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Show : Lindberghs Set New Mark for Fast Flight Over United States Mtli Trip From Pacific to Atlantic in Lata Than 15 Hour Wif Does Nayigating on Long Journey HIW YORK, April ti (United Preee) A new and brilliant air rea. are was shared taday ky Celenei Cherlea A. Liodaerg h and the yaeng wifa he tauiM ta fly trif a law anonth'a age. Together, each helping tha other to eueceae, they aafely ended . the faateet trip ever made across the I'ntted Rtetea last night when they brought their trkheed Plrlua monoplane mon-oplane down ta Hooeovelt field and leerned that they bad beaten the esieitnf croaa-rauntry record by airnoet three beurs. lha wheela of their powerful at ream -lined ahlp touched tha ground at 11:11 :U p. m. K. I. T. 14 haura 41 mlnutea 93 aeconde after tliey had left lilendale. Cel. to eiplora a new Iranorontinenial airway along tha upper altltadea whlrh Undbergti bellevea will be-ronio be-ronio the petk of future and speedier speed-ier traneport aervlca. U thl ebkrt. rsthar than nr 4 ( hrMtt th mpm4 r vrJ nf Cmpfln rrsnk M. HawU that H k4 In mn4 from th art tin, an4 tia wmm omraful ta paint eat that ha h4 fMt acJIpaad hla tUw fllar'a aohlarrmant. Captain llawaa mark Of 17 how r i tnlnte aa for tftan atep fit hi, Tha UtMlbdMa thajr miaht hara tahMi that hnf. ar PHitfar, H thar haJ nat atappad aaa an raata. at Wichita. Ktik, for a4-tfttkmal a4-tfttkmal vaaoltna an that thoy areuM nat MMedj t thrntila thttr motor, WAS MUIF lIL0T lira. LJrvflbd-rf h artdj at naTlga-tor naTlga-tor n4 railaf pMat for hT fantoua huabantl throuihaut tha fllfht. and won hia hifhst prmtaa by har hilt. Mthowih Ielndharsh aai4 thay both had atrprvel tha trip In aol faahton. I hl wlfa Rppaarad aomawbat fa-! tiuaJ and waa aa thoy ollmhad from thair plana, an 4 aa tha cotjpla rn tiM"M a motor rar and Irft for thalr homa, aavaral paraona at tha fll aald aha appaarad to bo waep ; Inr , Tha dlatanra rorerad Pit tha night waa Jwia mllaa and tha avar I aa apad for tha tlma tha Lind- ! Contlnuad on paya I.) j UNDBERCS SET -NEW RECORD FOR CONTINENT FLIGHT (Continued from paga I.) bergha actually wera In tha air waa IH mile an hour. Their actual flying lima waa 1 boar I. annul 27 aorond. A crowd of about 1.p parsons waa waiting at Roosevelt field for th arrival of lha plana. Tha fold waa brilliantly lighted by flood light and th llghta af numereua paiked auiomobliea. Juat after l o'clock th dron af lha approaching plana waa heard and a beam ef light from tha beacon tower pierced Ih aky and caught tha ehlp aa It rh-cled tha field. Tha epollighl followed It aa It circled twlra at an altltuda of about iou feat, aad then gracefully II4 to earth. ROARS 0MITIN0 The crowd gava a mighty roar of greeting and surged toward th I Jnillirriha. breaking Ihruuglt line of poiica batuing hard to haep them back. Lindbergh roe from hla place In tha from cockpit, and then Mr. I4ndhergh arose aa tha crowd thun. dared a welcome and tha flashlight af cameramen boomed. Moiorf)cle policeman cleartd Hi wa ta th tiangar. Tha colon leaped from tha plana and helped puah It Into lha hangar. Then ha helped hla wlfa alight, and they both paliaed for cameramen In tha electrically heated flying Sulla which had kept them warm In tha freeiing altitude they bad flown. Tho colonel, receiving aewapeper men, modestly belittled tha fart that ha had broken tha transcontinental record. "It was not uppoed to b a nnn-tnp nnn-tnp flight.' h aald. -Ther la quite a little difference between a nonstop non-stop flight and a flight of thla kind. It could bava been mada a nonstop with thla plana, but It would take mora time that way. Tha motor aould hava to ha throttled to aava gaanline. Tha amp at Wichita for additional gaa saved us twa to three I hotlre. "Thla flight la not ta ba compared with Captain Hawk." record. What wa ar Inteceeted In I th time It takea to go across th country, taking tak-ing Into consideration, th alupoter time" SMILES BROADLY Lindbergh amlled broadly when aaked If hla wlfa bad dona any of lha piloting. -Mha did th navigating - ha aald. and add., that the ship equipped .!1h dual control and that aha took them over part of lha time. -Wa had a little bad weather and flew both ever and through It - be continued. "The highest altitude waa liHiO feet. I bar na war of 'hei lilng lha average altitude. The flight w entirely eprlmntI. Kor that reason I cannot ear aa ta tha Immediate reeulle luat from thl n flight. I think that tranaport flying of lha future will go lo higher high-er altitude. This will mean greater great-er speed. The wind onndltlone were not earapllnnally good. I hope to mak othr trip, but have na plan for h Immediate future, "We had to delour from the Ohio. Indiana line because of a fog area. Thla made It longer than It we bed taken a straight course. -W followed Ih llghta part nf Hi way Into lladley field. Our hlrheat air a peed waa theoretically Hi at It) SO feet. That waa reduced somewhat at higher altitudes. W nl not flv wide onen.-STAVS onen.-STAVS IN HANGAR Mr. Llndlwgh remained In the hangar during tha Interview and when reporter attempted ta question ques-tion her aha mrly amlled. Her husband told reporter eh bad don I a good job of pilot Inr. rtvloualy I lalndtvergli had headed off an at tempt to get hla wife to apeak Into micropttona for talking new recta. I Tha atari of tha trip waa mdo I at ;:: New York Time yesterday yester-day morning. They arrived at Wlch-Ha Wlch-Ha at 1 IT 30 p. m. and mada a atop of S3 minutes aeconda. Tha motor waa kept running while ?4e gallons nf gag and fourteen gallons of oil wera put Into tha tanks. At the half-way mark thay had been In the air howa l atluutva 10 aaconda. |