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Show vii viit t . d dCurious Curious Reaction Reactions * of Mother and Son Son20,000 Son20000 20,000 20000 , Feet Aloft AloftOVER . . OVER ovnn CALIFOnNIA CALIFORNIA CALIFOnNIAPAN CALIFORNIAPAN CALIFOnNIAPAN PAN AMERICAN AMImCAN : AIR AIrc . LINF3 LINFS . THOSE 'ITHOSE THOSEwho 'IT IT ' I HOSE HOSEwho who arc are disposed to toA toquestion A- A Aquestion - question the future ofaVIation of aVIation aviationand aviationand and andIts its adoption by all classes classeswithin classeswithin within the next ne\.t ne.t ne .t t ' \ . decade should shouldhave shouldhave have been among the passengers passengerson on board the bi-motor bi motor - Lockheed LockheedElectra LockheedElectra Electra that bore me out of Maz-atlan Maz atlan Maz Maz- Maz Mazatlan - - . atlan into mto Los Angeles in m a lIttle lIttleless littleless littleless less than seven hours over a thousand- thousand thousandmile thousandmile thousand-mile thousand mile - mile course , with three stops between between.The betweenThe . The question of ot speed in this Instance InstanceIs whatI Is of little or no Import Importance ncc , but what I was wns permitted to observe on that thattrIp thattrip thattrip trIp is of the greatest Importance , revealing re- re revealIng re revealing - - vealing , as It does , the startling effect effectupon effectupon effectupon upon two generations flung comcUlke cometlike comcUlkeand cometlikeand cometlikeand and in safety through scIentIfically scIentIficallycharted scientificallycharted scientificallycharted charted tpace epace space spaceWe : ; tpaceWe We took too1 . off atIazatlan at : \ Mazatlan \Iazatlan Iazatlan " with , Uh sevenpassengers sevenpassengers sevenpassengers passengers and a crew of three PlIot Pilot PlIotBarry Pilotharry PilotHarry Barry harry C Goikcs G01lces Go'ikes Goikes ' , who has been tour Our- Our tour- OurIng tourlag [ touring - ing lag the blue in a Pan Am American rIcan cock cock- cockpIt cockpit cockpit - pit almost nlmo almost t since that air line 11M came Into IntoeIstence intoexistence intoexistence e-Istence e Istence existence - . ; : , occupied the scat seat up front frontwith , with his eye on a batter battery , . of dills dl'11s dl11s dhls ' and andWithin andwithin andwithin Within reach rench of at the radio ope operator operator.Of operatorOf tor . Of the tourists , , threen three -n n - were ere old aIr aIrtravelers airtravelers airtravelers travelers concerned only In reachingtheir reaching reachingtheir reachingtheir their destlOa destination tIon This trio , , of ot no nomom nomoment nomoment mom moment ( > nr wintevcr whtever wh'itever whitever , ' in the present circumsinnces cir- cir circumstances cir circumstances - cumstances cumsinnces , are dismissed dlsmicsed dismlesed : from further furtherobservatIOn furtherobservation furtherobservation observatIOn The fourth , a n trill fr'1ll fr1ll frill ' wom wom- womnn woman woman - an nn , perinps perh'1ps perh1ps perirtps ' forty , hid h'1d h1d ' been lifted Into Intoher Intoher Intoher her seat sear and nnd m1 mide made e comfortable by bytender bytender bytender tender hinds h'1nds h1nds ' An old man and ayoung a ayoung ayoung young girl bade her goodby affcctlon- affcctlon affection- affection affectionately affectionately affcctlonately - , ately 'Send Send ' Send us a radio when you get getto getto getto to Hermoslllo llermoslIIo Hermosillo " said the old chap chaptouching , touChlDg touching her forehead forehend \ with Ith his lips lipsrUth lipsrlfth lipsFifth rUth rlfth , a mother , tired , slightly gray grayand , and obviously ner\ ner nervous nerous nersous \ ous , . dropped Into Intoher intoher Intoher her seat , her son , a boy of perhapstwelve perhaps perhapstv perhapstwelve tv twelve . elve , who promptly parked hlmseU himself hlmseUforv himselfforward himselfforward forward forv . ard where he hc could keep heep his two twowideopen twowideopen twowide-open