Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-28
ROBIN" STARTING
THIRD WEEK, WANTS
RECORD TO STAND
Flyers "ApoIogize" to st.
Louis Crowds and Say They
Intend to Stay Up a While.
ENGINE CONTINUES
TO WORK SMOOTHLY
Texans, Forced Down After 233
Hours, Plan to Try for En-.
durance Mark Again.
BY the Associated Press. /.

BY the Associated Press.
ST. LOUIS, July 27-Still resolved
to fly their monoplane st. Louis Robin
until the motor quits, Dale (Red) Jack
son and Forest O'Brine tonight were
nearing the close of their fifteenth day
in the air, and the motor was showing
no signs Of giving in" At 1917 pm.
Central standard time) they been up
351 hours.
The flyers were somewhat jubilant
over having conquered their nearest
rival the Houston TEX endurance
plane Billion-Dollar City, which was
forced down this morning. but this ap-
peared to spur them on rather than TO
tempt them to land.
Great Crowd at Airport.
One of the largest crowds that has
gathered at Lambert-St. Louis Field
since the flyers broke the record of the
Angeleno last Tuesday. watched the
plane circle gracefully above the air.
port tonight. Special trafiic and polio
ing arrangements were made for what
is expected to be a record crowd to-
morrow.
If they are still up tomorrow, it will
be the third Sunday for Jackson and
O'Brine in the air above the field.
In a note addressed to newspaper
reporters, dropped from the plane to-
day, the flyers said:
I'VE are sorry we are keeping the
people of st. Louis waiting so long, but
we are trying to put the record where
the people of st. Louis will be proud
of it for some time-Same as the Spirit
of st. Louis, which will always stand.
May your patience be fully rewarded"
Wish Better Luck to Texans.
Earlier in the day they had dropped
a telegram for forwarding to Glenn
Loomis and Joe Glass. pilots of the
Houston, Tex, plane, in which they
said: Sorry you were forced down, y
and wished the Texans better luck
next time
jackson and O'Brine declared that
the air-cooled motor in the st. Louis
Robin is running just as good as the
day We took off," and were confident
they would be able to complete the
third week in the air which they
started today. ..
The fight. sponsored by the CurtiSS-
Robertson Airplane Manufacturing Co.
of st. Louis. started two weeks ago
this morning as a test for the engine.
No goal was set by the company.
The earnings of the flyers was rap
idly mounting toward the SIS 900 mark
tonight. Their compensation, which
started aIJer tney broke the recOro, Is
piling up at the rate of $116 between
them for each hour they remain aloft
This is in addition to hundreds Of
presents donated by st. Louisans.
Yet Have Competition"
Swooping low over the field late to-
day, indicating their high spirits, the
flyers dropped a note to the refueling
crew which made it plain Jackson and
O'Brine are aware there is still compe-
tition IN the air. Shorty, send up some
gas-about 100 gallons and some oil.
Too bad about Houston, but we still
have one left-old Minnesota. Those
SwedeS will sure stick. We need some
more paper, too," said the note.
Three other notes were dropped, but
their contents we're not made public.
One went to Mrs. Ma" jackson. Reds
mother. another to his wife, and the
third to the red headed bus driver for
the Universal" pal of Jackson's.
Experts at the field who listened to
the "pop-pop-pop" of the motor as the
plane swung almost within speaking
distance of the several thousand gath
cred to cheer the flyers on, said the
motor sounded perfectly"