The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-15

the cubby hole he occupied on the
3,44O mile flight from Old Orchard
Me, during the 30 hour and 20 min~
utes it took to make the journey.
"ae shared our risks and he is one
of us now Assolant, chief pilot OF
the Yellow Bird, said of Schneider.
eve will see to it that he sees all
there is to be seen in Paris and then
We shall send him home on q
steamer. He is a nervy lad, a.
! typical American boy"
The aviators had figured their fuel
supply to take care of the weight OF
| the three men who were scheduled
/ for the journey. They had failed to
count an the pluck and Imagination
of an American boy who was deter
mined to travel along the route
taken two years ago by the man
whom he considers the greatest
man in the world" Lindbergh.
At first Assolant was bitter about
the intrusion of the stowaway-
The pilot blamed Schneider for the
exhaustion of fuel.
He had figured the supply so
closely that the added weight OF
Schreiber's 165 pounds played a
prominent part in the forced land
/ ing.
Did 1t for "Glory"
But Schroeder explained that he
Just "had to go through with it, and
said:
''This meant glory for me. I was
determined TO do like Lindbergh and
fly across the ocean"
Assolant took personal charge OF
the boy. He refused to turn him
over to the police, saying that the
courage of the boy deserved a greats
er reward.
The pilot said that Schneider
came out Of his hiding in the plane
about twenty minutes after the
yellow Bird took off.
"Our surprise was greater than
our indignation. But when we res.
garded his big. blue eyes, which
seemed to be mutely begging for our
pardon, We looked at each other and
smiled. There was nothing else to do.
Tells OF IrIp IN StOrinS
The aviators we're frank in ex-
pressing their disgust when they dis
covered that they were not on the
coast of France, which they had
hoped to reach.
On their way TO the hotel for
rest and food, the aviators we're
showered with flowers thrown at
them by the senoritas of the vilfSge.
They virtually covered the airmen
with flowers. The whole village
turned out to give the avistors a
welcome.
On the way to the hotel Assolant
told Of the great drive across the
storm-torn north Atlantic. Schreib-
er was alongside the pilot, not know
ing whether to look proud or sheep
ish He did both.
Our trip" Assolant said, was
wholly uneventful, except, of course,
for this youngster bobbing up after
we had started. We discussed the
idea of turning back and putting
him off, but decided against it, after
seeing the accident which befell the
GreenFlash. We thought it would
be more advisable to stay in the air
and proceed on.
Fight Terrific Winds
1T seemed safe TO go ahead so
we pushed the boy back into The
cubyhole in back Of u.s. where he
rode throughout the fight, sha =
our food. fruit and sandwiches.
Our fight was almost according
to schedule, until We neared the
Azores. Then head winds forced us
to change our course and swing
southwark rather than pass well to
the north of the islands. The extra
mileage and the extra weight Of
the stoWaway caused us to use up
more gasoline than We had figured
on using"
Assolant said the headwinds when
they approached the European coasG
were terrific.
I'VE decided to 90 as far as pos
sible before our gas gave out. 1t
was happy coincidence that nice
beach permitted us to land safely
when we had only few drops Of
gas left in our tanks