Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-12

CoSte and Bellonte, by making the
westward flight from France to New
York, gain place in the aviation world
beside Lindbergh. Their accuracy in
methods of navigation is declared to
have offered notable illustration OF
the progress of aviation, since their
trip was undertaken in the face OF
greater diniculties than are met on the
eastward trip. Public opinion still
feels that ocean flying is limited to the
province OF the great airmen, and holds
regular service unlikely for some time.
They stand forth as men of great
achievement" says the Albany Eve
ming News "They have accomplished
the most difficult and most dangerous
OF all flights. They have succeeded
where many have failed. They are
heroic figures who won where other
heroic men failed. They have brought
honor to France, which reioices now
and America reioiceS with it as it re-
members Nungesser and Coli. .
We can acclaim two heroes, two
achievements, without indulging IL.
fantastic dreams that man has actually
conquered the air and that westward
crossing is safe" The Helena Montana
Record Herald calls it "a most notable
achievement"
"Coste, who has Southern Atlantic
other long distance flying feats," re-
marks the Buffalo Evening News, lis de-
serving Of all applause for his daring
jump through the swirling mists along
the Great Circle route-the reverse,
roughly, of the course taken by Col
Lindbergh. 1t proves that the non
stop crossing on that route is not an
impossibility. But it is still the deed
OF heroes" In recording its impression
OF the flight, the Allentown Morning
Call pays the tribute: About the
Coste flight, from the beginning. there
was the air OF assurance, of the GER
talnty that attaches to the departure
OF passenger train out of our local
station and its arrival at a given time
in some other city. This air of as
surance was given by the aviator him
self. The st. Louis Times observes
that the near-imposSible was converted
into the possible by preparedness.
THE fight proves" according tn the
Little Rock Arkansas Democrat, that
alrplanes can span the North Atlantic
when the weather Is favorable-hence
that must mean that some day regular
lines will be established. But It was
not Of such things that the great crowds
which greeted those two Frenchmen in
New York were thinking. Nor were
the fellow citizens of those gallant air.
men, who staged a great demonstration
in Paris. concerned with the commercial
worth OF their feat. Men always have
been and always will be hero worshin-
ers, and nothing more than a spectac-
ular adventure is needed to loose such
The world is better for such
explosions of delight They bring a
bit OF happiness into drab existence
They make us forget for q moment that
men can hate. In this particular in
they turn our minds from the
dollar mark to the Question Mark, and
hat means much"
Balancing the fact that Iindbereh
dew alone against the greater difficult
ties of the westward fight, the Grand
Rapids Press points to three years of
Improvements in airplanes." and adds:
All of which is to say that, through
these Improvements and the fact that
airplanes now are equipped with crews
Instead of lone flyers, the westward
crossing of the Atlantic is about where
the eastward crossing stood in point of
when Lindbergh came down In
France. So, out of the feat of Lind
bergh and the victory of the valiant,
Frenchnen, We are squared
away for the next great Step-the
'ounding of transatlantic air lines. They
will come as surely as these pioneers
have ridden their steeds of the skies to
triumph"
y X
Both flights, Indy to Paris, and the
from Paris to New York |
that ocean flying can be |
negotiated" as viewed by |
he New Castle News. when done by |
flyers who are sufficiently trained for |
he task understand the flying cond.- ]
ions, understand their planes, and have