget. and 100 at '. We now have about 30 in tanks.
 You sure had bunch of early callers this morning. (There were about 2,000 at the field when the morning refueling occurred aat $50 d. m.)
 "Red" Takes a Nap
 Red is getting a good nap. Mo tor sounds good to us yet. Can you hear rattle in it or not?
 "OBIE."
 Major William B. Robertson, sponsor of the flight. said after reading the note and hearing the roar of the low-fiying plane he could not see that it sounded any different from what it did on July IS.
 In the first note dropped by the Robin Sunday, Red and Obie" said:
 We need SO gallons of gasoline and oil. Don't know of anything else. So so and by by. Was that the same gas last night?" (The reference to "the same gas" was not explained)
 Then another, reading: Tell those damned reporters we are not running without lights be- cause we want to. Our battery lasts only a little while and then the lights go out. If those birds don't know anything about such things there's no use printing those things.
 Flying in Circle 1T got a big laugh when they tried to smooth it over about our speed saying we were bucking head winds. It's the first time l knew the wind blew in circle. (The plane flies a 1O-mile circular course over the field to be in sight of off cial observers)
 The remarks from the air irritat- ed the newspapermen, also under a great tension, and a photographer hurled rocks at a tri-m motored pas senger plane which kicked up a huge cloud of dust into group watching 1t take off.
 The pilot of the plane leaped out to remonstrate. Fellow -ph otogra- phers and reporters gathered around. Thus reinforced, the az grieved photographer made bold tc say he'd bust you on the nose for 1 that" whereupon the pilot climbed | back aboard his ship and flew of | in worse cloud of dust.