Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-31
Pair Landed Last Night to
Bow at Bier of Lambert,
Killed in Crash.
STAYED IN AIR FOR 420
HOURS AND Fl MINUTES
$4,000 Cheer Wildly as Jackson
Grounds Plane Safely-Several
Injured in Crush.


ST. LOUIS, July 31.-Dale Red)
jackson and Forest O'Brine, who came
back to earth last night after living
17la days in the sky in their mono
plane st. Louis Robin, to score new
and historical triumph for aviation,
turned from the plaudits of the Nation
today to humbly pay their respects to
fallen "air buddy"
They abandoned their amazing air
feat while yet short Of their goal In
order that they might bow before the
bier of George Lea Lambert, their
friend and fellow airman, who was killed
Monday in an airplane crash In st.
Louis County. The funeral was set for
this afternoon. The epic flight ended
at 1880 last night at Lambert-St.
Louis Field. The ground had been made
muddy by a doWnpour of rain an hour
earlier, but jackson brought the little
orange-colored monoplane to a safe
landing while a crowd of $4,000 per-
sons. which had stood in the rain, went
wild.
Several Are Injured.
Several persons were injured. but
none seriously, as the cheering throng
broke down a fence and surged through
ropes to reach the flyers. There was
another thunderouS ovation by an
equally large crowd as the flyers
reached a downtown hotel, escorted oy
a squad of motor cycle police.
The flight began at 7:17 am: July lS'
and the flyers were up 420 hours Il
nYnppd1nQ
more than 173 hours, or over week.
the nreyious world endurance flight rec
ord. ..4,,
AWAY from the roar of their trusty
motor the flyers rested today in luxurl-
GUS suite at their hotel. They were not
weary. however, for the flight surgeon,
DR.. A. C. Leggat. who examined tnem
before they left the field, said tney were
in excellent physical condition. jackson
lost no weight during the long test ana
O'Brine gained az pounds. A Champer
of Commerce luncheon for the flyers
and their wives, with the presentation
Of hundreds of gifts, was the only cele-
bration planned for today.
Tomorrow there will be parade ana
a public acclaim such as the city has eX-
tended to only one other airman, Col.
Charles A. Lindbergh, when he, zoo,
came home as conqueror OF the air
after his New York-to-Paris flight.
Up at 1880 Today.
Despite the fact that their lodging
for II nights had been closed air
plane cabin with a roaring propeller
inst outside, Jackson and O'Brine dld
not sleep late this morning. They were
up at 7:30 o'clock and had breaK1ast
at 8.
After looking over some of their "fan
mail" with the assistance OF their wives
the flyers went to barber shop lot
haircuts and shaves. They were pro
vided with a police escort to the City
CI,Ih for the Chamber of Commerce
luncheon.
Minor Defect in Plane Found.
The Curtiss- Challenger motor which
powered the st. Louis Robin was pro-
viding maximum power perfectly when
the flyers landed and would have con-
tinued for many more hours Wltnout
trouble. its designer, Arthur Mutt, chleS
engineer of the motor division OF the
Curtis Aeroplane & Motor Co., SAID TO-
day after preliminary examination Oh
the plane.
The only mechanical defect noticed,
he said. was very slight external gasket
leaks" which resulted in negllglpie
Increase in oil consumption toward the
end of the flight. Except for oil and
grease stains and patch on the 1use-
LACE where a hole had been torn by "a
weight during refueling, there was no
serious structural wear on the plane.
Mai. William D. Robertson, president
of the Curtiss- Robertson Atrplane
Manufacturing Co., which sponsored the
flight, declared today that he was ready
to sponsor Jackson and OBr1ne In
another endurance fight should the
record be beaten.
Souvenir Hunters Fooled.
The flyers greatest thrill came, they
said, last night, as they watched the
milling thousands below churn the dust
of the field into a sticky gumbo as a
hard rain descended about 6 O'Clock.
Employees of the Curtiss- Robertson
Co, sponsors of the flight, together with
police, foiled souvenir hunters, and the
blame was towed with a tractor to its
resting place beside the hangar. It's
motor. a siX-cylinder air-cooled radial
Curtiss Challenger, will be dismantled
for a thorough factory inspection as TO
any faults which may have developed III
the long-sustained flight. The champion
endurance grind was started as test
for the motor, which was brought into
commercial production about flve
months ago.
jackson and O'Brine were cheerful
almost to hilarity as they discussed
their achievement with reporters. Reds
greeting to the field physician as his
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