Show Vl WHERE ERE E ARE AR THEY NOW NOW From Mitchell Field to S. S F. F S 1 w 9 i 9 J lV d t ti Y i id d d du u S SE Ss E 44 S 'S s i r a t P Pw w a e MAJOR RUSSELL L. L MAUGHAN Set record years ago Russell L. L Maughans Maughan's Thrilling awn awn- Dusk Dawn Dusl uski Flight t Recalled Editors Editor's Note Where here are they n now now wT and Salt Lakers are scattered to the four corners corner of or the world One Once prominent locally once In the local news sonic Rome e have gone forward to more prominent fields of endea endeavor Some may ha e dropped from the news newl picture The Telegram in a series ol oj articles will refresh Us its readers' readers memories By MORRIS GUSS The date June crune 24 1924 A tall native dative Utahn then Lieutenant Russell L. L MaugHan Maugh n on this da day ate t a hurried breakfast at Mitchell field fiel Long Jong Island N. N It VJ J entered his his' pursuit p plane a e and 18 hours later landed lande in San Francisco Twelve Velve years ago this feat won enviable reputation for Lieutenant Maughan He was awarded the distinguished flying cress S all because he was the first man manto manto manto to make a transcontinental flight between sunrise and sunset Ike H made only four stops Steadily he rose in the United i States army air corps Shortly after this tills flight he was promoted to the rank of captain He was commander of the Salt L Lake ke City army airdrome from 1926 to 1930 He then was transferred to Manila Manil P. P I. I attached to a pursuit squad squad- ron He served for more than a a. year in the world war bringing down four enemy planes lacking one of f being an ace I The former Cache valley resident resident resident resi resi- dent gaIn gained d international fame in 1922 by winning the Pulitzer speed award averaging miles anho an ho hour r. r Today the former Utah State Agricultural Agi college student is Major Maughan an outstanding aviator of the army He visited his birthplace Logan last July and was feted in this city during a brief vacation Back in 1924 Major Maughan asserted that the air game is the most inviting call to me and to many other young men Recently he quoted in a magazine magazine magazine maga maga- zine article that his love for flying flying flying fly fly- ing hasn't changed Its It's more exciting ex ac- X citing daily Major Maughan who was expected expected expected ex ex- ex- ex by his father to be a farmer heeded the call of flight his flight to fame has brought reputation reputation reputation tation to him and his native state |