twowide open wide-open wide open - - sparkling sparhl1ng eJ eyes c es on G01heQ Goikee Goike1the ' , the god In the machine Seventh , the thewriter thewriter thewriter writer of this columnAn column columnAn An Invalid's Invalids ' Thanks . At Hermoslllo Hermosillo the Invalid , who haddrowsed had haddro haddross dro\\ dro dross drosed \ sed fitfully during the tbe three hour hourflIgbt hourflight hourflight flIgbt flight In a n clear sky shy , w wis W"IS ' " is lifted from fromhel fromhet fromhei hel het seat , handed out of the aIrplane aIrplaneand airplaneand airplaneand and placed in an nn automobile nutomoblle , comfort comfort- comfortably comfortably comfortably - ably plllov pillowed . ed From rrom her cushions she shebecl shebeckoned shebeckoned becl beckoned ol1ed the pilot to draw near so sothat sothat sothat that she might thank him for speedingsafely speedin speeding speedingsafely safely on swift swl1"t swl1t " wings 'lly lly ' My first firsttIlglt firstflight firstflight tIlglt flight ) , " she s said Id , 'ind ind ' 'lnd lnd 'ind ind ' ' wonderful wonderful.Some wonderfulSome . Some d day y ngaln-v.lth ngalnv.lth ngaln v.lth vlth again-with again with again - . with you " Onward 1 ! Through a cloudle cloudless 9 shy sky shyfor skyfor skyfor for Mextcall Me-lcaU Me lcaU Mexicali - . ; : at ISO 180 miles mlles an hour hour.while hourwhile . whIle the mother of the boy , her body bodyrIgid bodyrigid bodyrigid rIgid and nnd her face set , held tightly tothe to tothe tothe the arms of her seat Bereft of ot the thesolidity thesolidity thesolidity solidity of the ' earth E'arth and lIreraHy literally lIreraHypitched literallypitched literallypitched pitched Into fnto the unstible unst'1ble unst1ble unst'ible ' ' an and mysteri mysteri- mysterious mysterious mysterious - ous atmosphere she had llad lead become numb numbwith numbwith numbwith with the uncel unceitalnty uncettainty taInty of itill it ' - ill 111 -ill IIer Her IIerson Herson Herson son oblivious of tbe the speechless torture torturesuffered torturesuffered torturesuffered suffered by nis 11s his ] parent plrent : , swept the pur pur- purple purple purple - ple and gold horizons horI.lons horIlons . , marking marhmg the thefrontiers thefrontiers thefrontiers frontiers of his new world No fear fearno , no doubt was in his Ills eyes eyesDown 03 eJ es esDown Down igiln "I11In I11In 'tg-tin 'tg tg tin ' " ; - , ' ' imong 'lmong lmong 'imong the earth dwcU dwell dwcUers dwellers dwellers ers , refueling for the last plunge for forLos forLos forLos Los Angeles , following followang a session v.1th v1th with v.1ththe withthe . withthe the customs For the tl1e woman , , the or ordeal or- or ordeal ordeal - deal of leaving leavang her seat to be present presentat presentat at the bagg baggige baggge , ige examination e\nmmahon e nmmahon " \ : , \ ' wis 'a-is 'a a is 1S ' - In- In Increased increased In Increased - creased tenfold " when "hen hen she returned to toIt toIt toIt It It . . For ror Far her son , the sight of the themighty themighty themighty mighty , wings vmgs Spl spieiding C1 . ing aw l : aniy v . "Iy Iy " from fromthe fromthe fromthe the murmunng murDluung murmuring propclleis propellels propellers wis W'1S W1S wss ' a spec spec- spectacle spectacle . - tacle that cast Alice in Wonderlandand Wonderland Wonderlandanl1 Wonderlandand anl1 and the witches who ride on brooms broomsInto broomsinto broomsinto Into the discard dIsC'ard discardi ' discardRiding i ' Riding the CloudsTo Clouds CloudsTo To the north , less thin th"ln thln " an hour be- be beyond bevond be-vond be vond - - yond vond the bank of \ white ssltite \ hlte clouds drift drIft- drIftIng drifting drifting - ing eastward east\\ard east ard \ , , lay the City of the theAngels theAngels theAngels Angels . . . Goikes GO'lI.e GOlI.e GOlIe Go'tkeb Gotkeb ' ' , . , , fron frowning frossning DIng at nt the themIsty themisty themisty mIsty obstruction , nosed his shimmering shimmer