Show Post lost Charges 7 Sabotaging of of Plane Plan ENGINE PLIED WITH EMERY STEEL CLAIM Noted Flier Hints Rival Rival Rival Ri Ri- val Pilot Suspected Suspected Suspected Sus Sus- B By r Associated KANSAS CITY Feb 28 Wiley 28 Wile Post charged today that nearl nearly two two pounds of oC steel filings and powdered emery were placed in the engine of his airplane probably at the instigation Instigation instigation gation of another pilot to cause the failure of oC his recent projected flight across the continent I Post here en route to New York did not name the pilot but said he had enough evidence of the alleged sabotage to convince him the foreign foreign for foro eign matter was placed in the engine of the Winnie Mae deliberately The Oklahoman said the substances substances substances sub sub- stances caused the engine to overheat overheat overheat over over- heat dangerously after aeter he had been in the air less than 50 minutes He made R a a forced landing with a full full ful load oad of gasoline and without land land- inc ing ng gear ir in the bed of oc dr dry lake in hi California I Laboratory tests disclosed the presence of the emer emery and filings in the oil Post said referring to toan an investigation now under way in Los o. o Angeles I 1 began to o suspect m thing was wrong wron soon after I got of off the tho ground at La Loo Angeles because the engine was hotter than it ever had been before At first I thought of an oil leak but I found later the spewing ving oil was coming from the breather pipes due to overheating Describes Plight The round world flier filer graphically graphically graphically graph graph- described his plight and how he got down and out without being lifted out There I was he said with hot oil being spewed all aU over the windshield windshield windshield wind wind- shield o of the Winnie In the special suit I was wearing in order to maintain maintain main main- tam tain sea level pressure for m my body there is only a narrow slit for me to see sec out of ot I have only one eye to see with at any time As you know I had dropped the landing gear of ot the plane just after I left Los JAS Angeles In the cabin behind behind behind be be- hind me at the r. were some 2000 pounds more than a ton tonof of gasoline The Winnie was was was' not Continued on P Page Pace ue Two POST CHARGES SHIP TINKERING Continued from froni On One equipped with dump valves and I Iwas Iwas iwas was forced with the necessity of landing without a landing gear ear to absorb the shock of my heavily loaded machine and almost unable to see where I oln- oln was going going- To make things even worse the chunky and always hatless Post went on with a wry smile I had no means of determining determining- wind di direction direction direction di- di for tor landing purposes I j chose dry lake for the land ing because its it's as ar big as all out doors When I got near the earth I 1 found I was in a side wind and was drifting bad badly I but there was nothing else to do I sat down Post said he believed the government govern governS ment meat should Investigate the matter pointing out this might be possible In view of ot the fact he had been sworn in as an airmail pilot here several se days before beCore the thc attempted experimental flight New Flight Attempt The time one-time plowboy said Mid he ho hoped the engine of his plane would be overhauled In time to permit a new flight attempt within 10 days He said he was convinced his hope of spanning the continent in seven hours was entirely feasible and pointed out that he had traveled about miles and climbed to 24 21 4 feet in the 50 minutes he was in inI I the air I Reverting to his sabotage charge Post declared bitterly he regarded regard the thc Incident as the rotten rottenest est thing 1 I ever met up with in flying Ive e heard about such things being be be- be ing done he said but Its It's the first actual experience Ive I've ever had with anything of the sort When we get Winnies Winnie's engine back together again there wont won't be an opportunity for lor anyone to do an any more with it It you OU can bet on that That ship will have to be guarded I Iguess guess until were we're ready to go Post said he planned to confer in New York with Jacl JacIf Frye president president dent of oC Transcontinental and Western West Vest em ern Air Inc one of the sponsors of the flight regarding a possible federal fed fed- eral cral investigation |