PAE SE : , : 4 (QeSoruwe oor. Sy a VOLUME LIIT a = ee | THe NATIONAL © GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE JANUARY, 1928 € CONTENTS SIXTEEN PAGES OF ILLUSTRATIONS IN FULL COLOR Seeing America with Lindbergh With 47 Tilustrations DONALD E. KEYHOE Dalmatian Days ‘With 27 Itustrations MELVILLE CHATER Medieval Glory Haunts the Eastern Adriatic 17 Autochromes: HANS HILDENBRAND Bird Banding, the Telltale of Migratory Flight ‘With 50 Iifustrations E. W. NELSON President Coolidge Bestows Lindbergh Award With 4 Itustrations PUBLISHED BY THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY HUBBARD MEMORIAL HALL WASHINGTON, D.C,> Cleans your rugs in shortest time 2 POSITIVE AGITATION more d.p.m. —orer ff ren MINUTE s have she s me cleanerVou. LULL, Neo. 1 WASHINGTON ANwARY, 1928 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC “MAGAZINE tet fae ed ee aa SEEING AMERICA WITH LINDBERGH The Record of a ‘Tour of More Than 20,000 Miles by Airplane Through Forty-eight States on Schedule By Uierarrserey a Cracstence, Sane ‘Time Lizvrexanr Doxatp E. Keynor, U.S. M. C. (Retire) Coe Camus A, Hyintieeaah With Hlustratians from Photographs by the lutkor “ ELL. cdver about twenty-two W thotsand miles,” said Colinel Lindbergh, as be straightened vip from the United s hie Tadd drawn an endless vigeag. Tine. “That includes 82 stops and flying over cities where we can't land. We can make it in about: three months.” Milburn Kusterer, advance representa tive for the tour, glanced at the map and shook bis head dismally “And L have tu g0 train,” he groaned, a hotel bed once on the whole te “You'll certainly have Lindbergh with mock ought to he Tt was July 19 mained before the States Tour for stimulating cemmerckil avintion. We had jitst com pleted the final plans and had had then approved hy Mr. Harry. F. Guggenheim, president af the Dariel Guggenheim Fun for the Promotion af Aéronauties, whith was sponsoring the tour. We had de- cided im. 68 overnight stops, at least one in each State. Shorter stays, which were designinted as “touch stops.” were included Tw at 13 other places. (sce text, page 8). ‘Phe arrival hour was to he exactly ck at each city, for Colonel Lindbergh insisted that the most important cousicler- A standard jiro- the size tion. was to. he on time, gram was outlined, reyarilless 0 Of the pice visited, Kustorer w ahead of us and meet the mittees, so that he could fit in this pro- gram with their plans. dhergh was to use the Spirit as it woul! be of much t to the people because of the Atlantic. Mak- greater inte its famous fight aern: ing this long journey with the same ship antl engine that performed this great feat would emphasize the safety and durability cif modern aircraft SRHAUY POR TIE LON! ‘The Department of Conmerce, through stant Secretary William PL Mac- Cracken, fr. of the Aeronautics Branch, had agreed to send along a plane that would precede the Sp Lauts by ‘a few rtimutes at each "This ship was to be piloted by Philip R. Lave, Aero nautics Inspector, and was to earry a me~ chanie and me, Love had Bown with Cotonel Lindbereh during their Army training days and also Twa PLAS oun