Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-02
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Reception Recalls Days Of
Lindbergh's Return From
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Dr.. John IT. Finley, chairman of the
Mayors Welcoming Committee. They
were followed by a second automobile
carrying Mrs. Post and Mrs. Gatty and
other members Of the Reception Com
mittee. Behind them, strung out for
couple of blocks, were automobiles
carrying newspaper men and photog-
:. raphers.
bAt the foot of Forty-fourth street.
along the North River another crowd
collected and shouts went up as the
men appeared Dock workers, long
shoremen and the crew of the Levia-
than, docked at an adjoining pier. had
been on the watch for the party for
hours and they suspended work alto
gether to join in the celebration. Post
= and Gatty smiled broadly and waved
their responses. ..
Tape Slows Up. March.
The party arrived at City Hall by
way of lower Broadway, where heavy
downpour of ticker tape slowed their
progress. Crowds damned into the park
in front Of City Hall threatened to be-
come unmanageable when Post and
Gatty appeared Two hundred cheer
ing admirers broke away from police
ana SIdTleu lot lIe MANI oOolS Vi SAly
Hall Patrolmen got them back into
bounds without using VIOLENCE,
The flyers rode in open touring cars.
seated on top of the folded hoods. They
were bareheaded. r. = -
Mayor Walker welcomed the men in
the flag -draped aldermanic chamber
while military and police escorts stood
at attention in the plaza below.
He greeted them:
1,Ft I1tl11 WON
ship was known as the Winnie Mae.
When you got over Russia ! think 1t
was decided that the name had become
Winnie Must And then when you
landed back at Roosevelt Field last night
we knew that the name was Winnie
Did"
More seriously he added: you've
written another line, yes another page,
into history and science"
Awarded Medals.
Post replied: Its entirely beyond
words for me to express the gratitude
We feel to Mayor Walker and the cit
liens of New York for their welcome
to u.s.
Gatty said he was mighty glad to
be here"
F. C. Hall, hacker of the flight, told
the mayor how much he appreciated
the welcome, including his daughter,
Mrs Winnie Mae Fain of Long Beach.
Calf. in, his thanks.
Then Mayor Walker pinned medals
on the flyers while The Star Spangled
Banner" was played
Outside the City Hall the party posed
for photographers and proceeded tri-
umphantly to the RitZ-Carlton, where
the mayors luncheon was held i'll honor
of the flyers and their wives
II was 7:47 Eastern standard time
last night that Post and Gatty brought
their plane down on Roosevelt Field,
which they left at 1856 am. a week ago
last Tuesday. In 8 days, Is hours and
81 minutes they flew 15.474 miles
around the Northern Hemisphere. The
previous record. established by the Ger
man dirigible Graf Zeppelin two years
ago, was 81 days, hours, "a minutes.
Days 10 Hours s Minutes.
Post. pilot and Gatty, navigator left
Edmonton at 5:39 am, Eastern stand
ard time. yesterday and flew 1000 miles
to Cleveland, stopping for fuel at
AIS pm. They took off from Cleve-
land 20 minutes later for their last
countries, Canada, Newfoundland, Ire
land, England, Holland, Germany
Poland, Russia. japanese possessions
Alaska, as we'll as various American
States Tx Sctual flying time was
4 days 10 hours minutes, the average
speed per hour, 1883.
Cheering as crowds have not cheered
at New York flying fields since the days
of Lindbergh and Chamberlain and
Byrd hundreds burst through police
lines on the arrival at Roosevelt Field
and rushed for the latest heroes.
For the next hour the field was the
scene of wild disorder. Hundreds fought
with police and with one another in
determined efforts TO see and touch the
world flyers. Three times Post and
Gatty pretended to drive off the field
for New York, but circled to momentary
safety in a deserted hangar. Each time
the crowd found them and the siege
was renewed.
Had a Great Time"
When the tired men at last did drive
away to their first real nights sleep
since their race around the world be-
gan, there was no possible doubt in
their minds that they were famous. but
they knew also that fame eXactS its
price and that they no longer belonged
to themselves. but had been taken pos
session of by the adoring public.
The Winnie Mae shot out of the
sunset on a gentle slant toward earth
and a great shout went up from the
field. At terrific speed Post shot over
the crowd at about 600 feet. banked
steeply, and executed three wide turns
about the field. Satisfied then that
space was cleared for him he slipped
off on one wing, Strengthened out and
dropped as lightly TO the turf as
though he were handling little sport
plane instead of heavy long distance
speedster.
I'VE had great time" Post said
YEARLY and tried to smile.
Gatty was not as near exhaustion as
Post and he told little more of their
experiences. They'd had plenty of bad
weather, considerable blind flying hard
conditions of flight, but they'd come
through all right and were glad to be
home
Post drank his twentieth glass of
water. and summed the whole story up
as he saw it.
we had a great time" he said, and
that was the end of that.
Plans Are Uncertain.
What the pair will do after their
welcome here remains to be seen. Their
hacker, F. c. Hall, said they might fly
their famous plane around the country
And next year they might try Pacific
flight The plane itself, Hall said,
would be flown to the West Coast for
presentation to his daughter, Mrs. Win
ME Mae Hall Fam OF Les Angeles. for
whom it was named. Hall expressed
himself as more than satisfied with the
flight he financed to fulfill wish en-
pressed by his wife before she died last
September. -
Among those who greeted Post and
Gatty were two men who are ready TO
take off at an early date in an effort
to lower the new record Clyde Pang-
bern and Hugh Herndon, jr., said that
the mark set by Post and Gatty would
in no way deter them from their
teterp,inatios. 10 try a similar flight