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Uorld. Crossing to Paris he made
the trip in 1872 hours. half the time
Lindbergh took in 1927. Hughes
continued on to Mosco,r, Siberia,
Fairbanks. He is trying to beat the
record Wiley Post set in 1888 when
he girdled the globe in days IS
hours and 49 minutes.
~ the Associated Press.
FLOYD BENNETT AIRPORT, New
York, July 14-Howard Hughes and
his four companions on their globe
trotting flight landed here at 1877
pm. tE. S. T) today. having made
, the trip in the record-smashing time
Of less than four days.
The big silver monoplane circled
the field twice before coming down to
an easy landing before wildly cheer
ing crowd.
The total elapsed time for the dash
around the globe was set unofdcially
at 81 hours II minutes or days 1s
hours and II minutes.
The multimillionaire speedster
whipped In from the West under .
threatening overcast sky with record
that more than halved the 7-day, 18-
hour, 49-minute 'round-the-world time
established In 1888 by. the late wiley
Post, 4 mark then regarded as sensa-
tional.
At Full Speed on Last Lap.
Hughes drove the ship at full speed
on the last lap of the flight. from
Minneapolis to Floyd Bennett Airport,
whence he took Oh at $40 pm. E.
8. T). Sunday. A spanking tail
wind helped him along.
His speed for the elapsed time was
approximately 16l miles per hour.
A fire whistle let go with = screech-
ing blast as the aerial argonauts set
their plane down on the concrete run
way and TAXED toward the admin
tstration building Hundreds Of auto
mobiles joined in tumultuous vel
coming.
Despite elaborate precautions. to pro-
tect the plane. surging crowd drove
through to get closeup glimpse OF
the unshaven, dishevelled heroes.
Hughes apparently did not notice q
path which had been cleared for him
and he TAXED toward a commercial
transport plane, which was immediate
iy moved.
Stopped in Minneapolis.
Hughes and his companions last
stop before New York was at Mime
apolis, Mimi. at 7:3S am (E. S. To,
after 2,44l-mile flight from Fair
banks. Alaska, over the Canadian
Rockies, down the great wastes of the
Yukon and the barrens OF Northwest
Canada
After 33-minute halt at the airport
there they roared off at top speed for
New York A strong tail wind showed
the ship along at high speed over this
i,054-mile last lap.
They were reported at various points
along the route, their progress cheered
by the crowd which had gathered at
Floyd Bennett Field. It was estimated
by officials at about $4,000.
Grover Whalen, president of the
World Fair, 1899, for which the flight
was designed as goodwill venture,
was the first to greet the flyers.
In striking contrast to the tired
flyers, he entered the plane i'm
mediately after it came to a stop. Fol-
lowing him came Mayor F. H. La
Guardia, himself flyer of World War
days.
The impeccably dressed Whalen pre-
sented two large baskets of flowers.
Hughes took his time about emerg-
Ing from the plane, stepping partly out
once and then returning.
Steps Out 10 Minutes Later.
At 1:47 pm. 10 minutes after the
ship landed. Hughes stepped down,
followed by his four companions.
Those who accompanied him on
the flight were 1t. Harry P. Mel
Connor, navigator; 1t. Thomas L.
Thurlow, navigator; Edward Lund,
Night engineer, and Richard Stoddart,
radio engineer.
The plane had come to rest on ex-
actly the same spot from which 1t
started Sunday afternoon.
: Police found 1t impossible to con-
troll the mass of humanity which
swarmed around the plane 20 deep
For fully five minutes the flyers stayed
90. HYIC IYCC 0.r.