WARM WELCOME IN SYDNEY

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 127, 3 June 1929, Page 9

WARM WELCOME IN SYDNEY

AIRMEN'S MODESTY

United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. SYDNEY, 2nd June. The Atlanta, with Moir and Owen, landed at the Mascot Aerodrome; Sydney, about 4 o'clock on Saturday afternoon, receiving the rousing cheers of a large crowd who had waited in the drizzling rain and mud. The Mayor of Mascot welcomed Moir and Owen with hearty handshakes. Other prominent people, including Sir Keith Smith, showered congratulations and greetings, after which the party was driven in a car to Mascot, where the Mayor presented an address to Moir and Owen, complimenting the aviators on their safe return to Australia after a hazardous, trying time, in which they had shown wonderful pluck and daring. Ringing cheers were given for the airmen and an extra salvo for Pilot Brain, whose skill was eulogised by a number of speakers. An interesting sidelight of ths reception was the shyness of Moir and Owen, both of whom, with an evident ring of humiliation in their voices, declared that they neither deserved nor expected such an ovation. They expressed the opinion that men like Braia were more entitled to it. _Moir later stated that he had definitely finished with flying, giving no reason, while Owen's future is indefinite. Both the men's relatives were present. ■