Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-05

A radio man plunged through with a
n1icrophone, and John and Kenneth
Hunter greeted the Nation as cham
pions.
Wire Set-UpS Torn Down.
Reporters and cameramen had. to
fight for their news and pictures. The
flrst flash was clicked off luckily be-
fore bedlam broke loose. Then their
wire set-ups were torn asunder in the
confusion, and it was several minutes
before the wires could be repaired and
the story OF new record telegraphed to
waiting editors and the world.
IL was fully 10 minutes before the
myers could escape into the hangar of
nee. There they had their first chance
10 relax-if relaxation could be had
midst the f1aShlight flares and report
erS questions.
Their rest was brief They were
escorted onto the roof of the hangar,
along with their brothers of the re-
1uellng plane. The din on the field
was terrific; thousands Of wells and
more thousands of automobile horns
and firecrackers. When hoarseness
caused brief lapse. it was announced
the flyers would be taken to a Loop
hotel for a night of rest.
thanked by motor cycle police. fol-
lowed by miles of cars. the flyers began
their march of triumph. 1t was
glorious ending. A motor cycle police
man fell off his mount in excitement
but he wasn't hurt.
Kenneth had 10 borrow a pair of
trousers before he could remove his OIL
spattered overalls; he had torn up
trouSer leg for wiping rag. Neither
had bathed since they left earth at $40
pm. Wednesday afternoon, June IL
two unknown aviators. who had worked
with brothers Albert and Walter in a
coal mine to earn their first plane
Disappointment at Landing.
Kenneth showed the disappointment
of the forced landing. but admitted it
would have been too perilous to stay up
longer.
We had hoped to keep on until to-
morrow" he said, but when the oil
screen became clogged and the gauge
quit, the only thing to do was to
come down"
The little old motor sure did more
than We expected" said brother john,
land except for the oil trouble was
just as sound when we came down as
when we went up"
1t was the clogged filter that sent
the brothers low over the field shortly
short of oil and urging an immediate
contact. The Big Ben went aloft at
once, oil was let down, poured into the
line but it Spurted on the flyers. The
motor was near the burning point and
the plane did not have altitude enough
to permit tinkering with the filter.
Fearing a crack-up, the flyers de-
cided to land.
Both brothers were dead for sleep
: -,
questions several times; but they
walked.
Has Made No Plans.
1--WE didn't have chance to think
about how we felt in the air. John
said. THE radio was our only recrea-
ton. Tomorrow at noon, I'll be walk
ing. but I have no other plans until
get a good nights sleep and see how
it feels to have my feet on II ground
again"
But the good nights sleep didn't begin
early. Long after midnight-bathed,
barbered and dressed in comfort again
the brothers were still up at a banquet
rushed on them by airport and airlincs
officials, sponsors of the fight and
friends
John explained that in the next flight
they make, a duel oil screen will be in
SeoilCd W RACNClit otIlACIleoS GO Nliot va
yesterday
He added that if their record is
broken and another attempt by them
is made, brothers Walter and Albert
may be the endurance crew and he and
Kenneth the refueling pilots.
For the immediate future, their hopes
are centered mainly on nonstop re-
fuelIng fight around the borders of the
United States.
Flown approximately 10000 miles be-
fore its present flight began, the City
of Chicago is a secondhand Stinson-
Detroiter cabin monoplane, powered
with Wright whirlwind 3o0-hcrsepower
motor. 1t is two years cid.
Broke Record Sunday.
After days of flying in rain, fog and
heat that once mounted to near The
century mark, the Hunter brothers
shortly after o'clock last Sunday
morning slipped past the record set last
July 30 by Dale Jackson and Forest
O'Brine in the st. Louis Robin.
But Jackson and O'Brine have &C
cepted the challenge for endurance SUI
premacy. They have announced plans
for a new flight, again in st. Louis.
If the st. Louis pilots do go up
and If they stay up longer than 554
hours-there are four Hunter boys from
SPARTA, ILL.,, who are ready TO go right
up and try 10 wrestle the record back
again.