European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 20, 1962, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes Paga 3 Nile engine gnat to 4-Jet monster in 35 years a. It i err frail Lor the world to fail Low the Dat it the hour 732 Ine saddled Down a Tyrun Way at Art Airport a cd finally in ind ugh was on his Igi 3,640 Miles Wyt a per i 1 i f car j i i v it jul q1 if of 1 sol carried three or Ove Hosi Cifes and. \ used m Concrete Lytfie two r t via Utah occurred if it Al Al a Tjw a future Lime when Michelson a Veteran of " tra Slick Wii lied by Jill Yijin just gone flight. And checked Julie up jul 4-Sportir rowing in ii Jill dozen Wester stations or ships about 25 other it Hud be nor were i Snorf h a t Ait la and the winds As sight of a do in would gumption j i Tor 39,262 Gallons the ride i a 2,000 Miuse Paris rain red overcast mean a Landing de Ca Buriet was displayed the identical emergency equipment their own jetliner would be carrying radar reflector that unfolded like an umbrella. Six Lite rafts capable of carrying 152 persons. Life jackets police Athistle. Gloves. Seaf Wacer desaltery1 first a d kits. Signal ,or Signaller. Fish ing Klc sunburn lotion yellow Dye. Candy chewing gum tend vitamins. . Jphersrflpuii1 kit. Radio transmitter. Inflation pumps oars a raft canopies protestant find jewish bibles tank along Orti air aft with As pump and repair kit amour quart canteen of water a Hunting knife of hacksaw1 Wondu a Ball of Cord and string with n itt ten in 4dle, five pans of army Vanerp Ejoy ration a flashlight and four red dares he had to of talked into carrying Fol much because he thought it added eve Sivc weight at exactly 10 . Est the Idle wild control Tower told Michelson Twa 802, you Ore cleared to taxi five to snutes later the huge Boeing 707 trembled impatiently at the end of runway 26. The five flight deck members finished checking off 163 separate before Takeoff items from gear level lights to setting and Cross Check ing altimeters and clocks Twa 802, cleared for m i c h e i s o n jammed i he four throttles Forward. Nearly 17,000 pounds of thrust the equivalent of 80,000 horsepower screamed through the spinning turbines. Copilot William Johnson called out f a Speed As flight 802 gun Ned momentum. The 707 would Lake off the very second h reached a Speed predetermined by us Gross i kind the outside temperature Nadj a halt Doyen other factors Thiol i dictated the exact moment when Michelson would pull Back on the control Yoke. "95, a one the maximum Speed at which a Takeoff can be aborted safely "160. Rotate Michelson hauled Back on the Yoke. At 166 knots the nose came up. Behind the ground gulping giant was More than 8,000 feet of runway. The 707 clawed upward. Gear up Sang out Michelson. Exactly 203,503 pounds of Metal Glass fabric food fuel and human beings were Ai Horne. The spirit of St. I lots culled Chi "m-2" by he builder grossed 5, Psi pounds fully loaded1,000 pounds fetus to Linin a single engine on it 707. It curried 150 millions of fuel. Flight 8 As Irsan Wev for my wife l r l jammed 450 afo the fun tank of his a much As id Hort. His do Cowton to was in Tod Ion � single wait Cut turned oat inaccurate Tinl he later would have taken Lead in born whal Iny Ion nodded Rita Santly to pm members and Intro be Ujj gift deck personnel to you 2,500 feet of runway ninth almost did t my 10 thirty minutes later flight 802 was Over Cape cod and heading across the Atlantic at 33,000 feel the Crew had settled Down to a routine marked by an incongruous combination of relaxation and alertness. Michelson s eyes roved incessantly Over his 211 instruments. The airspeed was 512 knot More than 550 Miles a hour. Flight Engineer Reg ular intervals computed fuel con sumption. Lindbergh paed Over Cape cod More than two hours after Takeoff. He Hisil Only 11 flight instruments. His top airspeed for the entire trip in Ift than 120 . Ills tilt guile ranged from go to 10,1100 ret navigator John Larsen was ust nose in different Means of de to Twining and keeping position including the new doppler system which projects four invisible beams to Eaith. When they Bounce backs their pattern appears on Art instrument that records the plane s position relative to u Pri set course and trip to Cust nution. Mat or san i hours ii be weather at Paris will d veist4tuii we Don Tany so you 5 any ,irouli3e with. A pwt for a Hosi of Naveh t Fiji in with one a twit to know in the Cabin l Een