The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-17
HAWKER TERMS
 TRIP HOLIDAY
Says He Didn't Feel the Least
 Bit Excited on Flight.

 words, Hawker, the hero of the uTcon- pleted Atlantic flight, dismissed my question as to what he had to say or his enterprise, which has held the world sBell-bound.
 Hawker, whom I saw at Inverness, was looking absolutely fit, despite the rigorS he had survived, and especially the thorough drenching he received when he descended on the binowly Atlantic. He is a well set-up fellow of medium height. His very sharp featured face was deeply tanned by the sun, and on it played smile suggesting of a. very humorous bent. His black and almost curly hair, well brushed back, and worn thin at the temples, would certainly be appealing to the flair sex"
 Commander Mackenzie Grieve, the other actor in the ariel drama of par tiaI success and unlucky failure, is of broader and taller build. He is typical sailor, and bashful to degree, O fact that may be traCeable to his Scottish antecedents.
 In the course of conversation l re- minded Hawker of how, in the course of his round Britain flight in 1913, he had flown over the picturesque capi- tai of the Highlands, to which the in- trepid pilot replied with a beaminS smile and the words, ''Yes, but that would be considered a very small af- fair nowadays.
 Probable Second Attempt.
 VIII Hawker make a second at tempt to fly the Atlantic? What l saw and heard during the airman's triumphal progress through Scotland convinces me that T1awker will make of being the first to hold joy-stick over the entire heaving course of the atlantic.
 "Will you try again" This playful and well-meant challenge was flung towards him at practically every sta tion ha passed on his southward jour- ney. On the majority of the occa- sions the only reply I could observe was a reassuring, in fact, confirm ing smile, but in the course of one or the many eXu1tant and enthusiastic scenes he occasioned observed more than that. Above all the din heard him reply to the oft-repeated question I will" That he will meet with a full measure of success when he decides to make another attempt is the universal wish.
 Story of the Flight.
 Hawker's story of the great flight is told in simple, unassuming language I've had very difficult ground to rise from on the other side" he began. ITO act in the air at all we had to run diagonaIly across the course. Once we got away we climbed very well, but, about 10 minutes up we passed from fine clear weather into the fog off the Newfoundland banks. We got over this, however, and, of course, at once lost sight of the sea.
 "We started because the weather was better The Americans were off. They were very serious propositions. We knew that one American machine was at the Azores, and reports came that all three were there. That was very serious We had decided over night, with Raynham, that we would go if the weather was anything like hopeful As a matter of fact, we went away on few weather reports than we had had any day before
 It was a splendid get-off, much bet ter th~n we had expected. We saw Raynham and his machine and the crowd around it, and kissed him "goodbye.'
 The sky cleared for the first few hours, when the visibility became very bad Heavy cloud banks were en- and eventually we flew into a heavy storm, with rain squalls At this time we were flying well above the clouds at height of about 15, 900 feet.
 About F hours out, owing to the choking of the filter, the temperature of the water cooling our engines start ed to rise. but after coming down sev- eraI thousand feet we overcame this difficulty.
 hirP went well for another few hours, when once again the cir culation, and the temperature of the water rose to a boiling point. We, of course realized that until the pipe was cleared we could not rise much higher without using a lot of motive power.
 'When we were about 12h hours on our way the ejaculation system was still giving trouble, and we realiz- ed we could not go out using a lot of motor power.
 The Hateful Decision.
 Then it was that we reached the fatefuI decision to play for safety. We changed our course, and began to fly diagonally across the main shipping route for about two hours when. to our great relief. we sighted the Dan ish steamer. which proved to be the tramp Mary.
 "We at once set up our 'Verey' light distress signals. These were answer ed promptly and then we flew on about two miles, and landed in the water ahead of the steamer. The sea was exceedingly rough, and, despite the utmost efforts of the Danish crew. it was one and a half hours before they succeeded in taking us on. It was only at great risk to themselves, in fact. that they eventually succeeded in launching a small boat owing to the heavy gale from the northeast which was raging"
 Seventy-twO Hours Without Food.
 Hawker remained seated the whole time, but Grieve moved about, kneei- ing down to look at the drift indica tor. standing up for observation. and going forward for wireless. Each ate one sandwich and a bit of chocolate, and drank four cups of coffee out of a vacuum flash, "and the next thing I ate," said Hawker, was about 72