Imperial Valley press., 1929-07-13
THEAT RE
SIGNS Up
AV|ATORS
Mendell And Reinhart To
Cash In On Popularity
Without Delay.
BOTH FEELING GOOD
Airmen None The Worse
Following Record Hop
OF 10 Days.

Following Record Hop
OF 10 Days.
LOS ANGELES, July 13. W.H)-
Loren Mendell and "Pete" Rein
hart, holders of the world endurance
flight record, today held the usual
reward accorded channel swimmers
and other notables-a vaudeville
contract.
Two press agents took over full
supervision today of the flyers
activities, and al. STATEMENTS and
comments regarding their record
breaking flight were carefully CEN
sored by the publicity men.
The record breaking pilots will
make their first public appearances
in local motion picture theatre to-
day and for day or two subsequent
tly and then will probably 60 to
San Francico and other towns on
the theatre circuit.
Both of them declared themselves
none the worse physically for thsir
10 days. continuous flight and en-
tered with zest into the reading Of
congratulatory kilograms, the writ
ing of exclusive accounts Of thcis
flight and the scheduled vaudeville
appearances.
LOS ANGELES, July 13. W.e)--
Two adventurous young men awoke
from well-deserved slumber here to-
day and stepped from their suites
in one of the city's best hotels TO
accept the adulation paid to heroes
Of the air.
Loren Mendell and r. B. '.Pete'
Reinhart, changed from greasy fly
ing togs to clean linens, and, smooth
faced after the removal Of ten days
growth of beard, presented a much
different picture than yesterday at
PIG p. m. when they crawled from
their biplane Angeleno after sus.
tanned flight of 246 hours 43 min.
utes and 80 seconds.
kilograms Of congratulations, Of.
| fers of movie and stage contracts,
| invitations to endorse sundry nler-
chandise for cash, and other prob.
lens confronted Mendell, Reinhart
and their managers.
'It's big job," A. E. McManus,
co-manager OF the flight with Will
liam G. McAdoo Jr., said. cit looks
like these two men belong to the
public for weeks"
According to McManus and the
pilots, the direct cause Of the sud-
den descent of the Angeleno during.
it's 37th refueling at 1900 feet was
the gathering of refuse in the tail:
group of the plane.
Examination showed that paper
and other refuse tossed out OF the
plane gathered in the tail group
McManus said, "and as this c0ndi-
ton grew the Angeleno became
| wobbly and hard to control.o
During the last refueling the sup
ply plane gained altitude SLOWLY
and the draught of its propeller blow
cowling hood of the Angelcno
back into the stabilizer Of tho
plane. This increased the uncertain
ty of steering and successful con.
tact appeared impossible so Mem
dell dove for the landing field.
Engine Still Good
"An examination showed the
Wright Whirlwind engine would
have been good for $50 hours more
and Mendell and Reinhart were far
from complete exhaustion" Nc
Manus said. "This is true despite
the fact that this flight covered
approximately $1,000 miles of fly.
ing"
Airport figures show that the
Angeleno travelled S5 miles per hour
| and would have circled the globe.
Airmen place Importance in this
fact because for the first time in
history a plane has been sustained
in flight long enough to have 2ons
around the earth.
Mendell and Reinhart retired at
9:30 p. m. last night after "Vic-
tory Banquet" in their suites and
brief speeches over the radio over
nationwide hookup.
Orders were posted that the new
air heroes were not to be disturbed
under any circumstances during tho
night. Mendell and Reinhart con-
cured in this decree.
Much interest was attached to
the physical examinations the men
! We're forced to take.
1t was announced at the hospital
in Culver City that Reinhart q puise
registered l20 when he entered the
institution and 80 minutes later ID
had dropped to 80. Mendell's pulse
beat 100 when he first was exam
ined and half hour later register
ed 92.
Reinhart's blood pressure ranged
from 100 to lao and MendeIi 4
from 1856 to 120. The eye reflection