Evening star., 1935-01-13
TN TIRED" SAYS
AMELIA, LANDING.
Completes 2,400-MiIe Solo
Flight From Hawaii to
Oakland.
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gasoline was running low before she
reached the coast. They asked II she
had been worried.
"Worried?" she echoed. "Oh,
thought would like to have the sight
Of land couple of times
Miss Earhart asserted she never was
lost, but said she veered south Of her
course and first sighted land about go
miles south Of San Francisco.
Miss Earhart said commercial flights
to span the 2,400 miles between the
islands and California were entirely
feasible. They are inevitable and
we'll be flying everywhere in a short
time"
Miss Earhart expressed belief the
use Of two-way voice radio communi-
cation was advisable for planes making
distance flights. This type Of radio
was a part of her equipment.
As she snuggled down into a soft
bed in her hotel room she sighed and
said:
II want sleep more than anything
else"
In a moment she was sleeping deep
ly and hotel attaches said she planned
to slumber two to six hours-"or may
be more"
Took Three Hours Longer.
Miss Earhart took only 3 hours and
II minutes more to fly solo from Homo
lulu than the time required by Sir
Charles Kingsford-Smith. Australian,
and his navigator, Capt. P. G. Taylor.
Kingsford-Smith and Taylor made
the first West-East trip. November 3
and 4, 1884, in their long journey
from Australia, in IA hours and 50
minutes.
This was at an average of 16o miles
an hour.
Miss Earhart, doing her own navi-
eating while handling the plane, made
the fight in 10 hours, l6 minutes.
Her average speed was 1873 miles an
hour, although she said she throttled
down the last five hours to conserve
fuel.
The finale of the epochal flight was
short as 1t was swift. On reaching
lllS CUdSt SllC IAdAC q oCS-AAAAS ava VA
ward for the airport.
She slid straight down to the rum
way and drove the plane to the very
doors Of hangar.
The field was bedlam Of noise,
cheers and action, colored with un-
counted bouquets Of American Beauty
roses and other flowers for the woman
who became lone up" on the male
flying fraternity.
Crowd Is Shut Out.
First one door of the hangar was
slammed shut and then the other
cutting Miss Earhart Ind her plane
off from the milling crowd.
Many persons reached the side OF
her plane and managed to grasp her
hand and say a word or two before
the police closed In.
I'm tired" was her first word.
But I had enough gasoline left to
have lasted several hours" she said.
A police escort took her in hand and
sped to an Oakland hotel.
For almost three and half hours
prior to her landing the whole Call
fornia coast was on edge over her
whereabouts. She was reported va
riously 900 miles at sea, so miles from
the coast, of her course, south Of San
Francisco, battling fog, and possibly
facing the prospect Of dwindling fuel
tanks while still over the sea.
Except for her first remark on land
ing, only once on the whole grilllng
Journey did she admit fatigue. E.even
hours out. she said:
I'm becoming quite tired
Enjoying Scenery"
Forty-five minutes later, at 10 am
Eastern standard time, she had for
gotten the irksome feeling. however
and reported she was enjoying the
aeenery.'
Miss Earhart was lot less con-
cerned about her venture than Coast
Guard and naval officers, who stood
watch through the long hours and
wondered why she buzzed along so
bhthely without ever reporting her
position.
Four Coast Guard cutters sped out
100 miles from San Francisco Bay at
am, Eastern standard time. ready
to speed to her aid if necessary. but
they were left to their own guesses
as to the position of her plane and
started back to port before she landed.
Exasperated by her refusal to make
position reports, Lieut.. Comdr. Clar-
ence Williams, who plotted her course,
said in Burbank he did not know
whether to thumb q ride to Oak
land or stay here and wait for her.