Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-06-04 | Page 2 | French Airmen Arrive in Salt Lake by Train

FRENCH H AIRMEN ARRIVE IN SALT SAU LAKE Of BY TRAIN I Bad W Weather e Forces Party to Abandon Plane at Cheyenne Headed by Colonel A. A Wate u fa famous famous famous fa- fa French war ace and great commander of the French Legion of Honor the party of French aviators making a of American airmail airman lines arrived in S Salt Lake by train shortly after noon Monday a few moments before their metal all Stout Ford-Stout plane landed at the lo local local lo- lo cal airport The party left Cheyenne by train Sunday afternoon wh when ri bad veather Weather veath er prevented the ten passenger plane from froni taking off oft With favorable favorable favorable favor favor- able weather Monday morning the two pilots and mechanics left in charge of the plane made the hop to Salt Lake landing shortly thy before 2 p. p m. m Because of the two-day two delay in Cheyenne the party left heft for Los Angeles b by plane lilane as soon as the Siant gi giant giant Si- Si ant Ford Stout could b be refueled AMAZED AT U U. U S. S LINES Professor D. D of the University Uni Uni- of Paris the only member of the party who spoke English said they were amazed at the great strides the United States has made in airmail lines With th tile the exception of commercial commercial commer commer- cial pass passenger nger lines the professor said United States aviation is on ona ona ona a par o or Ot ahead of that of any other c Other members of the party were R. R Darth an engineer and M. M I Kahn lm PILOTS OF PLANE The rIle plane was piloted from Cheyenne Chey Chey- enne by Lieutenants LI II hI R. R Bowes and G. G H. H Daun accompanied by Leigh Leighton ton Rogers of the United States department of c commerce who is la conducting the party across the continent Mayor John F. F Bowman and City Cily Commissioner H. H F. F Finch were on hand at the airport to extend extend an official welcome and Lieutenant Russell L famous dawn dawnI I to dusk transcontinental fur the the- pilots tho pilots ts with information concerning the route to Los Angeles ft At t Los Angeles Angeles- the party will wll be rejoined by seven other members of the French Trench delegation Who ho went to San Francisco from Chicago by train