PRESIDENT COOLIDGE BESTOWS LINDEERGII AWARD 



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"Those who partici- 

 pate in making aerial 

 operations more gen- 

 eral, economic, and 

 reliable will find them- 

 selves engaged in a 

 task of national im- 

 portance and absorb- 

 ing interest. Let it 

 ne\'er truthfully be 

 said of any of us that 

 we failed to give our 

 utmost support to civil 

 aeronautics — truly a 

 harbinger of geo- 

 graphic knowledge, 

 good will, prosperity, 

 and national security." 



MILI,I0NS HEAR CERE- 

 MONIES OVER THE 

 RADIO 



In addition to the 

 6,000 persons in the 

 Auditorium, millions 

 of Americans heard 

 the foregoing ad- 

 dresses and were 

 thrilled by the ap- 

 plause over the radio, 

 the National Broad- 

 casting Company hav- 

 ing arranged to broad- 

 cast the proceedings 

 over a chain of fifteen 

 stations, including 

 WRC, Washington 

 WBZA, Boston 

 WBAL, Baltimore 

 KSD, St. Louis 

 WMC, Memphis 

 WTZ. New York 

 WHAM, Rochester 

 KDKA, Pittsburgh 

 WHAS, Louisville 

 \VS.B, Atlanta; WBA, Springfield ; WJR, 

 Detroit; KYW, Chicago; WSM, Nash- 

 ville, and WBT, Charlotte. 



At the conclusion of the addresses, the 

 speakers, flyers, and other participants in 

 the ceremonies left the platform and took 

 seats in the Auditorium, where for an 

 hour they saw, in motion pictures,* a 



*"Heroes of the Air," a film record especially 

 assembled for the National Geographic Society 

 through the courtesy of Paramount Famous 

 Lasky Corporation. 



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PRESIDENT COOEIDGE PRESENTS THE HUBBARD MEDAE TO 

 COEONEE LINDBERGH 



The presentation of the National Geographic Society's highest award 

 was made in the presence of 6,000 members assembled in the Washing- 

 ton Auditorium. The medal bears the following inscription : "Awarded 

 by the National Geographic Society to Charles A. Lindbergh for his 

 heroic service to the science of aviation by his solitary flight from 

 New York to Paris, May 20-21, 1927." (See "Air Conquest," in the 

 National Geographic Magazine for August, 1927.) 



historical pageant of the outstanding 

 achievements in aviation since those early 

 days, nearly two decades ago, when the 

 Wright Brothers gave their first demon- 

 stration flights for the United States Gov- 

 ernment. 



Motion-picture archives throughout the 

 world were requisitioned in order to show 

 the early flights of Dr. Orville Wright, 

 the first flight made by a woman (Miss 

 Harriet Quimby, of ^Massachusetts ) 

 across the English Channel, Commander 



