Show FLYING HUMEN 81 ENO LONS f RECEIVE WILD APPLAUSE WHEN WORLD CIRCLING TRIP COMES TO END AT SEATTLE commander of ninth corps area rj represents presents president at great reception givon given flying Meri members ibers sand point field seattle wash the united states army avia aviators officially fici ally completed their flight fligh t around the world when they landed here early in the afternoon of september twenty eighth the world gird lere lers flew over the tha field at and after circling over lake washington amid the blowing of tha whistles and the ringing of bells on the boats in the lake and the cheers of the thousands surrounding the field they again crossed the field preparatory to making their final landing of the tour that began in april three airplanes accompanied them to the field the conditions on land and aloft for the fliers were ideal at the landing field the sun was shining brightly as the airplanes came down and the weather was warm approaching pro aching sultriness one of the first to greet the three famous airmen and their three mechanics Lieuten lieutenant Vt leslie P arnold lieutenant john harding jr and lieutenant henry H ogden was major frederick L martin whose airplane met disaster in the aleutian islands A family reunion took place on the field a few minutes after lieutenant arnold got out of his airplane he was hugged and kissed by his mother mrs cora arnold and his sister mrs francis C cole ole of spokane wash who had not s seen berr him since he started on the flight that made history in aviation circles the fliers left eugene ore at 1001 a m on their last leg and passed pass ed over albany at 1025 a m salem was sighted at 1062 a in and the aviators were next sighted over portland at 1116 1115 X the three world fliers landed at vancouver barracks wash a few minutes after leaving portland to make adjustments to lieutenant wades engine the fliers left vancouver at 1167 1157 a m the airplanes on landing taxied in a large circle to the reviewing stand with the chicago at the left 1 boston 11 II in the center and the new orleans at the right the bandin band in the meantime continued playing during the taxiing roped were strung around the famous machines and the reception committee gathered to greet the fliers lieutenant smith stepped from the cockpit of his machine and made a short address to the assem bled committee the crowd that gathered around the roped off air air planes was so great that the recep tion at the landing field was curtailed to merely a shaking of hands of the fliers and expressions from the re caption committee of glad you are here each odthe of the fliers received at the field a large bouquet of dah ilias which they took with them to a an vate luncheon aboard a yacht A huge welcome sign feet long spelled in in letters twenty feet high greeted the aviators as they circled over sand point As the planes flew over seattle whistles and automobile horns sent up shrieking greetings on the field hundreds of automobiles whistles from scores of boats and yachts anchored on lake washing ton off sand point ani and cheers from the thousands of spectators buted to the noisy return |