St. Louis, July 27.
At 8.20 o'clock last night the St. Louis Robin, endurance fight acroptane, had been aloft 325 hours for just over 1:3} days and was still flying strongly with no sign of falfering. The two pilots signalled to the ground that they were aiming: at a. 50-hour mark, July 28. igh over the sun-baked Mis scun plain here to-day the St, Louis Robin was still soaring this alter~ oon without a sign from the
enced any trouble, mechanical too aviators that they bad experi. Physical," They passed the 370 hour mark at 5 o'clock this evening and are going strong.
"Two weeks in the air passed yesterday, and the fliers have sent! only cheerful messages to the than sands crowding the airfield on the outskirts of St. Louis whence they Yook off 153 days ago, Food, gasoline and oil are passed to them from attendant aeroplanes at regular intervals until it has Deeome a routine almost without excitement, The public enthusiasm growing at the amazing feat as the men continue aloft, The papers! here and throughout the country have featured the event and the men are the heroes of the hour.
The tiers, Dale Jackson and Forest O'Brien, will get more than $10,000 each in bonuses alone from their flight, They are getting $100 an hour for every hour above the previous record when Loren Men-dell and Peter Reinhart on July 12 came to earth after remaining up) for move than 248 hours at Culver ity.
Jackson and O'Brien are out to remain up at Joost 600 hours and they are confident of success July 30, Completing an endurance fight of 420 hr, 20 min, or 17 1/2 days, the aeroplane St.' Louis Robin Vuctantly dropped. to its home field at 7.40 o'clock this evening. the ce-pilots, came down under orde from thely backetrs after conducting fan all-day battle by message.
Diaving the course of the day the ackers of the flight at last gave specific instructions that a descent must be made some time toxday. 'They said that they considered the primary object of the flight, the test of the motor, had already' been amply attained.
Although for a time it was evient that there was pronounced Alifference of opinion between back fers and pilots, the ground crew continued its Work of sending up Fresh fact and food.
"We won't starve the Robin the wing." declared a spokesman for the flight sponsors, 'A tremendous crowd was out 19 rect the two men when they finally fied down after breaking, bY practically 174 hours, the record of 246 br. 42 min, set' up earlier in the month by Loren Mendell and Peter Re at Culver City. Both, men had been, confident that they tip at least 500 hours,
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