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...country was ready to listen. (Since the Colonel's return, aviation recruiting centers have been swamped by applicants for the flying service.) From a passenger-carrying standpoint, at least, the U. S. is far behind Europe in aviation-last year, for example, thousands airplaned across the English Channel in a regular airline service. U. S. aviation enthusiasts saw in the Lindbergh flight an opportunity for aviation to catch the popular imagination...
...year ago, Gertrude Ederle arrived at Cape Griz Nez, France, began to eat many an egg, many a steak. Later, as everyone knows, she swam the English Channel while the band on her tugboat played Barney Google...
With the setting of the sun, the lemon-colored wings of the Columbia were seen over Plymouth, England. Then the favoring winds seemed to point to Germany; so Chamberlin steered diagonally across the English Channel, Belgium and Holland. At dawn, with the gasoline supply exhausted, Chamberlin made a successful landing at Eisleben, Germany, 110 miles went of Berlin. He had flown 3,905 miles in 42 hours, 32 minutes -exceeding in distance, but not in speed, Captain Lindbergh's non-stop flight of 3,610 miles in 33 hours, 29 minutes...
Captain Lindbergh then told how he crossed southwestern England and the Channel, followed the Seine to Paris, where he circled the city before recognizing the flying field at Le Bourget. Said he: "I appreciated the reception which had been prepared for me and had intended taxiing up to the front of the hangars, but no sooner had my plane touched the ground than a human sea swept toward it. I saw there was danger of killing people with my propeller and I quickly came to a stop...
...distance swimmer, once Mille Gade of Denmark) talked about her profession in Copenhagen, Denmark, to a huge audience including royalty and Annette Kellerman, aging Australian "diving Venus." King Christian X of Denmark commanded Mrs. Corson's presence at his palace, listened to her description of swimming the English Channel, handed her a gold medal. Said she upon emerging from the audience chamber: "I cried from sheer...