COLONEL LINDBERGH

Evening Star, Issue 19855, 2 May 1928, Page 9

COLONEL LINDBERGH

A. WORLD FLIGHT DEFINITELY ANNOUNCED. Press xXssodation —By Telegraph—Copyright. NEW YORK, May I. (Received May 2, at 8.35 a.m.) A message from Detroit announces that the Washington correspondent of the ‘ Detroit News ’ declared that Colonel Lindbergh’s world flight is positively confirmed. . It is asserted that the ocean crossing will not be a nonstop run, but Colonel Lindbergh, accompanied by Major Thomas Laupbier, of the United States Air Service, will fly a tri-motored Fokker along the far northern route, making a series of stops at Labrador, Greenland, and Iceland. They will visit every important capital in Europe, after which they will proceed to Japan, but it is not expected that they will fly home across tho Pacific.—Australian Press Association. [A message received on March 3 1 stated: —Colonel Lindbergh has advised his army friends that he intends to fly the Atlantic again in the summer. He plans to visit most of tho European countries, after which he hopes to continue across Russia, China, and Japan, returning over the Pacific. Tho flight is expected to start from New York, with the first stop somewhere in Germany. A message from St. Louis states that, questioned regarding the foregoing statements, Colonel Lindbergh said he would not divulge his plans until they were perfected.] AN ANTI-CLIMAX. “ UNNECESSARY AND INARTISTIC.” LONDON, May 2. (Received May 3, at 12.50 a.m.) The news from America that Colonel Lindbergh will engage in another Atlantic flight via. Greenland and Iceland, prompts the 'Daily Express’ editorially to tell him that he is making a great mistake. He is planning an anti-climax as elaborate and at the same time as unnecessary and inartistic ns any recorded in history. There are two essentials to a perfect achievement in any and every walk in life. One is the art of elimination, and the other is the art of avoiding repetition. Imagine Horn tins defending the bridge not once in a lifetime but two or three times a month. These things once done are done for ever as far as the original author is concerned, Colonel 'Lindbergh’s heroic flight belongs to an honoured category. —Australian Press Association-United Sfi vice.