The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-18
Perfect Landing

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Miss Earhart brought her two
motored ship down on the field at
1925 and TAXED down the field.
Then she took off again to break
the planes momentum, and finally
brought the ship TO a perfect three
point landing at 1880 a. m.
Plano Rose Quickly
The plane rose easily from the
Oakland airport at 4:38 p. m. (PST).
A Pacific storm that had delayed
the take-off three days was dis
PEELED. A radio message at 10.45 p.
m. (PST) from the steamship Ma
lolo which was on the route, re-
ported a emile east wind, 7l-degree
temperature and unlimited ceiling.
Her husband, George Palmer Put
nam, sat beside the radio Of Pam
American Always, broadcasting
messages Of encouragement Miss
Earhart indicated some trouble with
her radio receiver. At 1921 p. m.
she said:
I'VE cannot hear you. All Is we'll"
The flight is the greatest Of q
long series OF adventures for the
foremost woman pilot Of the world,
q former Atchison, Kansas girl who
abandoned social service career
after the World war and made her
first solo flight after 10 hours Of
instruction In 1918.
She already has flown alone across
the Atlantic and Pacific oceans and
set numerous speed and altitude
records.
Crowd of 10000
A crowd Of 10000 swarmed over
the Oakland airport to see her of. |
Accompanying her were Captain
Harry Mannings and Fred Noonan,
navigators, and Paul Mantz, one
time stunt flyer, who is Miss Ear
hardts technical adviser. Manning,
a 40 year old New York sea captain,
plans to accompany her to Darwin,
Australia. The others will leave the
plane at Honolulu.
Miss Earhart was clad In jodhpurs,
her hair tousled by the wind. as
she climbed aboard the "Flying
Laboratory" leaned back TO kiss her
husband goodbye, and sat down at
the controls.
The plane started down the 1000
foot muddy runway with a rush, APP
preached a line Of automobiles on
Maitland drive as 1t rose, then
dipped for a moment and shot up
ward to safety.
In five minutes the plane was over
San Francisco-O Oakland Bay bridge.
First Radio Message
The first radio message came at
6:04 p. M, saying: "All's WELL"
AT o p. M, Miss Earhart overlook
a Pan-American Sikorsky am
phibian plane bound for Honolulu
that had started "a minutes ahead
of her.
Miss Earhart's plan TO commune
cate with the Pan-American radio
station at half-hour intervals was
abandoned and at times during the
night there was as much as two
hour lapse between her reports.
Another plane, one Of the regular
Pan american clippers, was on the
route, with about four hours head
start. Commercial planes make the
Honolulu trip in II TO IS hours.
Long Way Around
Her route was the long way around
the earth, ON line nearly paral-
leling the equator and total OF
$1,000 miles. The second goal is
Rowland Island, 1900 miles from
Honolulu, where department OF COM
merce engineers have prepared a
special runway for her arrival and
take-oh.
Next comes $3.50 miles flight
entirely over water, 10 Lac, In the
New Guinea gold mining region.
From there. comparatively easy
l 200 mile hop TO Darwin Is sched-
uled.
From Darwin, Miss Earhart will
swing north TO Karachi, India, and
eastward toward home across the
Persian gulf, TO the port OF Alden.
over Africa In easy stages and the
regular commercial route 10 Natal,
Brazil.
Was Calm, Poised
Until the time OF her take.off, the
80 year Old woman flyer was az calm
and poised Es any OF her men COM
more 80 than her husband.
Bhe said the flight was purely
scientific. II viii cost an estimated
100000, Of which Purdue univer.
slty Ii furnishing about half. Put
nam contributed the rest. Some OF
II viii be- feeained by the Thousands
0f stamp eachetA which MiHH Ear
hart h carrying for $3.50 " 81 each.
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