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U. S, Fliers Reach Zenith of Their Thi .6 Flying Over Broadway; Coolidge Braves Rain to See Them By LiOWHLL THOMAS. Before their arrival in Boeton the World mere had flown aeroee the Pa. cific, aeroee the continents or Asia and Europe, and acrosa tha Atlan tia. But the con tinent of North America still lay ahead of them. With the excep • Ion of their flight from Tur key to England, this was the eas iest part of their trip amund the world. But there were two factors that Increased the hazard. In the first place, their world cruisers had long passed the average life of an airplane, and until they were thoroughly tested by experts in Dayton no one knew for certain but what they might go to pieces In the air as a result of the . abnormal strain they had been sub jected to while flying In both Arctic and equatoral regions, and while buffeted about by rough seas In Alaska, the Kurile islands, and the north Atlantic. Secondly, there was the ordeal by banquet and reception which the air men were subjected to from the time they reached Boston until they com pleted their great undertaking at Sand Point field. Seattle. The manner in which they survived the latter Is surely one of the outstanding feats of he world flight. Overwhelmed with Hospitality. They W'ere so overwhelmed with hospitality on their way across Amer ica that they ruefully remarked, when they reached Seattle, that they guessed they would have to fly iround the world again to get rested. With the possible exception of the experiences of Admiral Dewey after hie return from the battle of Manila, 1 doubt if there has ever been any thing In American history to com pare with the triumphal tour of the world filers, and it seems to me that the story of it from their lips Is one of the most interesting parts of the world flight narrative. "At two minutes past 12 on Septem ber S, we left Boston air port for New' York," said "Les" Arnold. I "Ahead of us in three escort planes | flew General Patrick. Assistant Sec I retary of War Davis and Senator I Wadsworth of New York. Behind us 1 came 10 other planes carrying jour 1 nallsts and photographers. Then there 1 also was a radio operator who broad 1 cast everything that happened as far west as Omaha. | "V Twenty Planes Form Escort. * “As we passed over Providence, R. I I. we could see jets of steam coming from every factory whistle, all traffic in the streets had stopped and the, roofs were black with people waving j to us. After leaving Providence. Gen W*1 Patrick turned off the course so we could fly over New London, Conn., which was my' home town, la New Haven they have a big whistle^ used as a fire alarm, but the continu t ous blowing of it # means a riot | call. Although I had been away from I home for a long time and was merely J speeding by through the sky at the i nite of 90 miles an hour, darned if Ubey weren't blowing the riot call! Naturally I got a big kirk out of that. ."As we passed over Bridgeport. 10 more planes from I.ong Island came out to escort us to Mitchell field. After passing Greenwich, Bye, and a lot of other small cities, we crossed the East, river, and turning south from the Bronx flew right down the heart of Manhattan Island. It was a glorious sunny day, and to look down on Times square. Fifth avenue, old Broadway, and the towering sky ' t scrapers at the lower end of the I I Island was another of the most thrill f# ing experiences of the entire world flight. This was Erik's home town But we all felt that little old New York belonged to the rest of us as well. My. how remote Labrador, Greenland, Iceland, the Balkans, the minarets of Constantinople. the mosques of Bagdad, the cities of | India, the j>asodas of Rangoon, the . jungles of Malaya, the volcanoes of Japan, anti the Ice-capped moun tains of Alaska seemed to us. New York Greatest Thrill. "Every ocean liner, every tug, and every ferry seemed to be blowing a welcome to us. Strange as it may seem, this was the first time that one of the six of us had ever visited New York. 'Hank' Ogden had had to fly all the way round the globe to get here! Even crowds In this busiest of all the eltles on earth stopped for a moment to greet us and we could see that even the traffic on Broadway was held up. Although we had been thrilled at seeing Bangkok, Calcutta. Aleppo, Stamboul, Vienna, Paris anil London from the sky, we all agreed that looking down on Manhattan island was the most Inspiring sight of all- As Ibanez, author of the 'Four Horsemen.’ said when he caught his first glimpse of New York, to realize that human beings could build such a marvelous city as tnlB made one proud to tie a man. I "One of our friends told tts after wards that he happened to be getting a shave In a barber shop In the Times building when we passed over. He said that manicurists, barbers with razors in their hands, and customers with lather on on* side of their faces dashed Into the street. People stood with tears In their eyes and one old man, who was evidently temporarily demented, waa running up and down howling at the top pf his vole*. “We flaw over ttia Battery and on •ut to aalute the statue of liberty be fore cutting across Brooklyn on our way to Mitohell field. As we swung ever Meadowbrook Country club we looked down and saw rows and rows i and rows of autos. There must have bean 10,000 of them, and the edge of Mitohell field was black with people. "General Patrick and the two planes aeeompenlng him landed first. The erowd, thinking it was us, nearly mob had them. We had to circle round until the police cleared the fhid Than we gilded down Into the wind right over the heada of the people. I When we taxied into position ths aeesrd broke through the police lines »ad again for 10 minutes we had to fight ta. keap souvenir hunters from Lllhlf 4ha planes to bits. Finally we fought our way to the receiving stand, where Senator Wadsworth made a speec h and presented us with marvelous gold cigaret cases, on one face of which an embossed replica of a Douglas cruiser and on the other an engraved map of the world show ing the route over which we had flown. Wales on the Job. "When we were In London the prince of Wales had told us that he intended to visit America and he promised to be waiting for us In New York. Sure enough, there he was. He came over, his face all smiles, and as he shook hands he said: 'Great show, boys. Well done.’ "Instead of going right to New York as we would liked to have done, we ran our planes Into the hangars and then did our usual evening’s work looking them over carefully and servicing up. That night, aftar at tending a reception given by Colonel Hensley, commanding officer at Mitchell field, we retired as early as possible In order to be in shape for our flight to Washington the next day. "September 9 was a dark, foggy day and it was nearly 10 that we got off, with General Patrick again leading. A still head wind held us up seriously, and, although our three planes had plenty of gas on which to get through despite the wind, our es cort had to come down at Aberdeen, Md. From Mitchell field we flew over Coney Island, Governors Island, Hobo ken, Philadelphia, and Wilmington. General Mitchell, who had flown out from Washington, met us at Aber deen, while the escort planes were taking on more gas. In passing over the Baltimore & Ohio railroad yards in Baltimore we saw scores of locomotives all blowing their whis tles. To our amazement we could hear them faintly. It was the first time that any of us had ever been able to hear any sound whatsoever above the roar of our 450-horse power Liberties. New Orleans Goes Dead. "Ten miles beyond Baltimore the motor of the New Orleans •sud denly stopped dead. Can you imagine' what It feels like to be sailing along several thousand feet In the air and all at once to have your engine freeze? If so, then you can only real ize about half the emotions of dis gust and distress that swept over Krik and Jack, for here they were within a few miles of Washington, where they knew that many of the heads of the government of the United States, possibly even the presi dent himself, were waiting to wel come them at the moet Important re ception of all." But luckily the engine of the New Orleans had picked out the right place to go wrong. At that moment the world fliers happened to be di rectly above the only field in that locality suitable as a landing ground for such large planes. Several of the escort ships. Including General Pat rick's, landed beside the New Orleans. At the general's request Erik jumped Into a Do Haviland and took the place of Lieut. Louis Meister, who had been piloting Gunnar Nelson. So he flew into Washington with his brother for a passenger. Jack stayed with the New Orleans and discovered that the timing gears had slipped, thereby causing the motor to freeze. All Officialdom Wails. When the fliers arrived at Bolling field they were welcomed by Presi dent and Mrs. Coolidge, the members of the cabinet, and practically every high official in Washington. Owing to the delay caused by bad weather and high winds and because tho gen eral did not want the boys to take any unnecessary risks at this late stage of their flight, the world cruis ers were several hours behind their schedule. But in spite of drenching rain and Important engagements, the president and his cabinet waited paiiently, passing away the time by looking over the various planes at Bolling field. Meanwhile Harding was busy changing engines In the New Orleans so that she could be flown to Wash ington the next morning. Hundreds of people came out from Baltimore to watch him, and nearly all of the girls asked “Smiling" Jack for permis sion to inscribe their names on his plane’s tall surface. September 7, had been set aside as Defense day, and as it would only mean a delay of two additional days General Patrick ordered the world fliers to remain over and take part in the national defense demonstra tion. While they were watting the airmen were entertained by the gen eral and made official calls at the AVhlte House and at the office of General Pershing. Meanwhile hundreds of telegrams and cablegrams of congratulation were pouring In from all parts of tho world. They came from people in every walk of life, from the king of England to the AVestern Union mes senger boys of Boston. The king’s cable read: "Will you kindly convey to Lieu tenant Smith and the other fliers my hearty congratulations on completion, for the first time In history, of the circling of the world by airplanes? I have followed with Interest and ad miration the progress of this historic undertaking." Huge, Impressive Ceremony. "Defense day proved to be another day of thrills for us." continued "Les” Arnold. "At 1:15 we took off and flew over Washington to Arlington, where we; dropped flowers on the tomb of the ..— unknown soldier. Mrs. Coolidge had sent us bouquet* of roses from the White House garden. Then we cir cled around over the White House and flew down Pennsylvania avenue to the capitol. No other planes were allowed In the air at the same time. This was in order that the people of Washington might have an opportun ity of seeing our cruisers. "Returning to Bnilling field, we jumped Into awaiting autos, proceed ed to the peace monument, and then rode In the parade. Pennsylvania avenue was jammed, and we had never heard such a roar as went up from that throng as we motored to the Eclipse. “Although the personal congratula tions we received in Washington and the telegrams and cables from all’ over the world seemed to take it for granted that our flight was over and that, we had won the race to be the first to fly around the globe, all this embarrassed us, because we know all too well that thousands of mile* of flying still lay before us. Moreover, on our very next hop, across the Alleghenies, we had a narrow escape from disaster." (Copyright, 1925.) 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