Captain Lindbergh, who flew alone across the Atlantic, flew on
Sunday from Brussels to Croydon, where he was welcomed by a crowd estimated at 100,000 persons. Six other machines escorted him. When he first attempted to land the crowd was already out of hand and he had to rise again before choosing a clear spot. When he did land the crowd quite broke loose ; fences were swept down and the official reception party, including the Air Minister and the American Ambassador, were rushed along and lost in the human tide. Captain Lindbergh's aeroplane was slightly damaged in the tumult and it was fortunate that it was not destroyed. It was also fortunate that at least one of the escorting aeroplanes did not land on the crowd. For that thanks were due to the nerve of the pilot. Captain Lindbergh described the whole scene as " worse than Le Bourget." Since then Captain Lindbergh, whom the public has instinctively decided to place very high indeed in its list of heroes, has had an unceasing round of entertainment. On Tuesday the King received him at Buckingham Palace and decorated him with the Air Force Cross.
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