Show AVIATOR MAUGHAN SPANS CONTINENT BREAKFAST IN NEW YORK AND SUPPER IN SAN FRANCISCO IS FLYERS ACHIEVEMENT Utah Boy Trav Travels ls From Coast to t to Coast Nearly Four Thousand Miles Between Day Vay Break and End of Day San Francisco Circling Circling high in ir inthe inthe the sky above the Golden Gate before making a perfect landing on Crissy Criss P field Lieutenant Russell L. L Maughan 1 Monday night brought to a wonderful wonder wonder- ful close his llis third attempt at nt spanning spanning span ning the United States by airplane within the limits of dawn and dusk dusi C of the same da day Lieutenant Maughan left Mitchel field New York at 3 59 a. a m. m and arrived here at p. p m. m It was an epoch feat Thousands Thousands- of enthusiastic enthus enthus- lastic men women and and children thundered thundered thundered thun thun- dered cheer after cheer as the daring airman slowly and tiredly descended from the of his sun-racing sun plane At last I accomplished what I set setout setout set setout out to do Lieutenant Maughan told tolda a group of admiring newspapermen and photographers who surrounded him and congratulated him on his performance Conditions Condition were nearly perfect all the way across and without an exception exception ex ex- arrangements made beforehand beforehand beforehand before before- hand for refueling and inspection ofray of my ray y plane ane went through without a hitch Lieutenant Maughan was tired out physically though supremely happy at nt the success of f his transcontinental tal flight Breakfast in New York and the evening meal in San Francisco nearly nearly nearly near near- ly miles away on the same day This was the experience of Lieutenant Lieuten Lieuten- ant Russell Maughan From the Statue Statue Statue Sta Sta- Sta- Sta tue of Liberty to the Golden Gate within less than twenty twenty-fou hours I The significance of this feat can I hardly be grasped by the mind when it is remembered that a little over seventy years ago the covered wagon of pioneer days took eleven months to do what the modern airplane accomplished accomplished accomplished ac ac- ac- ac from dawn to dusk Lieutenant Maughan experienced great difficulty in landing He circled circled circled cir cir- cir cir- cled around the field three times before before before be be- fore making a successful landing Thousands of people roared mighty cheers as the plane gracefully cameto came cameto cameto to a stop The throng broke through a cordon of guards and gave Lieutenant Lieuten Lieutenant I ant Maughan an overwhelming wel wel- come Maughan descended from his plane and virtually forced his way through an enthusiastic crowd to the headquarters building at Crisy field where he reported to the commander in charge e. Maughan made the flight from the Nevada line to the Golden Gate in less than one hour and twenty twenty twenty ty minutes |