Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-05-26
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the noise and airplane and motor
ii exhaustS, bombs, and fireworks.
the backfiring of motorcycle off
GERS machines swelled it into a roar.
as the air grew blue with exhaust
gas. The crowd itself was incapable
Of making much vocal noise against
the din Of the mechanical applause,
and besides. the men they were
cheering were out Of sight.
A moment later when the plane
droned over the horizon of the han
gar the crowd itself broke into q
roar and the air was white with
straw hats. 1t was a great mo-
ment for straw hat makers. Other
pilots at the field and friends OF
the record breakers kissed ard hug
ged each other. Mrs. Robbins and
Mrs. Kelly made shrill joyful sounds
and jumped up and down and other
citizens who came merely TO see
the finish yelled themselves hcarse.
It was several hours before the
long blocks OF automobiles bedded
In nearby pastures could ~untangle
themselves and return to town.
Eaker Meets Them
The big moment found the filters
themselves without a clever word or
pat sentiment 10 greet the enthu-
siasm- On their second trip across
the field they dropped a message.
but the first part Of IL evidently
had been written before the record
fell and the last line added as on
effort to answer the enthusiasm; a
request for various supplies. which
the filters will need IL the carry out
their announced determination to
stay In the air until Wednesday
or Thursday took up the first few
lines or the missive and the last
line said simply:
1T sure is a fine crowd"
Captain Ira g. Eaker. chief pilot
Of the Question Mark, when 1t es-
tablished the former record. was In
the crowd earlier in the day and
sent a message OF greeting 10 the
filters before taking off for San An
gelo to visit his father.
Lady Mary Heath s1here
Lady Mary Heath OF England,
famous cross country flier. also
sent greetings but was forced to
flv on TO keep up with her sched-
ule on a trip to the Pacific coast.
From the moment the record fe!l
the filters were piling I'D bank &C
counts at the rate OF $50 each an
hour. A testimonial sent aloft ear
lier in the day signed by the heads
Of six OF the large aerial transpor-
tation lines in the country prom
ised the two men 500 an hour
for every hour they remain In the
air beyond the record.
Your wonderful record" the
testimonial said. which has prov-
ed to the world the practicability
OF commercial aviation. giving con-
vincln0 evidence of the safety and
reliability OF commercial aircraft
has commanded the admiration OF
the people Of the United States.
You have taken a single motor
ed shin. with IN engine which al
ready had operated for more than
500 hours and without any elab-
crate organization on the ground
and with but little financial back
ing have excelled all former endur-
ance records"
The testimonial was signed bv
Graham r. G%-oSvenor. president OF
the Aviation CORPORATION Of New
York: Johrnm Ryan. president of
the Colonial Airvavs OF Boston.
Paul Braniff OF Tulsa. president Of
the Braniff Air Lines: Dan Jones
OF st. Louis. president OF the Uni
versal Aviation CORPORATION: Paul
Riddle Of Cincinnati. president OF
the Ernbry-Rid6le CORPORATION and
A. p. Barrett Of Fort Worth. presi-
dent of the Southern Air Trans
port, Inc.
Engine Improving
The letter which Lady Mary
Heath sent TO the filters. via the
~refuelling plane follows. I'm part.
IT. "A. r.. has just taken me up
to look at you and I want to ten
you how awfully pleased I am at
being able to come to see a mo-
ment or two OF your marvellous
achievement.
"You are too tired to realize II
now-but YOU have set a beautiful
milestone in the path Of the worlds
progress.
II would like TO convey to you
ali Of my fellow c~ountrymen's ap-
probation of your great achieve
ment as we'll as my own"
When the tumult and tension
was ove the spidery monoplane
still droned across the sky, its mo-
tor running very slowly and its
wings seeming to droop a bit with
WEAKNESS. but its motor was run
ming smoothly. better. according to
mechanics. than at the takeoff. An
expert from the Wright factory,
who had a few moments to adjust
the valves before the take-off. at
tributed its increased efficiency to
the fact that he had made every
thing a trifle tighter than neces-
sary before the takeoff. thus giving
the motor q chance TO wear itself
to the proper tune later In the