Show MAUGHAN SPANS CONTINENT BREAKFAST IN NEW YORK AND SUPPER IN SAN FRANCISCO IS FLYERS achievement utah boy travels from coast to coast nearly four thousand miles between day break wrid aid end of day san franeisco francisco Cir circling circlio clin high in the sky above the golden gate before making a perfect landing on crissy field lieutenant russell L maughan monday night brought to a wonderful close kis his third attempt at spanning the united states by airplane within the limits of dawn and dusk of the same day lieutenant maughan left mitchel field new york at a in and arrived here at p in m it was an epoch feat thousands of enthusiastic men women and children thundered cheer after cheer as the daring airman slowly and tiredly descended from the of his sun racing plane at last I 1 accomplished what I 1 set out to do lieutenant maughan told a group of admiring newspapermen and photographers who surrounded him in and congratulated him on his ceoric performance conditions were nearly perfect all the way across and without an exception cep tion arrangements made beforehand for refueling and inspection of my plane went through without a hitch lieutenant maughan was tired out physically though supremely happy at the success of hia transcontinental flight breakfast in new york and the evening meal in san francisco nearly miles away on the same day this was the expert experience lice of lieuten ant russell Mau maughan glian from the statue of liberty to the golden gate w within less than twenty fou hours the significance of this feat can hardly be grasped by the mind when it is remembered le that a little over seventy years ago the covered wagon of pioneer days took eleven months month 3 to do what the modern airplane accomplished co complis hed from dawn to dusk lieutenant maughan experienced great difficulty in landing ile he circled around the field three times before making a successful landing thousands of deop people le roared mighty cheers as the plane gracefully came to a stop the throng broke through a cordon of guards and gave lieutenant maughan an overwhelming welcome Al maughan aughan descended from his plane and virtually forced his way through an enthusiastic crowd to the headquarters building ac crisy held field where he reported to the commander in charge maughan made the fa flight from the nevada line to the golden gate in less than one hour and twenty minutes |