The enthusiasm of fellow aviators when the flash came from Paris late yesterday afternoon that Captain Charles Lindbergh had landed safely at Le Bourget Airdrome knew no bounds.  Some stressed the young flier's daring; others called it the most remarkable of all long-distance flights; aeronautical manufacturers saw in it a great step forward in the science of aviation.  Everyone's interest seemed as keen as if Lindbergh were an intimate friend or brother.
Comment from persons prominent in aviation follows:

COMMANDER BYRD, whose plane, the America, was christened yesterday preparatory to the Paris flight, "I know what a difficult feat it is for even three men, to fly across the Atlantic.  It seemed an almost impossible thing for one man to do, but he has done it.  I think Captain Lindbergh's  feat is one of the greatest individual feats in all history.  It will be of great value for the purposes of aviation.  "I have studied Atlantic flying for the past ten years, and I know how difficult it is.  I  know what Lindbergh had to put up with in the way of navigation.   It is certainly wonderful news.  My thoughts, and I know the thoughts of all of us, are all about Captain Lindbergh.  It seems almost inconceivable that in three flights he has gone from Los Angeles to Paris."

FLOYD BENNETT, who flew with Byrd to the North Pole and would have accompanied him on the Paris flight had not he been seriously injured in a test flight last month, which confined him to Hackensack Hospital, where he is now: "He deserves all the credit in the world.  He has done something that most people won't be able to appreciate as much as they should.  "His acconplishment will do a lot toward giving the people generally confidence in airplanes, especially for transatlantic transportation.  I guess not many know what a wonderful thing it is for one man to fly on one motor for more than 3,500 miles.  He certainly does deserve all the credit he can get."  Lieutenant Bennett expressed confidence the moment he heard that Lindbergh had taken off that he would b successful.  Lying on his back with his feet supported by weights and pulleys he cannot rise from his bed yet for three weeks.
 
LLOYD BERTAUD, who was deposed as a pilot of the Bellanca plane: "The most remarkable flight ever made, and the most unusual human endurance.  Captain Lindbergh is the greatest man in the world."

LIEUT. COM. CHARLES E. ROSENDAHL, of the Navy dirigible Los Angeles: "We all consider that this is a most remarkable and astounding feat.  He certainly deserves the fullest  of credit."

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