Evening star., 1933-07-24
Continuing Flight to Bagdad
Definitely OFF, Captain
Declares.
WANTS TO SEE PILOTS
AND AIRPORTS IN U. S.
Post Offers Winnie Mae for Hop,
but It Is Declined-Both
Disappointed.
BY the Associated Press.

6y Ine ASbOClhteo TIcSS
BRIDGEPORT, Conn.,, July a.
Rested and cheerful after a long nights
sleep and a large breakfast-their first
meal since taking of from England
Jun and Amy Mollison prepared today
to leave their hospital beds for New
York In . borrowed plane.
Save for shock ard abrasions, Eng
lands famous flying couple appeared
not seriously hurt by the accident here
last night that ended their transat-
lantic attempt so miles short Of their
goal-F1oyd Bennett Field. Brooklyn.
Capt Mollison, his face and head
swathed in wet congresses. lay on his
back in bed this morning and critically
watched q manicurist attend to his
nails.
His wife sat propped up by pillows In
q bed beside him, clothed IN SUN
white hospital night dress, repairing
minor ravages to her complexion with
. borrowed compact.
Hair Freshly Done.
The lipstick and compact she carried
across the ocean with her were lost
somewhere in the marshy bottoms near
the Bridgeport Airport. She obtained
new ones from q newspaper woman.
She apparently had her hair freshly
done"
The captain said that Wiley Post, the
globe -circling oklahoman. slipped into
the hospital by a rear entrance at
O'Clock this morning to offer him the
monoplane winnie Mae" to continue
on their proposed flight.
Post offered us his ship to do any
thing we wanted to do" Mollison said.
But the flight Is definitely ended,
Mollison observed.
His wife declared "as far as we know
we have no hope Of going on to Bagdad.
II fear we shall not be able to con-
tinue our plans. The machine vas such
a mess feel we were lucky as 1t was"
To her, however. the flight was "the
greatest adventure Of my life"
Lets Amy Do Talking.
The captain was content to let his
wife do most of the talking.
I'VE were awfully tired and We de-
we had suficient gasoline to complete
our flight to New York" he related.
I'VE cracked up because, in the dark
ness, we could not distinguish the
marshy ground from the solid air
field.
We saw a machine taxing down the
field and we assumed 1t was taking Oh.
That led us to land with the wind
instead Of against it. Apparently the
machine had just landed and had
turned around and was not preparing
to take OF. The captain was at the
controls
I'VE certainly did not expect marshy
ground near an airport Naturally we
around 1t was solid.
"Of course, we were very tired and
think that when one is so very. very
tired, fatigue is the same as a drug.
II was in the machine when we
crashed and I crawled out into the
swamp. That is how I cut my hand.
MY head and hair were soaking wet.
I thought they were soaked in petrol and
was terrified. But it was only ice
water.
Feared Forced Landing.
I'VE knew approximately how far we
were from New York, but because Of our
low petrol supply we feared it would be
necessary to make forced landing over
New York City, and we decided to land
here.
Il shared the controls with the cap
tain on the flight over, and shall be
very glad to get in the air again.
Il certainly hope We will have an
opportunity to fly an American ma
chine while we are here.
I'VE appreciate every ones kindness
and hospitality and we want to thank
every one for the beautiful flowers and
the messages we have received"
Mrs. Mollison said they had received
an invitation to visit the World Fair In