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COLONEL LINDBERGH ON A j I NATION-WIDE SURVEY j -- WASHINGTON, D. C, April 22. Flying in one of the armys swiftest pursuit planes, Col. Charles A. Lindbergh today left the Capital on a secret nation-wide survey of Americas aviation facilities as part of the armys effort to regain air supremacy from Nazi Germany. Lindberghs destination was ; unknown, army air corps officials cloaking his movements in complete secrecy, continuing the ban of silence which they clamped down when Lindbergh was called to active duty in the corps Wednesday. The flying colonel left the Capital at 8 a. m. His departure was not announced by the army until shortly before 11 oclock. He sped away from Boiling Field, the armys base here, in a single-seater P. 36 pursuit plane, one of the armys swiftest fighting ships. Colonel Lindberghs aerial tour will take him over most of the nation, it was , learned. Making his survey of the aeronautical research facilities of the nation available for use by the army in laying the groundwork for its 00,000,000 air expansion program, Lindbergh will visit approximately thirty army air bases, aircraft, engine and instrument factories. He is scheduled to be at Langley Field, Virginia, on May 2 for a special meeting of the National Advisory Committee on Aernautics, of which he is a member. DAYTON, Ohio, April 22. Col. Charles A. Lindbergh arrived at Wright Field, Dayton, on his tour of inspection of Americas air fields and research facilities.
