Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-05-16
Lindbergh Hop, 10 Years Ago
Stirred Imagination of World
Thursday Is Anniversary of Trip to
Paris for $4,000 Prize That Broug ht
Fame to FLYER.

l1gan OF Glenn Rock, N. j., chief me-
chanic for the plane since Lndbergh,
only a week before, had brought the
plane East from San Diego with only
one stop en- route. Mulligan was
listening to the throb Of the nine
cylinder motor, mechanics smile Of
satisfaction on his face. He nodded
approval.
Lindbergh Unanswered his long
frame into the cramped cabin. He
throttled the motor down to idling
speed and listened to its chugglng.
He called 80 long, to friends stand
ing by and closed the cabin door.
Then he signalled the ground crew to
remove the blocks from under the
wheels.
The motor roared as Lindbergh gave
1t the gun" The plane lurched I'M
willingly forward in the mud, the
tail lifted. 1t passed 5000 feet beyond
the limit for a regulation take-off.
Bounces Three Times.
At another hundred feet the plane
bounced, lifted slightly of the ground,
then settled back. Another bounce
followed and still the plane was re-
luctant to leave the soft turf.
1t hurtled steadily toward the ditch
at the end OF the runway where Rene
Fonck and two others had burned
to death in attempting to take of
to win the Orteig prize.
At $500 feet Lindberghs plane
bounced again, and this time did not
settle back.
Hes clear" the anxious crowd
yelled, then grew quiet again as the
telegraph wires at the fields boundary
doomed ahead Of Lindbergh.
Veteran pilots strained their eyes,
fearful of the result If Lindbergh
failed to clear the high tension lines.
Slowly the plane rose. 1t looked like
only an inch Of sky between the
plane and the wires. 1t was a flyers
inch-20 feet.
The hour was little after 1852.
Take-on Startles Chamberlin.
Clarence D. Chamberlin gasped in
admiration of the take-off. He had
hoped to be leaving that morning in
the Bellanca plane, but was grounded
by a squabble between his hacker,
Charles A. Levine, and Navigator Lloyd
Bertaud.
Now the eyes OF the crowd followed
the plane as it approached distant
trees, the last obstacle to getting away
clear Another strip Of sky, another
flyers inch, and the heavy plane
scared out Of sight into the fog and
rain over New England.
Lindbergh was on his way to Paris.
MIDDLEBORO, Mass, MAY 20
P).-A n,onoplane, believed to be
that OF Capt. Lindbergh, uus seen
ouer West Middleboro about 9:15
this morning, flying northeasterly.
YARMOUTH, Nouu Scotia. MAJ
20 N-Capt. Lindberoh passed
oDer Neu Tusket, about 30 miles
from here, at 11:45, Eastern day.
light time.
Lindbergh was explaining chemistry
to her high school students, serenity
confident her son would achieve hi,
goal.
ST. JOHNS, Newfoundland,
May 20 P).-CaH. Lindberoh's
siluer nonoplane passed ouer here
at 7:15 pm, Eastern daylight time,
and headed for the open sea. A
brisk tauutnd and clear skies pre-
Udiled.
HALIFAX, Nord Scotia, MAJ II
P.-The Canadian government
uireless station at Cape Race re-
ports the steamer HilDersum broad
casting at 1910, Greenwich mean
time (7:10 pm., Eastern daylight
tinle), as tolloUs: "Lindbergh
sighted 500 miles from Irish Coast"
$4,000 at LIE Bourget.
In France $4,000 persons gathered
at To po,,root EioId roor Davis II