The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-26

equipped Of any Of the transatianttc con-
tendsrsI. She win have three stts. each
% Installed - 70 operate Independently.
The drst b the direction finding wire
less This consists OF Q cob Of wire
commencing In the wireless cabin, PASS
Ing under the plane. up to the intsrplane
struts and back into the cabin. thus en-
Weighing the whole machine. A fore and
aft loop II supported by ash masts at
eithsr end Of the hull. The regular
transmitting and receiving sets depend
on two sets Of asrialR One n the usual
pendant, with q weight attached which
can be dropped out from the hull when
the plane rises with . length Of use
feet and q sending range OF 1eS miles.
The novel feature Of the wireless
equipment, however. II the third, or
emergency set This depends upon an
tennm raised above the plane either by
q kite or by q small balloon, both being
housed on the superstr.scture aft This
has . transmitting radius Of twenty
ave miles and 10 to be used II the plane
10 forcsd to light on the water. II has
already been tested and has talked with
the Mount Pearl station At . distance
OF twenty-eight miles and has received
>the signals from Cape Race. sixty miles
away.
This emergency set is completely In
the rear OF the fuseiage, as whom the
Handley-Page takes to the water the
forward end Of the fuselags will be
submerged There IN room In the after
end to accommodate all the crew, how
ever rubber bags inflated with air will
keep II afoat and II 10 expected that
this part Of the hull will be perfectly
safe AZ long As the sea leaves the she'll
intact.
-Four Men In tho Crew.
Tho body already has been completed
and the wings and outer parts are now
being attached. The work 10 being car
ried on carefully and no details are
being overlooked by the men in charge
will be commenced as soon as the wings
are In place, A large wind screen has
been erected around the site selected
for the canvas hangar. $50 feet long
and so feet high, which 10 now on its
way here aboard the steamship Sachem.
The transatlantic crew will consist
o. four men. pilot. navigator. wireless
operator and observation oficer. The
pilot will be Major H @. Brackley, D.
S. o.. d. S. C. He is ~ years old and
when the war broke out was a student
just beginning the journalistic course
maintained by Reuters. the great Eng
lish news syndicate. He volunteered
for the war and received his pilots GER
tihcate In 1918. He had his first flying
In the Short machine and participated
In the hrst night bombing of BruEes and
Zeebruggs. He received his Distin guised
Service Order for his services In these
raids.
His first command was the sevent IL,
Naval Squadron; he was later assigned
to the Fourteenth Army Squadron. and
later. when the Royal Air Force was
| organised he was made a squadron
commander. Under him he had many
Americana, some Of them pilots, and
speaking Of them to-day he said they
were the finest kind Of men. among
whom he had many warn friends. He
is an unassuming gsntlemanly officer
and has proved his willingness to com.
municAte to the newspaper men here
anything Of public interest that ne car
give them.
His navigator will be Major TryEsvs
Gran. a Norwegian. 30 years old
While a Lieutenant In the Norwegian
Army he new from Cruden Bay, Aber,
deenshire, TO Norway, carrying q COP,
Of the Dolly Mod to Queen Maud. II,
was the first pilot to complete success
fully the North Sea flight. He served
as ski expert with Scott during tn,
explorers Arctic expedition.
Frederick Wyatt of the Marconi com
pany. who Ia to be the wireless operator
is now on his way here on board tn,
Sachem.