The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-21
Indy, ANNE SET
SPEED MARK IN
SPANNING U. S.
Better Hawks Time Three
Hours With Altitude
Experiment.
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famous husband throughout the
flight. and won his highest praise
by ner skill.
Although Lindbergh said they
both had stood the trip in good
fashion, his wife appeared some
what fatigued and wan as they
climbed from the plane, and as the
couple entered a motor car and left
for their home, several persons at
the field said she appeared to be
weeping.
The distance covered on the fight
was $3.50 miles and the average
speed for the time the Lindberghs
actually were in the air was 175.5
miles an hour Their actual flying
time was IA hours % minutes and
n seconds.
A crowd OF about 10000 persons
was waiting at Roosevelt field for
the arrival of the plane. The field
was brilliantly lighted by flood
lights and the lights of numerous
parked automobiles.
Just after II, the drone of the
approaching plane was heard and a
beam of light from the beacon tower
pierced the sky and caught the
ship as it circled the field The spot
light followed it as it circled twice
at an altitude of about 5000 feet,
and then gracefully slid to earth.
Crowd Roars Greeting
The crowd gave a mighty roar of
greetings and surged toward the
Lindberghs, breaking through lines
OF police battling hard to keep them
back
Ltndbergh rose from his place in
the front cockpit, and then Mrs.
Lindbergh arose as the crowd thun-
dered a welcome and the flashlights
of cameramen doomed. Motorcycle
policemen cleared the way to the
hangar.
The colonel leaped from the plane
and helped push it into the hangar.
Then he helped his wife alight, and
they both posed Tor cameramen in
the electrically-heated flying suits
which had kept them warm in the
freezing attitudes they had pene-
trated.
The colonel, receiving newspaper
men. modestly belittled the fact that
he had broken the transcontinental
record.
1T was not supposed to be a non
stop flight he said. There is
quite little difference between a
nonstop fight and a flight of this
kind It could have been made
nonstop with the plane, but it
would have taken more time that
way. The motor would have to be
throttled to save gasoline. The stop
at Wichita for additional gas saved
lis two to three hours. This flight
is not to be compared with Captain
Hawks record"
Lindbergh smiled broadly when
asked if his wife had done any of
the plotting.
Anne Is Navigator
"She did the navigating he
said, and added that the ship was
equipped with dual controls and
that she took them over part of the
time.
we had a little bad weather and
flew both over and through it, he
continued. The highest altitude
was $500 feet I have no way of
checking the average altitude. The
flight was entirely experimental. For
that reason. I can not say as to the
immediate results just from this one
flight 1 think that transport flying
of the future VIII go to higher alti-
tudeS. This will mean greater speed.
The wind conditions were not eX-
ceptionally good. l hope to make
other trips but have. no plans for
the immediate future.
I'VE had to detour from the Ohio
Indiana line because of a fog area.
This made it longer than if we had
taken a straight course.
Followed Lights
1--WE followed the lights part of
the way into Hadley field. Our
highest air speed theoretically was
1856 at 10000 feet That was re-
duced somewhat at higher attitudes.
We did not fly wide OPEN"
Mrs. Lindbergh remained in the
hangar during the interview, and
when reporters attempted to queS-
ton her, she merely smiled. The
colonel told reporters she had done
a good job of plotting. Previously
Lindbergh had headed off an at
tempt to get his wife to speak into
q microphone for talking news reels.
The start of the trip was made
al 8:26::20 New York time Sunday
morning. They arrived at Wichita
at 3:22:30 p. M, and made a stop
OF % minutes and 5 seconds. The
motor was kept running while 245
gallons of gas and fourteen gallons
OF oil were put in the tanks. At
the half way mark, they had been
III the air 6 hours Sc minutes and
10 seconds.