Evening star., 1939-06-06
Flyer
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dent flyer had not discussed his
plans with them, they believed he
was trying to hop to Europe.
Edward Walz, manager of the fly
Ing school from which the young
Pennsylvania leased the instru-
ment-equipped plane for an hours
flight last night, said what he
wanted most was instruction on
radio and compass f1ying-some-
thing the newcomer usually let's
wait"
That's what makes me think he
may have had something more than
mere land cruise in mind when
he took off" Mr. Walz added.
At Carlisle, Pa, the student flyers
mother, Mrs. Bertha M. Eshelman,
said He never mentioned trying
to fly to Europe, he was excited
about the flight of Corrigan and the
other transatlantic flyers"
The flight instructor said he
couldn't explain how Mr. Eshelman
got as far as he did.
The rescue was reported by the
trawler Triton. which said her crew
was dragging for the ship.
The plane circled about the Storm
for several minutes before it dropped
the message attached to five gallon
oil can. 1t read:
Point direction of land from your
deck"
The penciled words were on the
back of a chart which apparently
pointed out course from st. John,
N. b. to Boston. Members of the
Storm crew Immediately painted on
the pilot house the directions W.
NV. West NorthWesD indicating
the direction toward Cape Cod
The plane was flying high and
went out of sight only to return
an hour later then fly off again.
The Storm said the plane appar-
emily did not see the directions as
it headed off-East Southeast-over
the sea.
Mr.. Walz said the pilot was
authorized to fly only in a re-
stricted area. The plane. he said,
was equipped with radio, blind flying
instruments and a compass, which
Mr.. Eshelman had compensated only
few days ago. Mr. Walz said Mr..
Eshelman came to the company S
Office four or five days ago and
was taken up on practice flight,
and did pretty we'll.
Had 10 Hours of instruction.
He hadn't more than 10 hours of
instruction. Mr.. Walz said, but
he had student permit which al
lows him to go up alone in the vicin-
ity of the airport under the super
vision of the instructor.
Mrs. Eshelman earlier expressed
the hope her son makes success
full trip to Europe-if that's what
he has his mind on"
Later she said she was happy If
he had been rescued" but sorry it
had to turn out that way"
"Cheston has been interested in
aviation since he was a boy" she
said. HE was never interested in
girls or anything else but planes
and although he never mentioned
trying to fly to Europe, he was ex-
cited about the flight of Corrigar
and the other transatlantic flyers
"Not Reckless"
He didn't even tell us he was
going to Camden to take flying
lessons.
"Of course Cheston has been
away from home quite a bit-he
took siX-month ground course at
the University of Florida Aero
nautical School and we knew that
he was studying in Baltimore.
If he wanted to get to Europe
we wanted him to make it. He was
always very thorough and cautious
and not inclined to do anything
reckless"
Mr. Walz said Mr.. Eshelman wrote
about 10 days ago, asking when
the instrument-equipped ship would
be ready for use in instruction
flights.
He drove down last Thursday
or Friday, Mr.. Walz said, appeared
at the field in his old clothes, and
pitched right in. We have eight
other planes here for emergency
charter, Photographic and other
work, but he wasn't interested ir
them.
Nov the ship is gone, too-ane
It wasn't insured"