Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-16

ms trIumphG1 p1ghf TO Paris. The
shoes the tesase strain sUhick pubic
Us meant 10 LindbergH.
series Of nine oEacial mir victories against tls
enemy. both at the aoissons front and with the
French Army IN the Near East.
LIE WAS an ace Of aces gained II individual
citations for skin and bravery and tOtaled
SIT flying hours IN pursuit and bombine planes
It was during the war that Coste lost one 81
his legs and two fingers on his right hand, shot
on BY piece Of shrapnel His limp, Is q result
is very slight hardly noticeable
Yet with this most enviabIe war record and
despite his physical handicap, Coste WASN'T
satisfied to rest his Iaurels Discharged frouns
the army i'm 1919, covered with decorations and
honors from the government. he became CONF
Toulouse Montpelliex line. later in the Paris-|
London service, and finally as pilot and engd-|
neer IN the BFeguet factory
Then. IN 1925, began Custe's career of spec-|
tacular and recoFd-breaking achievements His|
hrst distance record attempt ended in tragedy,
when his co-pilots Robert Thierry, was burned
to death IN their crash near Freiburg, Ger
many. Coste was pinned under the wreckage|
Of his plane, unable to rescue Thierry. 3
The next year, 1876, he established his nrst
world recoFd-a 3,4oo-n1ile nonstop flight from
Paris 10 Djask, Siberia
more nonstop and distance records Later, ia
the same Question Mark which brought him
recently 20 America more records in the form
OF long distance, endurance and load-carTying
hops.
OF course, it ID difIacult to compare or en-
tTast Lindbergh's flight three years ago with
that Of COste and Beilonte for very little can
be found IN them q similar nature
Indy Few alone. COste had q companion.
Indy had only dozen instruments 70 guide
him Coste had nearly 40-and navigAtox.
His plane was FAR more powerful.
Iindy's plane was powered by a 225-hOgse.
power Wright Whirlwind motor, nine-eylin-
der air-coOled affair that already assumes the
position Of an aeronautic antique
Coste's plane has 3 6sO-horss5swsr 12-cylin-
der. water-cooled HispanO-suiza motor, capable
Of developing 7s4 horsepower when pushed ana
Of hurting the plane through the air at a nax-
inaum speed of 16O miles an hour t~s@
RUT CoSTE had greater fuel load and had
to buck . strong westerly wind which was
q favorable tail wind for Indy
Strangely enough, II was Coste who was
more deliberate and painstaking In bis prepare.
tons. While it took Indy matter Of only
three months to get set for his memorable
light, it took Coste three years for his
OF course. had It not been for the disappoint-
ment of last year, when he had to return 10
Paris after reaching the Azores in his first
North Atlantic attempt, he would have been
here year sooner. 1
But the fact remains that Ccs.e quick mere
vous, impatient though he may be in other re-
spects. was even more deliberate and careful
than Indy himself, when it came to making
preparations for this flight
NOV, HAVING completed his long awaited
journey, Coste Is yielding to the quite
pardonable weakness Of needing the cheers q
the people He IS going even beyond that
Although Lfndbergh reaped fortune in the
first year after he new the Atlantic, he never
let it be known that 1t was to his liking. or that
he sought the money forced upon him He-
turned down prodigious offers, by the movie&
by the stage, by cigarette and other advertisers
by various publicity seeking firms and organi-
zations.
C5see had already signified his in entions Of
not overlooking any good bets That $4,000
offer for his flight to Dallas is an example. =
When Coste left Paris he hardly had anv
further thought than getting to New york But
when he was reminded Of Col william n
Easterwoods offer Of $4,000 for the first man
to make Paris-to-Dallas flight in two ti1rnns
he didn't hesitate ct an
TWENTY-FIVE thousand doIIarsl" he Il s,r.
posed to have remarked. That's q Not q
francs" And so on he new and collected r
He Is quite candid about money
You see" he explains, 81 come Of = uoor
family. I never had money when a bow ana
would like to be comfortable and without vOe.
xies" .
Wen. can yOu blame him?