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...From St. John, N. B. to Armonk, N.Y. flew Clarence Duncan Chamberlin. Strapped to a stretcher in the cabin was his friend and pupil Ruth Nichols whose back was injured in the crash that ended her attempt of a transatlantic flight (TIME, June 29). Prior to fetching Miss Nichols, Flyer Chamberlin had taken his Crescent monoplane to Floyd Bennett Airport, New York City, hung out a sign coaxing joy-hoppers to "fly with a pilot who flew the Atlantic," promising an autograph on every ticket. Immediately Roosevelt Flying Corp. hired Roger Q. Williams, just released from "alimony" jail, made...
...Paris Joseph Lebrix (former flying partner of Dieudonne Coste) and Marcel Doret, famed stunt flyer, tuned up their Dewoitine monoplane The Hyphen for an eastward flight around the world in four hops...
...against tumbling plummet-like from the sky are not supposed to be proof against every fault of piloting. Builders of the ship may well have wondered in idle moments, How serious will be the first accident to ''crash'' U. S. headlines? Who will be the pilot? A foolish stunt flyer descending into a busy street? A drunken playboy flying into the side of a skyscraper? A witless novice slamming the controls this way and that? Last week the builders knew the answers. The accident, at Abilene, Tex., was not serious. But, unfortunately for the 'giro, its story was carried...
...announce that Col. Lindbergh and wife would soon fly to the Orient-"if the press was interested." The press was interested and scampered, hundred-legged, after the Lindberghs. Publicity-wise cities on the Pacific coast -San Francisco, Seattle, Ketchikan, Alaska-employed the telegraph to urge their airports upon the flyer as the "logical jumping-off point" for his flight. The known facts...
...last week that his proposed journey was nothing but a pleasure trip; he sought no record, would bear no diplomatic tiding. He had confided in the State Department only to obtain permission for flying over foreign lands. But whether he wills it or no, it became evident that the flyer cannot escape good-willing. Inevitably, his flight must have significance. The Philippine Tourist Association cabled: "Commercial aviation in the Philippines desperately needs stimulation. Come help us." Chinese aviation interests saw a "great step" toward establishment of trans-Pacific commercial air routes. Japanese newspapers banzaied with joy. The Tokyo Hochi Shimbun...