GRACEFUL LANDING. AMID RIOTOUS WELCOME (Received this day at 1.5 p.tn.) NEW YORK, Sept. 2. C'oste and Bollonte gracefully landed at Curtis Field, amid a. riotous welcome. A crowd estimated at two thousand rushed through police lines and raised the fliers to the shoulders and carried them to the hangar. Both were tired, but smiling. Rene Uncover, their .personal manager was the first to reach the side of the plane and shook hands with and felicitated them, hut they indicated they were unable to hear as they were deafened by the roar of the engines. The crowd fought the police to gain egress to the hangar, where photographers boomed flashlights like an artillery barrage. Colonel Lindbergh was among those welcoming the fliers. Commenting on their achievement lie said : “T offer you my congratulations. You made a marvellous flight. T knew if anyone
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Hokitika Guardian, 3 September 1930, Page 5
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142Page 5 Advertisements Column 1 Hokitika Guardian, 3 September 1930, Page 5
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