Evening star., 1937-03-18
Lands Flying laboratory
at Wheeler Field IS Hours
51T2 Minutes After Leav-
ing Oakland, Calf.
AVERAGES BETTER THAN
$50 MILES PER HOUR
Flight Was Made Through Cloudy
Skies and Showers Without
Mishap-Two Giant Clippers
Passed and Left Far Behind.
Putnam Ends Vigil.
BACKGROUND

5ACh GhOUND-
After months OF preparation and
delay OF three days GWGitIne ia
Dordble Weathcr conditions, Amelia
Edrhdrt hoped of yesterday after
noon in her flying laboratory" on
projected 27,000-miie round the
,Corld fight. Purpose OF fight is to
test human endurance and learn
effect OF fatigue on human body in
long flights.
Flight iCiH tollou Equator as
nearly as possible. Much OF trip uM
be ouer unCharted air routes. Start
ing from Oakland, Calit.. Miss Ear
hart tCtI cross Equator Jour times,
and fight Will take her ouer Ha-
wdit, HotCland Island, Australia,
Philippines. I1adid. Atricc, South
America and MeriCo.
By the Associated Press,
HONOLULU, March l8.-Amelia
Earhart landed her globe -girdling
flying laboratory" at Wheeler Field
at 8:29 am, Pacific standard time
today G1:29 am, Eastern standard
time), completing her 24o0-mile over
water hop from Oakland, Calf, in
less than Is hours.
= The flight was the fastest ever
made in the westerly direction. The
record made by the Hawaii Clipper
last December was Is hours So
minutes.
The aviatrix and her crew of three
thus averaged better than $50 miles
an hour on the night flight, which
began at Oakland at 4:3712, Pacific
standard time. yesterday
Her time Of Is hours 51is minutes
was made through cloudy skies and
occasional showers without mishap.
Miss Earhart's $4,000 craft arrived
over the city at an altitude of / 1900
feet at 8,lT am. (P. S. t..
Broadcasts "AlFs Well"
The Earhart plane left Oakland
after the departure of two Pan
American clippers. but passed the
slower and heavier ships en- route
AIS we'll" was broadcast through
out the night by the woman flyer who
had crossed both the Atlantic and
Pacific Oceans in previous fights.
There was slight drizzle of rain
falling and dark clouds overhung
Wheeler Field, the Army airport at
Schofleld Barracks. as the plane come
TO a graceful landing.
Miss Earhart arrived shortly after
daylight and several hundred spec
tators, including some still in eYening
dress. were at the field.
At Oakland, George Palmer Put
nam, husband of Miss Earhart. ended
q l6-hour vigil by taking his feet of
table, signing and smiling
Guess III go to bed he remarked
Terribly Tired" She Says.
Miss Earhart, who had flown most
Of the night at the controls, admitted
she was terribly tired"
She turned the controls over to Paul
Mantz. her technical adviser, just be-
fore the 8-ton plane landed
Mantz was the first out of the ship,
followed by Miss Earhart, with her
familiar touseled hair. She wore a
brown leather Jacket and brown slacks
Then came the other crew members
Fred J, Noonan and Capt Harry
Manning
Army officers presented flower leIs
and Miss Earhart then was whisked
TO the home of Lieut.. Col John NC
Donnell, commander al Wheeler Field
The large crowd cheered as Miss
Earhart left the hangar,
AS she approached Hawaii Miss Ear
hart throttled down her engines tc
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