Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-03
Flight Required
81 Hours From
LIE Bourget.
ILINDY In CROWD
TO GREET PAIR
Reception in New
York to Be Given
Birdmen Today.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, September g.
Having made the first nonstop
| flight from Paris to New York,
Dieudonne Coste and Maurice Bel
lonte were acclaimed today on
two continents.
In 81 hours, 10 minutes and 80
seconds the French aviators did
what Col. Charles A. Lindbergh
did in the opposite direction three
years ago in SO hours 20 minutes.
At asa am. eastern standard time)
last Monday they pulled their little
scarlet Sesqui plane labeled 80" of the
historic turf Of LIE Bourget, the field
near Paris where Lindbergh first set his
wheels to the ground, and 81 hours
later they waggled its wings in greeting
over the transatlantic runway of RooSe-
welt Field, whence Americas Lone Eagle
took off on the road to France.
Then they flew 9 miles farther and
set their wheels to earth at Curtiss
Field, Valley Stream, at 6:12:30 EAST
ern standard time) last night, behind
them 400 miles of ocean and fog and
storms.
$4,000 Prize at Dallas.
Master airman to the last CoSte
flashed twice around the field in the
deepening dusk, then banked sharply
and slid into three-point landing.
At the moment it seemed an end to
an epic adventure, but later it was
announced they would take off in their
plane tomorrow morning for Dallas.
Tex, and the $4,000 pot of gold that
has waited for three years at the end
of the great circle rainbow connecting
the Texas city and the capital of
France. The prize is that offered by
Col William Easterwood for the first
Paris-Dallas flight, with a stop permit
ted at New York City.
A crowd estimated as high as 5000
persons. many of whom had waited for
hours at the field, was grouped along
the guarding fences as the clouds
two hours before cleared away and the
half disc of the moon showed its faint
outline in the sky. !.
AS the question Mark came out Of
the east and darted to earth they surged
against the guard ropes and the fences,
testing the strength and the temper of
hundreds of police. viva Cost" many
shouted in the best Long Island
French, 'Hooray for Costay," they
yelled.
Coste Sensed Danger.
Sensing the danger in the whirling
propeller OF the ship, and fearing that
any moment the wall of blue might
break and let through a flood of hui
mans, Coste stopped his engine while
still hundred yards out in the field
and he and Bellonte climbed YEARLY
from the plane.
Their faces were burned from the
sun and wind, and lines of fatigue
In l1o rlf f,,..
bled clumsily for the rungs of the lad
der with their feet. Their legs numbed
by the day and half in the cramped
cockpits of the little plane, they STUN
bled toward the hangar. But willing
hands helped them along. and they rode
the last few feet astride the backs of
stalwart mechanics, happy to carry so
famed burden.
Their fatigue was forgotten when
they reached the hangar and found
there to greet them a tall, rather
ing in face burned almost as red as
their own-the man whose path they
retraced.
1T was great flight. captain" said
Col Charles A. Lindbergh, and al
though CoSte probably did not hear OF
understand the words he could not mis-
take the meaning and his face lighted
with happy smile as he graSped the
hand of Americas most famous flyer
Whisked through the formalities of a
welcome from officials of their own land
New York City and civic organizations
| and having broadcast their thanks and
| thoughts to the listening radio audiences
Of two continents, the flyers were borne
swiftly to the city behind an escort oil
motor cycle police and put to bed In
their suite at a Park avenue hotel.
There, clad in orange-striped paja.
mas, Coste greeted reporters few mo-
ments later, first cautioning them to be
| quiet so as not to awaken his compan-
| ion, already blissfully sleeping in the
| adjoining twin bed.
Their trip? Oh it was just flight
Yes, the weather was bad in spots, but
they had tail winds part Of the way
Was he glad to be here?
''Ah, oui, oui"
"Lindbergh was there at the field
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