shImmer- shImmerIng shimmering - ing aluminum nlumillum bird aloft , the rhe better to torlde toride toride rlde ride the barrIert barrier . . At \t t \ 10,000 10000 , feet , lC- lC ac- ac according lCcordln ! ac according - cordln cording to the barograph , visible visiblethrough visiblethrough visiblethrough through the ofen or en door leading to the thecockpIt thecockpit thecockpit cockpIt , the plane , apparently leachIng teaching leachIngthe teachingthe leachingthe the crest , straightened out for the lastgoal last lastgoal lastgoal goal at three miles mlles a minute mInutc Sud Sod- Sod Sad- Sad Soddenlv Saddenlv Suddenly - denly denlv , as though tbough lifted from bcneath beneath beneaththe , the snonhlte snow sno\\ sno \ \ - white -nhlte nhlte ma"s mas macs mass " ; began to ascend ascendand , and with it the muttering "mectM mectM "Cl Cl "Electn"driven Electndriven " actri , , " drIven aloft nloft to fourteen , sl sixteen si\teeneighten si teeneighten \ teen , Clghtcn eighten thousand feet , ; the smili sm'1l1 sm1l1 sm'ilI ' ' boy boyhis , his eves eyes e es glued on the quivering nngerrecoiding finger linger fingerrecoldlng lingerrecording recoldlng recording the elevation , beside bcslde him himself himself himself self with wItb joyAs joy joyAs As S\\ S swiftly Siftly ssslftly \ \ iftly as ns they had formed th the theop'ique thaopique op'lque oplque op'ique opique ' ' mists mi.ts mits : . were disbrpated dISbfpated dissfpated by tho trio thohot triohot thohot hot ( air lIr currenta currenr currents 0\ 0 over 0er oser \ er the tbe de desert ert and andGoall.s andGoal andGoal Goall.s Goalls Goal cs is . dropped droppeJ like lil.e lile . a harrier from from20000 20000 back to 4000 feet , his plinenobing pl1ne phne pl1neno.ing phnenosing no.ing noing nosing : . for the Glen Glendale ale alrpoit airpoi t bask bask- baskIng baskfug basking - ing fug in the s salubrious lubrlous California sun sun- situ- situ sunhIne situshine sunshine - shine hIne shineAt At the peak peal " of oui OUl out cloud leaping le3.pIng le3pIng . the themothel themother themothoi mothel mother of the boy , emerging for a amoment amoment amoment moment from her spell s11ell spelt of ot unlcrt11nty untert uncertilntywrote ilnty , , wrote a radio me mesbage ; Migc 'Llge Llge : ' , but hut refialnedfiom refIaned refiatned refIanedflam refiatnedfrom ( flam from smding sLutlIng smiling It 1\ 1 " When "hen hen 1hen \ hen the tbe plane came cameto cameto cameto to rest re : r ui Ut ul on the landing field she tore torethe torethe torethe the paper Into IIIW Giw bit bits : , and cist C1st r'ist rist ' it under underh underher underher h her r scat seat scatBut seatBut scatBut But the tbe bl b i y . , , un\\ un unwavering unnvellng untsaveiing \ nvellng in his con con- conIhlence conIldence confidence - fidence Ihlence Ildence , \ with HI ! no doubt doubts : , ; , about the tIlC In- In InInrlblht Ininelbility in-vinclbilitv in vinclbilitv - \ % Inrlblht\ Inrlblht inelbility Inrlblhtof \ " of thI till ttilb and the tie\t tie t nCJ.t nCJt next \ . genera genera- generation generation generatlon - tion tlon 'I/ 'I I 'IIcceptlng ' ind yid / ) iccepting Icceptlng tlie the flight of mall man mallaq manaq mana aq .1 1 a < . ) nnttcr ll1'1tter ll11tter twitter ' of lIt ( . course ' ( ) urse , returned to tb the thesolid theholld bolll1 solid soli soil , legretting legrclUng regretting that Ills hIs so sO'lrlng sOlrlng sO'lrlngfor soiringfor ' firing firingfor for tnat dl1 diii duy hod had ended cnded endedTomorrow endedTomorrow Tomorrow , it'st itst lest It ' st I 1 bo be mucu much mls ails mlswlen ailstaken mistaken wlen taken , , thebolo the \ whole \\bolo bolo "arId1ll " world "arId arId \ will \\1ll 1ll be upon uponI uponthe uponilie I the he wfit wliio \ \ 11) 11 ) ' ; and (110 110 iho ( ho odor of petrol wIll wIlloccufl willoccupy willoccupy occufl occupy . ) the voidwriU void . e-WHtJ e WHtJ - --wriU wriU - - WMU gu " finite "IN IN " tta _ ? , . . |