THE AIR ACES.

Franklin Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 100, 28 August 1933, Page 8 (Supplement)

THE AIR ACES.

ONLY A FEW LEFT. those who blazed the trail. Gharles A. Lindberg. “Casey Jones,’’ Phil Love, Bud Gurney are some of the nation’s aviation heroes who graduated from the ranks of the intrepid government air mail service, whose thrilling and romantic story has been screened by Universal in its drama, “Air Mail." opening at the Star theatre on Monday, August 28. The early aces who blazed ttie way across the continent and tested the air lines at the risk of their lives are mostly all gone, many of them having crashed in the perilous flights, while others have retired to less hazardous pursuits. Only a handful remain in active duty, among them Hamilton Lee and “Bud" Williams. Jack Knight and Ray Little. The crop of younger pilots who have taken up the trust of putting through Hie mail fly under less dangerous conditions than did the pioneers, but the rigorous mail schedule makes flying haznrdnu« a* best. Ralph Bellamy. Rat O’Brien. Russell TTopton. Glim Summerville. Gloria Stuart and Lilian Bond enact the feature roles in “Air MBail.” the first screen play to dramatise this little Pnown but romantic flying fleet.