Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-02

been fitted with new pipes and were
now working smoothly.
The refueling ship was also pro-
nounced in good shape, but as a pre-
cautionary measure the Hunter
brothers of the ground said a new plane
had been ordered in readiness from the
Stirnson plant in case the Big Ben
should go awry.
Among the congratulatory messages
received yesterday was one from Col.
Charles A. Lindbergh, who in the days
when he was slim" and an air mail
pilot transformed several times with
the Hunter brothers.
The mark of 500 hours held no
satisfaction for the brother pilots-now
that they have surpassed by scores of
hours the record of Dale jackson and
Forest O'Brine, set at 420 hours plus
in the st. Louis Robin.
AIoft Until Fourth.
The Spartans have repeatedly de-
clared they would be aloft until the
Fourth of July at least.
In view of the 20 days wear on the
motor, the ground crew said the City
of Chicago would hover close to Sky
Harbor Airport so that landing on
the field could be made in the event of
motor trouble.
For the record to be recognized by
the National Aeronautical Association,
the landing must be made from the
take-oh field.
The bull market has swept over Sky
Harbor; dinner in the only available
restaurant nearby has been hoisted
from rs cents to $1.S5; the fashionable
Russian rendezvous, the Petrusllka
Clubs roof garden at the airport, plays
to constant night crowds; the purveyors
of hot dogs have cluttered the lot and
constant watch of sleepy-eyed news
paper reporters and photographers por-
tends the end of the fight.
The managerial and financial back
ground of the flight was publicized yes
terday. Wilson Herren of harrington,
ILL.,, is flight manager, and Walter E.
hacker. To date. between 100000 and
$35, 900 has been invested in the endur-
ance attempt
No contracts of any kind have been
signed as yet by the hackers of the
brother-pilots Herren said. The ground
crew brothers were contracted at 500
week each, and are to receive a
10 per cent cut in the flights profits.
Do Not Fear Loss OF LaureIs.
The Hunter brothers evinced no fear
of losing their new laurels at the an
from St. Louis that jack
son and O'Brine planned to take off
July IL in an attempt to surpaSs the
mass of hours piled up by the City of
Chicago.
After note was sent up telling them
OF the st. Louis flight, the brothers
dropped down the following note, ad-
dressed to O'Brine and jackson:
Thanks for the congratulations
When you boys start we wish you luck.
Probably see you before you take of"
Thousands flock to Sky Harbor daily
Last evening they were given a new
thrill. Kenneth, the wingwalker of the
old transforming tours, crept from the
cabin hatch as the plane scared along
300 feet above earth, and slid down
the fusllage to the rudder controls,
freeing them from collected debris that
to jam the stabilizer. It
was his second trip aft.
Mother Hunter and sister Irene saw
brothers John and Kenneth at close
range last night. They went aloft with
Casey Jones, observer for the National
Aeronautical Association, who numbered
his large Curtiss Condor alongside the
City of Chicago.
Il couldn't see the boys distinctly, but
l saw them waving at U.S." the mother
said,
Flight Profits S9,O99.
Actual profits to the fliers and their
hackers at l1:40 O'Clock today, Gen.
trail standard time, amounted to $1,000, |
not including the commission they will |
receive from gate receipts at Sky Har- |
Dor. No estimate has been made on |
the latter.
OF the nearly $4,000 earned $1,000
Is from an oil company, which is do |
mating the fuel for the fight
The Columbia Broadcasting System |
last night at 5 o'clock began paying !
the f1iers 81 a minute, and that at |
IL 40 o'clock amounted to S1,129. The |
remainder of the sum of $9,099 comes |
from a Western individual who is Civ |
ing ST an hour for every hour over |
the record.
TIE radio contract calls for two |
broadcastS daily at IL am, Central |
standard time, and 5 pm. so lcng |
as the City Of Chicago remains in the |
air.
The broadcasts are made from an
Army plane which contacts with the |
endurance plane and drops a micro |
phone into the cabin. Today for the |
first time there was two-way conversa-
ton between the flying Hunters and |
the ground Hunters. to which the world !
listened.
John aad Kenneth yesterday were
sent a batch OF legal papers, which