The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-21
Jumps to Haiti, Porto Rico
Scheduled on Trail
Blazing Flight.
ANNE GOES DEMOCRATIC
Lone Eagle DOdgeS Storms;
Party Due to Reach
Guiana Monday.
BY SYLVESTER MCDOWELL
Uniled Press Special Correspondent

SANTIAGO. Cuba, Sept. 2l-Be-
ginning the second day of his pio-
neer mail and passenger flight from
Miami to Dutch Guiana, Colonel
Charles A. Lindebrgh left today for
Port au Prince, capital of the re-
public of Haiti.
The tri-motored FOkker plane of
the Pan-American Airways, with
Lindbergh at the controls, and with
Mrs. Lindbergh as one of its pas
sengers, cleared the runway here
shortly after z a. m.
In addition TO the three other
members of the crew. the plane, the
West Indias Limited, carried six
passengers. They were Mrs. Lind
bergh. j. T. Trippe, president OF the
Pam American Airways; Mrs. Trippe
and three newspaper men.
Guests of Broker
The Lindberghs and the Trippes
were overnight guests of Robert
Wetmore, fruit broker, at his home
neal San Juan hill, made famous
by Roosevelt's Rough Riders.
The first leg of today's flying was
TO end at Port au Prince, from
where the party was scheduled to
continue on to Santo Domingo and
San Juan. the latter the overnight
stop. The flight is due to reach
Psramaribo, Dutch Guiana, Mon
day.
We arrived here at 6:07 p. M,
eastern standard time, Friday night,
after a flight from Miami. Military
and civil officials and several thou
sand spectators welcomed us.
A reception committee presented
flowers to Mrs. Lindberg and accom-
panied the couple to Governor Sill
vas palace, where they were guests
at dinner. They returned to the
Wetmore home for the night.
Lindbergh's first flight with paid
passengers began at sos a. m. Fri
dav when he took off from the Pan
American AirwayS terminal at
Miami.
Six sacks of mail weighing 1873
pounds were aboard, bound Tor
noints along the new extension
route and the east coast OF South
America.
The party reached Havana short
Iv after IL a. m. and an hour later,
after Lindbergh and his bride had
been greeted by prominent ofnclalS'
the flight was resumed.
Mrs. Lindbergh acted as hostess
10 the rest of us and took great
pleasure in vying with cameramen
during stops for pictures. She dis
pensed with formalitieS soon after
the fight began by turning to the
passengers, saying:
please call me Anne.
Iindbergh remained at the con-
trolls throughout the journey to Ha-
vana. He piloted in his shirt sleeves
despite the fact that the air was
cool.
The next stop was at Camaguey,
where the party stayed thirty-six
minutes. Jose Miguel Tarafa, son
Of the Cuban sugar magnate, who
had replaced Curtiss as a passen-
ger at Havana, left the party at
Camaguey.
Tha tri-motored Fokker, with
Iindbergh at the controls. easily
OUTRAGED storms which 1t en-
countered along the northern coast
of Cuba.
Lindy Confident
A weather report was received
from Camaguey warning of heavy
souau in the northeast. The radio
operator opened the pilots door and
handed the message to Lindbergh.
recalling that this is the gulf hurri-
cane season, but Lindbergh merely
smiled and said he was certain the
plane could outdistance the storm
Like a runner on football field,
he piloted the plane in and out OF
the clouds, always avoiding the
storm. In less than an hour the sky
again was clear and Lindbergh left
the controls TO eat a lunch of fried
chicken, salad. apple pie and coffee
Iindbergh received another re-
port on the weather In a message
from Santiago. asking him to speed
up7 to avoid threatening rain. And
at 6:o7 he brought his ship 10 a
landing.
At San Juan the party will change
to a two-motored Sikorsky amphib-
ian and on Sunday will start for