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Albert C. Read, U. S. N., and his NC-4 

 upon the conii)letion of the first trans- 

 atlantic flight in 1919; the reception ac- 

 corded the intrepid British flyers, Alcock 

 and Brown, upon the completion of the 

 first nonstop flight across the Atlantic; 

 the greeting given the U. S. ArmyAround- 

 the-World Flyers by President Coolidge 

 at Boiling Field ; also the President's re- 

 ceinion of the Army's Pan American Good 

 Will Flyers ;* the reception accorded Com- 

 mander Richard E. Byrd, conqueror of 

 the North Pole by air, and his associates 

 upon their arrival in France after one of 

 the most dramatic transoceanic flights of 

 history ;f the take-ofl: of the Detroit-to- 

 Tokyo flyers ; the picturesque floral re- 

 ception accorded the San Francisco-to- 

 Hawaii flyers in Honolulu ; the milling 

 throngs which in their enthusiasm almost 

 mobbed Miss Ruth Elder and her pilot, 

 Mr. Haldeman, upon their arrival in 

 Paris, and, finally the thrilling story in 

 pictures of Colonel Lindbergh's flight in 

 the Spirit of St. Louis and his reception 

 both abroad and at home. 



NOTED AUDIENCE AT HISTORIC CEREMONY 



Among the members of The Society 

 and their invited guests present in the flag- 

 decked Washington Auditorium for the 

 presentation were: The Chief Justice of 

 the United States and Mrs. William How- 

 ard Taft, Mr. Justice and ]\Irs. Edward 

 Terry Sanford, Mr. Justice and Mrs. Har- 

 lan F. Stone, Mr. Justice and Mrs. Pierce 

 Butler, and Mr. Justice James Clark Mc- 

 Reynolds, of the U. S. Supreme Court. 



The Secretary of State and Mrs. Kel- 

 logg; the Secretary of War and Mrs. 

 Davis ; the Attorney General and Mrs. 

 Sargent ; the Postmaster General and 

 Mrs. New ; the Secretary of the Navy 

 and Mrs. Wilbur ; the Secretary of the 

 Interior, Mr. Work ; the Secretary of 

 Agriculture and Mrs. Jardine ; the Sec- 

 retary of Labor and Mrs. Davis. 



The Speaker of the House of Repre- 



* See "How Latin America Looks from the 

 Air," by Maj. Herbert A. Dargue, in the 

 National Geographic Magazi.nE for October, 

 1927. 



t See "The First Flight to the North Pole," 

 and "Our Transatlantic Flight," by Commander 

 Richard E. Byrd, in the National Geographic 

 Magazine for September, 1926, and September, 

 1927, respectively. 



sentatives and Mrs. Nicholas Longworth ; 

 Senator and Mrs. Bayard; Senator and 

 Mrs. Broussard; Senator and Mrs. Cam- 

 eron ; Senator and JMrs. Copeland ; Sena- 

 tor Curtis; Senator and Mrs. Dale; Sena- 

 tor du Pont; Senator and Mrs. Edge ; 

 Senator and Mrs. Fletcher; Senator and 

 Mrs. Gillett; Senator and Mrs. Glass; 

 Senator Hale ; Senator and }vlrs. Howell ; 

 Senator and Mrs. Andrieus A. Jones ; 

 Senator and Mrs. Norbeck; Senator and 

 Mrs. Overman ; Senator and Mrs. Phipps ; 

 Senator and Mrs. Shortridge; Senator 

 and Mrs. Simmons ; Senator and ]\Irs. 

 Ashurst; Senator and Mrs. Caraway; 

 Senator and Mrs. Harris ; Senator and 

 Mrs. Kendrick ; Senator and Mrs. David 

 A. Reed; Senator and ilrs. Sackett ; Sen- 

 ator Steiner; Senator and Mrs. Tyson. 



Hon. John Q. Tilson, Majority Floor 

 Leader of the House of Representatives, 

 and Mrs. Tilson ; Hon. Fred A. Britten, 

 of the Naval Aft'airs Committee, and 

 Mrs. Britten; Hon. Bertrand H. Snell, 

 Chairman of the Rules Committee, and 

 Mrs. Snell; Hon. Frederick N. Zihlman, 

 Chairman of the District of Columbia 

 Committee, and Mrs. Zihlman ; Hon. 

 Allen T. Treadway, of the Ways and 

 Means Committee, and Mrs. Treadway ; 

 Hon. Theodore E. Burton, Representative 

 Mary T. Norton, and others. 



The Ambassador of Great Britain and 

 Lady Isabella Howard ; the Ambassador 

 of Japan and Madame Matsudaira; the 

 Ambassador of Peru, Dr. Hernan Ve- 

 larde ; the Ambassador of Spain and 

 Senora Padilla ; and the Ministers of 

 Austria, Bulgaria, China, Colombia, Costa 

 Rica, Denmark, the Dominican Republic, 

 Egypt, Finland, Honduras, Ireland, Nica- 

 ragua, Panama, Persia, Poland, Rumania. 

 Salvador, Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, 

 Siam, LTruguay, and Venezuela. 



The Board of Trustees of the National 

 Geographic Society ; Hon. Theodore 

 Douglas Robinson, Assistant Secretary of 

 Navy ; Hon. Edward P. Warner, Assist- 

 ant Secretary of Navy for Aeronautics ; 

 Hon. F. Trubee Davison, Assistant Secre- 

 tary of War for Aeronautics. 



Representatives of the learned profes- 

 sions, and correspondents for the fore- 

 most periodicals and daily newspapers of 

 America and of the foreign press. 



