The Washington herald., 1910-10-28
HAWLEY And POST
ON The WAY HOME
BallOOniStS Give Details of
Their Record Trip.
TRAPPERS AS THEIR GUIDES
Greatest Altitude Reached Was 49,
0O0 Feet About Noon Wednesday,
when They Were Seeking "a Land
Ing PIace-PIanned 20 Get to Lab
radOr Coast Before Descending.

quebec oct g,-Hawley and Post. OF
the America II, reached Quebec shortly
before Z o'clock tonight. having taken
eleven hours travelling the 81 miles from
Chicoutimi by the Lake St. John Rail-
way. Both are in excellent health and
spirits, Notwithstanding their strenuous
experiences Of the last ten days.
Lewis Spindler. of the Aero Club Of
St Louis, met them at Lorette and ac-
companied them here. United States Con-
sui Willrich profered hospitality and as
sistance. Several newspaper men met
them on arrival and also at various sta
tions along the way. The party left at
11:So o'clock tonight for Montreal en-
route for New York.
The course Of America IT into the
wilds OF Northern Quebec was rather
more westerly than that or the Dussel-
dorf, which landed near Kiskisink, due
south Of Lake st. John, for the America
II " sosring lOrtn OF Lake St John.
left the big inland sea 70 the immediate
east, obtaining a fine view OF II and
crossing first over the Aschuapmouch-
ouan River and the village OF PerIbonca
just south OF Lake Chilogana II was
on the shore of Lake Chilogana that
Hawley and Post fell IN with the hunter
who piloted them into the pathway Of
safety. This meeting was on Sunday last.
Kept Careful Record.
The aeronauts have kept a careful
record or their entire trip. with attitudes.
temperature, &c, taken every hour. and
sometimes oftener. Their greatest alti-
they shot up in the northern wilderness
about noon on Wednesday. the last day
of their flight. in search Of a landing
place.
IN describing the trip. Augustus Post
tonight said:
I'VE were doing our best TO fly 70 the
utmost limit that the continent would
allow. We knew perfectly well where
we were when we passed over Lake St
Johns on Wednesday, October 19 We
made up our minds that If possible we
would not descend until we got to the
coast of Labrador. Wednesday after
noon. however the weather, which had
been threatening all day. began 10 make
us very apprehensive not only because
the high wind became exceedingly choppy,
but because Of the extreme cold and the
dark clouds rolling down from the North
made It look as though we were in for
a blizzard
Look for Landing Place.
AT o'clock IN the afternoon snow
had already begun to fall and soon our
view of the earth beneath was almost
entirely obscUred. We Judged that this
meant the end OF our trip. for. it would
have been madness TO have pursued the
journey IN binding snow storm Fur
thermore, the extreme cold had caused
our gas 20 contract. and we had begun
To fan rapidly. We only had six and a
half bags Of ballast left when at last.
very reluctantly, We decided TO effect a
landing, We at once began 10 look
around for good landing place. but
owing 10 the rapidity with which the
snow storm overlook us, we had 10 trust
pretty much to luck
we found ourselves, when at last we
had fallen far enough 10 make out the
features Of the country beneath, dropping
directly into a large lake. which we af-
teFward discovered 10 be Lake Chilogana.
We Immediately threw out several bags
OF ballast and rose slowly and heavily in
the snOwstcrm. We threw out more
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