Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-03
RY WIZ POST,

Pilot Of the Monoplane Winnie Mae.
N YEW YORK, N. Y, July 3.-Now
N that the shouting is ever and
VI that great reception which New
/ York gave us is thing OF the
past. Gatty and had chance
yesterday to sit back, draw our breath
and get some of our impressions
together.
First of all. let me take this oppor-
tunity to thank the city and everybody
in it, from Mayor Walker and DR.. FIN
ley to the street cleaners who are going
to have to clean up the litter We
caused, for that magnificent welcome
to us today. I don't know that we
earned It. but I'll admit we liked it..
Out West lots of people think New
York is cold and reserved. But there
cannot be any warmer-hearted people
in the world than those who welcomed
us back today.
Flying Still Thrills City.
The reception showed us more than
lust that, though. 1t showed us some
thing that believe is important IN
the development of aviation. The re-
ception was for the successful com.
pleticn of a flight which could not
have been made a few years ago and
which could be made this time because
such excellent equipment was at our
command in plane, motor and mStru-
mentS.
FRANKLY, we were surprised at the en-
thusiasm shown when we arrived and
Yesterday when we received the city S
ofIicial welcome. We had wondered
if, with so many flights, the puDic
had lost its enthusiasm. But yesterday
showed that the public is still very
much interested in aviation ana Is
thrilled at each new event which brings
the day of universal flying closer.
Foresees Globe Air Lines.
AS to our flight itself, we think we
really have accomplished Scmetnlng
more than tearing around the worlo
faster than anybody ever made 1t be-
fore. We have great hopes that we
may have helped bring the time closer
when commercial aviation will span
seas and the land and bring all people
closer together.
We believe the route we followed is
practicable from the standpoint OF
commercial aviation. OF course, much
would have to be done before it could
be put to such use, but the route it
self. from our experience, is the best
round the world that has yet been
suggested. 1t turned out to be very
much what we had expected. except
that we ran into worse Weatner UTAH
we had counted on.
But the air fields which we found
sprinkled around the world gave us
good service, and fields established to
handle regular commercial traffic would,
CT course, be equipped to furnish even
better. So we hope that we will see
the time when planes carrying pas
sengers will be dropping down on the
| fields and roaring across the spaces
that we saw on our trip in the Winnie
Mae.
Blind Flying Proves Safe.
We learned something from the
| flight. Any time any one makes q
flight like the one we have just finished
he is bound to- learn something. We
learned things about navigation and
tested out fer ourselves recent improve
ments in instruments, though, to be
accurate, there is much more to be
learned about aerial navigation than
is now known. 1t is a young science.
One thing I learned is that man
can sit in plane, stay there for hours,
be perfectly safe and get where he is
going to even if he can't see anything
beyond the instrument board. We did
that repeatedly in this flight, and 1
would think that the general public's
just knowing that such a thing was
possible would increase confidence in
q aviation,