Imperial Valley press., 1929-07-27
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TO SOAR
st. Louis Robin Passes
Two Weeks Mark With
out Stopping.
SEEKING 500 HOURS
Flyers and Plane Show
No Signs OF Weakening
Despite Long Grind.

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Of mid summer sun, the st.
Louis Robin completed its
343rd consecutive hour of
flight at 2:17 p. III. central
time today and put -put-putted
right along without an appar-
ent care in the world. 1t was
$500 feet in the air .. that
hour. laziiy circ.lng over Lam
bert-St. Louis Field.
ST. LoIIS, Ne, JAY g. WG-
With 800 hours their goal, Dale
jackson and Forest O'Brine care
fully guided their st. Louis Robin
over Lambert St. Lonis Field here
today, apparently going strong af-
ter 339 hours ut l0:l7 Il. IN. (CST).
Earlier o'Brine dropped note
to the f cid reading:
"Well, hello, everybody. How is
every one down there2 O. X. up
here We feel just fine after two
weeks in the air. believe the motor
is running just as good as it did
the day we took off. 1t y Just get
ting nicely broken in. Well, Red is
asleep and | think | win wake him
aud get me some Sleep
At the same time O 'Brine's note
come down, Jackson, then obvious
ly at the controls, sent the follow
ing along with it:
"Good morning, Shorty (P. V.
Chaffee, of the rcfueling crew..
We want 60 or 10 gallons Of gas
and that's all except we need new
flood light and an extra battery.
You can send those up later"
The Robin crew sent the follow
ing message to Pilots q. l.. Loomis
and Joe Glass of the Billion Dollar
City endurance plane forced down
today at Houston, Tex.
We are sure sorry, boys. We
were just enjoying a little race. We
have 339 hours now.
jackson and O Brine
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, July 27. Wp -
Eclipsing anything in the history of
aviation, the st. Louis Robin flash
ed uncuncerncd past the two week
mark at 7:l7 II. III. today, roaring on
To added laurels.
Shortly before Forrest O'Brine
and Dale jackson completed their
336th consecutive hour aloft in the
trim orange monoplane, they drop
ped word that everything was
cox, and o Brine added:
~ believe the motor is running
just as good as it did the day we
took off, It's just getting nicely
broken in. -
At the moment the two week mark
was reached, the st. Louis Robin
was soaring majestically over the
field at an altitude of $500 feet,
preparing to descend for its regular
morning refueling.
ST. LOUIS, Mo, July 81. W.H-I
Clans Jackson and o Brine have
gathered here to be among the first
TO congratulate Dale Jackson and
Forest o Brine when they bring the
st. LouisRobin To earth after the
greatest flight in history.
"Pap Shucks' and "Ma'I
Jackson, parents of "Red', arriv-
ed by air late yesterday from their
home at Faribault, Mimi, where
willing ncighbors are watering the
hogs, milking the cows and feeding
the hens, to make the trip possible.
O'Brine's family, consisting of
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel O'Brine and
their daughter Ruby, Is, and son,
Robert, II, arrived by automobile
Tuesday from their home at Cedar
Rapids, Iowa, a few hours before
the Robin established new record.
The jackson and o Brine families
are the guests of "Sally and
Elsie wives respectively of Red
and Fordest, who incidentally pre-
pare the flyers meals at the o Brine
home hard by the airport.