Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-11
Reinhart and MendeII Drop
Note and Tell Spectators to
Return to Field Tuesday to
See Endurance Flights End
ANGELENO'S MOTOR o. K.
AFTER NINE-DAY TEST
Neither Flyer Had Previous Out
standing Record in Aviation, but
Apparently Were in Good Condi-
tion After Passing Old Record in
Worked-0ver, Second Hand Plane
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CULVER CITY. Calf, July IL
The epochal endurance flight of
L. w. Mendell and r. B. Reinhart,
which was in it's 219th hour at 10
am, today seemingly has de-
veloped into contest to determine
which will break down first, man
or machine. The flyers entered
their tenth day in the air at
1890 o'clock.
All previous endurance records
having been left far behind, the
only thing which remained for
man and motor to fight, aside
from the unconquerable factors of
time and gravity, was each other
On the one side were two
tough hombres" who have in
ured themselves to a routine of
four hours of sleep and four hours
of flying. On the other was
secondhand, 200 horsepower air.
plane motor which had done $50
hours of duty before it began the
record-breaking fight.
Up to the 216th hour neither
man nor machine had faltered so
far as could be ascertained from
below. The tough hombreS" as
they elected to call themselves,
were eXuberant. The motor, ac-
cording to ground workers, ap-
peared to be working better last
night than it did in the early
stages of the flight.
Shortly after am, however. a note
dropped by the flyers was found which
indicated that the engine was beginning
to show signs of weakening.
Motor Trife Noisy.
Think motor trifle noisy" said the
note, but not bad Had some trouble
18th oil pump last night"
The flyers also requested that the
many persons congratulating them on
their feat be informed of their sincere
appreciation"
A note found few minutes earlier
said: Bring up gas at 7. Five gallons
of oil. Motor o. K. We are o. K.''
Estimating distance on the basis of
an average speed of 80 miles an hour,
the flyers had Travelled more than IT,
600 miles, or the equivalent of about
two-thirds the distance around the
world, since the take-off
Mrs. la Reinhart, wife of one of the
pilots, who arrived late yesterday from
Salem, Greg, planned to accompany
the refueling crew today and wave en-
COuIdSeIIlGIlG W u6E IluoUdIlu
Demanded More Sugar.
When they reached the 200-hour
mark, a heretofore unattained but
often sought goal they took another
hitch in their belts, demanded more
sugar in their coffee and reiterated that
they would stay in the air as long as
the motor continues to run.
1t was announced yesterday that their
1irllo
placed at their disposal by William G.
McAdoo, former Secretary of the
Treasury, through his son, w. G. Nc
Adoo, jr.
McAdoo was attracted to the young
flyers after their determination had won
the support of Paul Whittier, owner of
carrier pigeon" type former mail
service plane, in which he volunteered
to handle the refueling with the help of
Slade Hubert.
Worked Over by Pilots.
The McAdoo biplane, christened
"Angeleno." was worked over by Men
dell and Reinhart themselves to con-
form to the requirements of endurance
flying. The engine already had seen
450 hours of service before the endur-
ance attempt started. The third
backer of the attempt A. E. McManus,
ir., is a partner of w. G.. Mcdoo, jr.,
in the ownership of the Culver City
Airport.
Neither pilot had had any outstand-
ing previous flying experience. Mendel,
the older of the two, was balloon pilot
during the war, but did not take up
heavier -than-air flying until 1921. He
had logged $500 hours in the air when
the endurance flight started. Reinhart
was so new in the flying game that he
had Just acquired his private pilots
license after training at Vancouver,
Wash, air school.
officials of the Buhl Aircraft Co. of
Marysville, Mich, builders of the en-
durance plane, announced they would
present Mendell and Reinhart with
passenger Buhl air sedan biplane,
powered with Wright whirlwind J-6,
: 00-horsepower motor, in appreciation
of their feat.