New Britain herald., 1930-04-21

 trail he blazcd over the country.
 Hopes to Makes Others
 This is only one flight" he said, sand l hope to make others. l can say nothing at this time on the re- suit of only one experiment. How ever, believe transport flying in the future will go to higher levels, first the air mail and later passenger planes.'
 He said they flew at from 10000 to 15,0o0 feet altitude most Of the way, except for the last stretch into New York.
 The colonel gave Mrs Lindbergh much of the credit for the actual technical details of the flight. She did the navigating, he said, kept the charts and occasionally handled the controls. Their plane is equipped with dual controls,
 Both the colonel and his lady were smiling on arrival as they faced q battery of cameras and a crowd of between 1,50o and 2,oo0 persons HIGH lIdu Ndltti siillI StiIy ultNl . noon for their arrival.
 The colonels face was dirty and appeared drawn, but Mrs. Lindbergh looked as fresh as though she had just stepped out of their home for a stroll down Park avenue.
 Car Drawn Up Close
 As the photographers siGniflcd they were through with him, the colonel clambcrcd out of the forward cockpit and aided mechanics in wheeling the plane into T hangar where room had been made for it.. Their car was driven up under one of the wings.
 Mrs. Iindbergh remained in the plano, her head tucked down to avoid the stare of the curious crowd which attempted to push it's way into the hangar, until all but handful assisted her out and into the scat of their car, where she waited while he gave short interview.
 As they drove out of the hangar after the interview, ostensibly bound for a New York hotel where they had reservations, one of tho state troopers guarding the plane said that Mrs. Lindbergh. apparently moro tir. cd than she appeared, burst into tears and the colonel leaned over 10 comfort her.
 Sighted Over Allentown
 
 not sighted until 10:40 when they dropped low over Allentown, Pa, fol- lowing the air mail beacons into New York City.
 A half hour later the drone of a plane could be heard at Roosevelt Field. then the pin points of lights on the wings were made out and d moment later the plane was circlins the field.
 Twice around they went, then slid into the field to a perfect three point landing. The lights of their plane showed no apparent bump as they slipped down to earth again. The colonel taxied up into the flood lights at the east end of the field, where the crowd was straining against the line of field police. then turned and ran his machine back down to the hangar.
 The crowd broke through the lines and streamed out across the field after the plane but the colonel mere ly put on a little burst of speed to gain the hangar ramp and the engine was stopped, and the propeller had ceased revolving before the first rush broke around the plane,
 Fin On Plane Dcnted
 When the plane was walked into the hangar the vertical fin on the tail was dented by the tail of ship against which it was rammed but the fabric was not broken. The colonel passed his hand over the damaged fin and shook his head, but made no comment.
 Although there is no way in which to record the number of miles travelled by a plane in q long flight, the air line distance from Los An geles to Wichita and from Wichita to New York, figured on a great circle rout by spherical trigonome- try, gives the distance as 2.41o miles, 1,194 to Wichita and 1,2S5 from Wichita to New York. On his time between these points it was fig ured he averaged 174.2 miles an hour from Glendale to Wichita and 1113 miles an hour from Wichita to New York. The colonel said he had encountered head winds in spots on the last leg of the flight, which would account for the decrease n speed.
 Their monoplane, although techni- cally an open cockpit plane. has R glass cowling which slips back over the top of the cockpit after the oc- cupant is seated, thus making it al most as comfortable as cabin plane. This innovation in plane dc sign was installed at the coloncr1 order.
 First Long Flight
 This is the first long flight taken in the plane, which was built to the colonels specifications at | Califor- mia factory and only delivered to him this winter, He has made several test flights with it. however, It is num- bcred NE-2tt. The Spirit of St. Louis, in which tho colonel flew to Paris, was NN-1ll.
 Because Of the high altitudcs at which they flew where they cncoun- tered temperatures of several do grees below zero,thc Lindbcrghs wore heavy. fur-lined flying suits boots and gloves. Both had on para ChNtes.