The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-06-16

~ LONDON. juno st look upon II
ssss>a q xfurified holiday" With these
tAsUonerhet flippant words, Ha"krr. me
.StAaro OF the uncompleted Atlantic lLi9n''
S&Sdismissed my question as :" "Ht>
S45hAd to say Of the enterprise, when hau
ssheld the world spell-bouEu.
49, Hawker. whom l saw NJ AnF'r", -
twas looking absolutely 1T. despite the
@T-ri1ors he had survived. and especially
-@@ths thorough drcnchinS he received
ssNwhen he descended On the b'IIoWY A.
r@slantic He is 4 well sct-up reno" OF
sssvlnedium height. His very sharp 'tLl
seetured face was deeply tanned oy the Sun
sand on it played i smile suSEES't ,Fs "a, a
sSsman Of n very humorous bent. Ills o'a'N
sand almost curly ha.r well oruShtd
back and worn th.u ~ The tcnip''S'
would certainly be 'Upf~3t.nE !" inc
."fair sex
Commander Mackruz e or. "vc' he other
actor in The aerial drama ~ H"r','t suS
cess and un.ucky failure. - ~ pr"a"''
land taller build. lie IS = typical sailor
land bashful 10 I degree. fIHt mat may
.x.sbe traceablc to H. Scottish ani"''a'h'S'
In tho course of conversation r.
minded Hawker OF how. IN tho ours
Tlof his round British flight IN 1919 nc
rlhad flown over the picturesque capita,
,kof the H;ehlauds to WI ch the intrepid
Nslpilot replied with 4 bcam:nE smile ana
sssS4he words, Yes, but that would DC con
%sEjdered n very small affair nowadays
sr Probable Second Attempt
"a VIII Hawkcr make second a'''i'P,
-SASo fly>the Atlantic? What I saw and
.gshear5 during the air7nan's triurnpial
-%rorogress through Scotland c"nFIhceS
me that Hawkcr will make another nia
for the honor Of being the FIRST TO h"ld
ia toy-etick over the enuro laca'IhS
j, course OF the Atlantic. ,
win you try again? THIS playful
u-1S
wards him at practically every station
sr-the passed on his southwark journey. On
the majority OF tho occasions the only
reply LIQUID observe was reaSsu EA!s'
:. in fact a confirming smile, but IN the
course Of one OF the many e1utcant anu
. enthusiastic scenes he occ2sioFeu 90
3. served more than that. Above All tho
din heard him reply to the oft-rrpeat-
ed uncstfon-"Ycs, I will" That ne
will meet with q full measure or success
when he decides 10 make another at
ny tempt is the universal wt%h:
n Story OF the Flight
-. Hawker's story Of the great flight Is
told in simply, unasSUm'ES ilnS
I'VE had very difficult ground 10 rSe
from on the Other side" h. began. TO
get in the air at all We had 10 run dla-
ronally across the course Once we GOT
away we climbed very we'll. but ABOUT
ten minutes UP We passed from lit'S
clear weather into tho fog CT the Ne"
. Foundland banks. We 60; over ms
however. and, st once lost S4Shc OF inc
sea
I'VE started because n" weather was
better, The Americans were off They
were very serious TC'p"~.'tNhS' We
knew that one American in&fh:nH was
at the Azores, and reports came t"at All
three were there. That was very S"rI-
ous We had decided over night, with
fl,.lr N,,s IL
weather was anything TX" hopeful AS
..n n matter Of fact, We Went away on rev
weather reports than We had had any
49, day before
100. It was a splendid Eet-osf much bet
ter than W. had expected. We saw
g.. Ravnbam and his machine and the
crowd around il. and kissed him gold
bye. g..
hours. when the visibility became very
-had Heavy cloud hanks were cncoun-
~ tered. and cT"ntuaNy we flew into a
heavy storm. with ram squalls. Al ms
itnc We We" flying well above the
clouds at a height az ah"U. 5000.
about s.. hours out. owing TO the
choking Of irc :,!t"r. III" toup"raturc
OF the water cou!.n< our engines started
to rise. bu, after coming down several
Thousand feet We ov'r't":H THIS ilt'-
Guilty.
"Eyery,hing went we'll for another
few hours, when once again the c:rcula-
ton system became chnkGd, and the
Temperature Of tho water roSc I" boring
point We. of course. realized that ua''
the pipe was cleared We could not rlS'
much higher without using lot OF
motor power.
when we were about twelve ana
ore-half hours on our way the circu-
tation system was sail giving trouble
and we realized We could not go OUT
usfnS a lot OF motor power.
The Fatsful Decision
Then It was that we reached the
1ateful decision to play for safety. VIC
changed course. and began 10 lily dragon
ally across the main shipping route ror
about two hours when. 70 our great re-
rHef, We sighted the Danish steamer
which proved to be the tramp Mary
We at once set up our 'Ferey NSn'
distress signals. These were ans~cr"o
promptly and then We flew on aoou'
two miles, and landed in the water
ahead of the steamer. The sea was eS'
-, eeedfngly rough. and. despite the utmost
,.nefforts OF the Danish crew. 1t was one
and a half hours before they succeed
cd IN taking us on. 1t was onlY III
great risk TO themselves, in fact. tha'
thew eventually succeeded in launching
n small boat owing 10 the heavy gale
from the northeast which was raging.
-, sevorty-Two Hours without FOOD
Hawker rPma ned seated the "hoie
time, but GricYe moved about, kneelnLS
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