or a Flur Emer Lye hostesses nodded to m a gov arose 1 you also decide be ret Oil the j 1 a n e who class and who works be i m coming each of you and ask ass oui station in the in emerge spy we Servert a fort after Well Ovie followed a cock a dinner. Arty questions of we All Ielson said a " 11 person Mii a $6 .1 707 jetliner Nisono Parx Ilia East or the no soft. out of the my to Board a Jye Low behind Vliem Iri a Wall Hole navigation instrument whim a relist to by now Earth Inductor com task. Lie hit the i i out of Ireland Only. 25 in leh off his Pitt Eilt in rur the tint admitted inter it was mostly Lurk sem nil officer John Motet wits handling communications. Four ratios. Twenty air traffic control position reports to try mud on the flight. About a Down con lads Sirh Twa Radia five fresh Wen flier reports from no has than an Vitins in route to Paris. Aerial contrast Tatry fee it Iris of Prog Ress in Ulm i Nival is Viii Bolind by thl pairing of a re jilt a of Chariot a. A Lenl berth k spirit of St. Irmis mid n modern o if to Eufr 707 Jet ilm a 1 of Xii cd for for Reduca a i ., Hulle the slowest up Plait in. I i i into flier who 4reetefi Sim says space feats can t dim Lindy by Morton i1. Surfs / Fliris Bureau Paris kill Ilone Are not enough Lindbergh look off in n Ulm Craft with Only a simple i nip iss to guide him he had in pm of knowing if weather As pianos do today. When he arrived at up Jour gel there was Little we Conort in to help Bis binding he Luid no radio. The Field was on dimly he to was not of Van suit1 Bov is in. Pnra until he was on the ground copies a world Var i be and already a Leroid Hotdog in civilian aviation was one of group of French aviators on hand to Grot l 1-Lndy. We ran to his plane and he land him out or bettor we a tried him since to was stiff from having sat for 33 hours in the Little cock pit copies recalled. He seemed not so much tired As overcome by the realisation thut he had Suc of immense crowds had in the co nine at the news hint the flier had been sighted 0f the Normandy coast. They were being held off the Fiell by police lines bul As soon As they realized the Little plane they Hail inn Dong Hui a s i toned loj it Mil of Init it be Neil ii Rafti to the she n police a tuition if Field and Jum in thu i later the finds broke through the Field we of com a talked with him but none of us Mirte stood English Ami go did t Kriwow a word of Feizi a. After Ron t Herrick came to net him Cost a recalled unit Len Dot High was the first Peison he saw when he landed ins plane the question Mark at Mitchel Field Long Island lit the end of his own record breaking hop three years inter. He was a t Runie Nezir the mint of Irel Pmj when lie Henoh a Down near n fishing bout mid yelled Virti Way i in Eluted they just Wurf i in the Host class Rabin tie Pur ser a hostesses began pre in ring luiuui1 and Nina service. While passengers watched it movie on a screen that dropped conveniently from the ceiling Juit ahead of he seat. The sound came from line Eai phones at each stat. Cap Tain Lelu Lson. Asked the Purser a Volch Novit Vas showing it s something with Elvis pres la " l Dojer said. Lindbergh did t have it that rough Michelson said laughingly. After t he movie the first class Pii sengers settled Buck for cock Utnik and dinner. They had a Choice of seven to Nti yes Numkin r from broiled Maine lobster to sirloin Steak looked to order plus wine Champagne in Pew is Turtle soup Coffee and French. Pastry the tourist Section did t have that much of a Choice but they ate thin if took Loritt Esi Iet the Vnti a. Two t hot onsite Imirse and five hum Stin Wiches. Lie it Only two of the utter 802 touched Down in pans at in 40 . Purls time. It had taken just six hours und -40 minutes five minutes less than the or 1 k i n n i estimate. Far Cut Michi Lson. It was the Ond of it trip he hid made More than 1,3qq times. And flight 80? was transact finnic trip no. 52.662 for Twa til one since 19 in. At the Enid of six hours and jul no indie a int Only 60o Mill s out of Nativ Vork. Ahead of him still Lay More than 3,000 Miles ail 27 a fair of peril and Pri Iyer. At. this Inonu it Lohn la la a i i was a Chuhy cheeked Tui Doi tit tin arithmetic lesson in school Elf told not know it then but what Trana Streil on tin 1�y .15 your to was to put n Little hit of the Lone knit Ltd his him and. Every airman to Conn Itil a Litho hit of the spirit of St. Tiuis in the giant jets that would Fol Toiv
