Imperial Valley press., 1933-06-06
MATTERN To
GET REST At
' OMSK, SIBERIA
Yankee Flyer Decided To Take
Badly Needed Rest Before
Continuing Flight.
MAY LOSE TIME MARGIN
Aviator Not Intent On Beating
Record Made By Post And
. Gatty Two Years Ago.

OMSK, Siberia, June 6. W.H -
James j. Mattern of Texas. flying
alone around the world, decided to
spend the night here tonight before
continuing his journey across ST.
IBERIA.
Mattern landed mere from Mos
COW, enroute from New YORK and
back, at :35 p. m. (3:3S a. m. ED1)
still ahead of the Post-Gatty
around-the- world record at this
point.
His plane was in good shape, but
'he decided he needed nights rest,
and did not plan to take off again
before morning.
His pause will lose him the time
adantage which he hitherto held
sover Post and Gatty, and probably
will bring him into Krasnoyal SIX.
his next scheduled stop, well behird
their flying time from New York.
OMSK, Siberia, June 6. U.H -
James j. Mattern, on a solo flight
around the world from New York,
arrived from Moscow at 1:35 p m.
1886 a. M. EDT, still ahead of the
Post-Gatty record to this point.
Mattern halted here, however,
while Post and Gatty did not.
The Texas flyer made the 1300-
mile trip from Moscow in 9 hours
and Is minutes, compared with
eight hours and five minutes by
Post and Gatty when they passed
this point from Moscow.
When Mattern arrived, his
elapsed time from New York was
70 hours and IA minutes, compared
with 74.09 for Post and Gatty to
this point. The time Mattern
spends here for resting will cut
down his margin. He was not defl-
mite as to his plans for the next
stage of his flight to Krasnoyarsk.
He was reported to be planning to
rest for at least several hours, but
may merely take a short nap anG
leave after that.
He was sighted only once on his
long flight across Russia to this
Siberian town just over the Ural
mountains near the border between
Europe and Asia. Natives of the
town of Kazan, approximately 400
miles Cast of Moscow sighted him
travelling high and fast through the
night sky, three hours and five
minutes after the takeoff from
Moscow
Mattern arrived at Moscow at
6:55 a. m. Monday (CST) after a
fast flight from Oslo, Norway. He
had intended to take off in two or
three hours, but minor repairs held
him nine hours and Is minutes.
Post and Gatty lost II hours and
30 minutes in Moscow.
After landing here, Mattern re-
tired to sleep two hours. A check
of his motor revealed the necessity
Tor repairs, and Soviet officials
lighted ground flares. Mattern Ia
bored leisurely, assisted by Soviet
mechanics. He gave personal at
tention to every detail
The repairs completed, he talked
for a few minutes with the United
Press correspondent.
81 gave my machine much
needed overhauling which couldn't
have done so we'll in the wilds of
Siberia" he said. Il found a big
piece of felt in the gasoline filter,
which reduced the pressure. That
explains some bad jolts had cross
ing the ocean Finding it now
probably saves my neck"
Asked if he were trying to beat
the Post and Gatty record, he said:
"If can lop off a couple of days
from their record, so much the bet
ter, but that would be gravy, as
I'm trying to establish record for
a one man around the world flight"