Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-06

comnjete running story Of the endur-
| ance fiRht of Pilots B. K. NeWcomn
| and Roy L. Mitchell in the monoplane
City Of Cleveland, over Cleveland air
port, follows:
Friday, June 90.
The flyers took the air ct exactly
6:3S:5l pm. AS they left tine ground
t, they hucked q 50-mile gale. Appar-
emily undaunted by their previous fail
ure. Mitchell and Newcomb seemed
confident that they could stay aioft
until Friday, July s, at 11:10:21 pm.
The only equipment OF any bulk In the
plane was q roll of bedding.
As darkness came on everything
seemed serene for the flyers hrst
night in the air.
Saturday, June 20.
At 4.30 am Newcomb dropped the
first note, asking for 100 gallons Of
gas and some breakfast at 6 O'Clock.
The flyers received so gallons Of gas
and the breakfast.
At 1888 65 gallons OF gas and the
! flyers lunch were sent aboard. The
bags were received by Newcomb, who
cut the rope with q knife. AT 1920
a note complimented L. L. BaSham,
! pilot OF the refuelinR plane. on his
work.
The third refuellns contact was
made at $40 pm The City of Cleve-
land then took on rs gallons OF gas and
q supper consisting Of six chicken
sandwiches, Two ham sandwiches, fruit,
orange juice and coffee.
At sac NeNcomb dropped a note re-
Questing rs gallons of gas At 1880 and
added that the motor, Wright Whirl-
wind, was running 11ne. At 6:3S the
first days flight was concluded. At
TIA ak Of
/ gas Signs on the side of his plane in
! formed the flyers that the Minneapolis
! plane and that Of the Three Musket-
! GERS were down.
Sunday. June 80.
! Fellow pilots of Mitchell Oh the air
! mail wrote note TO the flyers, which
! was delivered ny Bssham at 9 a M. on
! the frst refuelins of the day The note
/ read:
! Hello Mitch-How's tricks? We're
! all pulling for you and Newk TO bust
) 200 hours. Here's how"
! The contact was difflcult as the air
was bunny Ninety gallons Of gas. food
! and newspapers were put abroad.
/ At 1890 NeWcomb requested weather
! reports. He complained of difficulty in
handling the bags, owing to 50-mile
! wind. At 12:45 an attempt at contact
j rallied. Another attempt made over Lake
Erie an hour later also failed. At 1880
pm. q cote gave direction fof smoother
air
Shortly after pm. contact was
made over Lorsin and the flyers re-
! ceiVeu S5 gallons OF gas. At Basham
was asked for 100 gallons more anu
food At 6:43 the wind had died down
and q contact was easily made directly
over the fieln. AT Q the fourth refueling
! of the day gave the endurance myers
/ IS gallons of gas three of oil, ana sup
per. Al $40 the flyers dropped note
| TO their wives. Basham Wss asked 10
stand by al dsyhreak.
MONDAY. July /.
At 5 am. q hight drlSzie Brought the
hyers down TO barely hundred 1set
, above che fleIo. Al the weather mao
/ become so hao that there was TAX OF
| movins TO Selfrloge Field Mich. The
fuel supolg was dangerously low. Al
il2:5T. with barely fuel fol half hout,
contact was made and 30 gallons OF gas
1 taken Oh.
I At 3:15 ON. another sOntsct was
| made A note ordeTed BaSham TO move
| to Selfridee Field. After 3 hurried coz
sliltation on the gr0un0, sign ordered
the flyers under lao conditions 70 leave
Cleveland At pm. eight o-9a!ion
cans we're taken Oh. AT a n1te asked
for 100 gallons Of gas anc complained
that both flyers had bad colds rs q re-
suit Of a broken window IN the cabin
gas. Al 7:45 note &c the Overs wives
came down.
Tuesday, July 2.
Mitchell dropped o note al 5:l5 am.
asking for IS gallons OF gas ano new
Alemite gun hose, as that OF the nyers
had been twisted They complained
Of coldness and lack OF sleep. AT
Bsshsm delivered the gas. At Mitch
ell dropped another note saying that
. new battery was necessary, as the plane
! had no lights for the night
! A contact was made at pm, and
| the City OF Cleveland took on 10 gallons.
! A. sign on the side Of the milk wagon
! told the flyers that the California snip
! was down. At pm. 100 gallons of gas
! went down the hose.
| A note told the flyers of the death OF
/ the mail pilot. Robey. short time lster
/ the flyers dropped . note expressing
! sympathy and asking that MOWERS ne
sent in their names
At o pm. Bssham delivered gallons
of oil, making the last contact OF the
, dsy.
Wednesday, July 3.
Newcomb dropped q note at am,
Give us rs gallons now. Everything
is OK, except that am sleepy as hell.
That's all NeWk.'
At 6:55 the fifteenth refueling of the
flight was made, another rs gallons
being transferred. Bags Of food were
refused.
ment at noon by dropping this note:
Bash: Give us gas just as quick as
YOU can we are lower than We thought.
T,,St sas-lO(l gallons Mitch"
At 1910 pm. Basham made contact
in rough air at 5000 feet, delivering 80
gallons. The contact was broken three
times. A note 1T 4 pm. complained OF
poor visibility because OF OIL on Gne
windshield
Capt EDDIE Stinson designer OF the
plane. arrived from Detroit at 5:25 pm.
At SOS, 100 gallons were transferred.
Stinson looked on from his plane. Al
! 7:25. the last contact OF the DAY was
made. Seventy five gallons were sent
down end the following message from
stinson delivered:
wonderful, boys. Best wishes nom
Eddie"
Thursday, July 4.
Contact was made without incident
at Z. above q rapidly growing holiday
crowd
At pm a batch Of notes came
down. The frst asked for lOV gallons
both at 2 pm. and pm. A note 10
Herb Reits, flight manager, said:
send us cigarettes. J. never saw
! such q dirty boy rs Mitch He hasn't
had q bath. have had two q day
gas baths"
At 2 p.m., contact was made ct $500
1 feet. When one of the reflleling crew
inadvertently placed his arm over the
supply tank filler cap, the gas draining
down the hose created suction, dent