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Show Lindy Doe It Again COLON tL CIIARltS A, LINDBERGH a;ain accomplished a feat never before equaled when, accompanied by Mrs. Lindbergh, Lind-bergh, he broke the coast to coast flirht record rec-ord by 2 hours, 57 minutes and Si seconds. His actual flying time was 14 hours. 2J min- ble and i1 seconds. lhink of traveling across the continent at an average speed of belter than 1 75 miles an hour. Mad someone only a few short tear ago proclaimed that such a trip in the air would some day he accomplished, he woulj have been heralJed as a fit subject for a mental hospital. Some day, possibly in the near future, tindy's record may be shattered to such an extent !hat his coast to coast flight of Sunday may be classed as mere child's play. - Seventy-five years ago the distance he traveled In a few hours took months of toil . and hardship. The pioneers, many of whom are still living, never dreamed that in their lifetime a human being could eat breakfast - on the Pacific coast and dinner on the At-Ian At-Ian tic. In their day the inauguration of the pony express, which look weeks to deliver - a letter from coast lo coast, was considered 1 a marvelous advancement in speed of travel. |