Evening star., 1932-06-02

operating an emergency agency Joint
efforts along these lines. under COM
petent direction ard With international
support, would surely do more to speed
the Gay when planes will regularly ply
the airways between continents than
occasional lucky flights overseas now,
and an agency that will be indispensa-
BILE when that day comes will at the
same time, have been created and made
smooth running"
Another point is brought out BY the
Lincoln State Journal in the statement
The recent Earhart flight seems TO
indicate, above anything else. that
over-the-ocean service cannot be sue
cessful until stopping places en- route
are provided Had it been possible to
lend for repairs a thiro c. half uay
across, the flight could have been ac-
compished with comparatively small
risk"
Speaking of the part women are play
ing in the field Of aviation the Sche-
nestacy Gazette remarks: There are
now over SO women pilots in the
United States. Six of the seven notable
international records for women are
held BY Americans. Mrs. Putnam has
two speed recorCS to her credit over
designated courses. Ruth Nichols holds
three records for altitude, distance and
speed. Evelyn Trout and Edna Cooper
hold the duration refueling record
Maryse Bastie of France holds the
record for duration without refueling
Thcsc facts show the American woman
pre-eminent in aviation exploits. and
this while aviation is comparatively
E~et
was Bessica Raiche, who made her
initial flight and that Of her sex In
1910, There are several women ready
to follow Miss Earhart across the
broad ocean expanse. two at east of
whom have hoped to accomplish the
feat first"
AS the fight was accomplished tust
five years to the day from that of
Lindbergh. 1t is only natural that the
two attempts should be compared as
to their places in the history OF avia-
tion. The fact that Miss Earhart
crossed the ocean does not admit Of
crediting her with an achievement
A. 1indbergh five years ago" contends
the Roanoke Times. saying: The
colonel. it will be recalled. flew from
New York to Paris and made II OF,
schedule The fight was more than
1000 miles, nonstop. On tie other
hand, Mrs. Putnam made the lump
over water alone from st. Johns to
Ireland, a distance shorter by approx
mately 1000 miles than Lindbergh
flew"
In similar vein speaks the Yakima
Morning Herald: While Mrs. Putnam
deserves enthusiastic congratulations
for her feat, she nevertheless fell far
short Of the record flight of Lindbergh.
She was aided bv new Instruments that
have been developed since the Lind
bergh flight. Five years ago, Lindy de-
pended greatly on luck and but slightly
on science In fact his experiences on
the Journey brought out some of the
needs of aviation which invention has
since filled" The New York Sun, noting
that comparison between the two great
solo flights is inevitable" says In the
flve-year interval aifplsnes and engines
have been dernonstrably improved. par
ticularly in the matter of speed. but
there has been no improvement on the
dramatic perfection of Lindberghs
flight. 1t is no disparagement of other
Ayers to hope that 1t will be la=5
time before It is bettered. for 1t came
at such time and in such a way as
to become aviations greatest lyric"