| Show Lindbergh No Flying Fool Even If He Does Fly By Periscope Has Compass In Head Friends Declare City C NKA Service l NEW I May i 20 g The Tho TheL L youthful gangling open faced pink checked Captain Charles A. A Lindbergh 11 resented with vigor ai sa aiho a. a ho he stopped off here on Isis his way wa by airplane Irons from the west to Paris laris popular references to him as a II flying fool tool Im no flying fool was the way Lindbergh h put his sweeping refutation refutation tion as he tinkered with his pianos piano's periscope A PERISCOPE PILOT lILOT Lindbergh whose six feet of oC let ful Cui personality might to tho the Imag Imagination have Just stepped out of oC the tho movies moles Is 18 the first periscope aviator lalor yet reported From the cockpit of oC his seat one-seat- er monoplane ho lie cant can't seo see to the front In that direction Irons from Isis his chair there thero is to be seen only an instrument board that looks like the control center of a d great power 10 er house or a telephone exchange To look ahead as for tor Instance in landing handing Lindbergh has to push the periscope out over the tho other machinery If It the vision Islon it affords aCCords Is limited limited etl well Lindbergh doesn't land very often lIe He made only ono one stop between San Diego o and New tew York and In Intends In In- Intends tends to make none between bet een New NewYork York and Paris Lindbergh also denied report that there was a device about his plant plane which controlled it automatically thus allowing him to sleep while en route I dont don't get sleepy he ho ex cx- IllS HIS HEADS HEAD'S A COMPASS CO In the line Ime of oC navigating Instruments Instruments ments Lindbergh carried only a monkey wrench and a screw driver fanciful humorists asserted But Bu ButIn Butin t tIn In the cockpit of oC his Isis piano plane were more instruments instrument than many hu humorists hu- hu U- U could count And he ho has hasa a a. compass inside his head let fel fellow letlow low fliers commented Nebraska used to be Lindbergh's home He He lie started start d at 19 11 He entered the army air service quit to lo become a civilian pilot and fi finally Il- Il nally went wert Into the airmail air mall mail service servi e between St St. Louis and Chicago PARACHUTE l' JUMP JUIl Twice he made night nl ht parachute Jumps Irons from airmail planes after getting gelling lost In heavy fogs toss Twice T he be 11 made forced landings In patches also 11 EO at night At Kelly Field Texas ho pilot pilot- piloted piloted ed an army plane which collided with another in midair Again his parachute saved ed him Lindbergh is quiet modest HP lip doesn't like to be called a a. daro dara devil He doesn't like to be con con- considered excessively bravo Ive been scared plenty of times he Jle said Any Auy flier who says he hasn't been is a liar Tha Th Idea Icea of or flying to Paris Parts sprouted in Lindbergh's mind about a year ago ho he said sald His flair for adventure features going it alone He lie disdained the prevalent idea that a II New York to flight re requires re re- quires a crew of oC two or more St. St provided him with capital Cor or the tho venture DOESN'T SMOKE S IOIE Lindbergh is unmarried and has no girl He doesn't smoke Mostly he only grins grins and and flies rues He lie is flight light commander command com manlier of or the theOne theOne theOne One Hundred Tenth observation squadron of oC the Missouri national guard His JIls apparel opt arel accentuates the im Im- impression Impression im- im impression of Lindbergh as a movie character Its It's always alwa's Immaculate late late hate as for tor Instance upon his ar ar- arrival ar- ar arrival rival rhal in New v York at the tho end of ofa ofa ofa a mile 2500 two-hop two flight from San Diego No weighty remarks came from Lindbergh to tho the effect he was attempting the Paris flight light for tor the sake sa of science olo fe He lIe e took care to qualify for the prize but betra betrayed cd no other indications that he hoped for tor quick wealth from the venture The grinning I g gangling airman I ao h. h appeared ap r bent only nl on showing riv nv- rival al at trans-Atlantic trans fliers filers how r Ii 4 bI ta i I pa I 4 j I I i 4 I e t 4 41 1 Ty Youthful l open faced Is 1 Captain Charles A. A A Lindbergh But lies lie's HH III tl Is In lug fool |
