The sun., 1919-07-07

by Lieut.-CoL W. 4. Hensley Of the
American Air Service as the American
representative on the Sight
bansdowne Tells of Experience.
Commander Lansdowpo, In telling Of
bis experiepces said
We left East Fortune at :45. q. NJ
t.. Tuesday, July 2. We crossed Scot
land The weather was very bumpy.
We were on the northern coast of Ire
land at Z A. NJ the same day. Fifty
nine hours later We reached Newfound-
land, where We encountered severe de-
preston and strong head winds The
wind was blowing ffty miles an hour.
The delay In our arrival was due to
efforts to conserve our gssolene. We
started to run short of gas OF the coast
of Newfoundland. We came slowly on
three engines during the last two days
OF the voyage. Commander Scott Is un-
doubleday the best airship pilot in the
world. Maitland. who has been head OF
all the British air service since the be-
ginning Of the war, is largely RESPONSE
Bile for the development Of airship ser
vice.
ITO my mind the voyage was most
interesting and instructive, and I was
glad to be the United States Navy De-
partment's representative on board.
will make a report 10 the Navy Depart
ment Several new lessons were learned
on the trip which | cannot disclose now
The trip was peculiarly difficult be-
cause OF the weather conditions. As
YOU know, the weather travels west TO
east. and we were bucking II all the way
over. We ran into several thunder
squalls over the Gulf of Maine. The
time OF the trip to the point of landing
was los hours and IL minutes. The
sleeping quarters on board were very
comfortable. In fact, everything was
lovely. The crew was divided into two
shifts. and all the way across II was
haitSon and half on.
The crew worked four hours on and
four of. I attended to the elevator and
rudder controls and often was assigned
to watch the gas pressure in the keel"
Gen. Naitlana's story.
Brig. Gen. Edward Maitland said:
ut was very successful flight. We
made IL in 10S hours and l2 minutes
We hardly saw the ocean on the trip. We
encountered two thunderstormS between
Novia Scotia and New York. We never
lost our position for a minute. We used
wireless direction Under. We saw the
destToyers in the Bay of Fundy and
They very kindly offered their assistance
but inasmnch as the weather had
changed, II was not needed
We were quite. heavy all the way
across. At 2 4. NJ. SUNDAY, New York
time, the wind changed and We then de-
cided to fly to New York instead of Bos-
ton. We did not feel sick. The ship
pitched lightly, but most Of the time she
was on an even keel, The pitching was
only noticed in the thunderstorm. We
had CHEEKY, comfortable quarters In the
envelope of the ship. The object of the
flight is to demonstrate the future of
rigid dirigible machines for rransatla
tic work"
Lieut.. Rex F. Rurrant, wireless off,
GER of R-34. said:
1--WE had the wireless direction finder
on board known as the maximum
method We had a range OF 900 miles
and got very good bearings on Cape
Race. All the Canadian wireless COM
pass stations helped US great deal in
navigation.
I'VE had a main transmission set,
using continuous wave with a range
of 1900 niles. and wireless telephone
with 100 mile radius We also had
an auxiliary continuous wave set and
an emergency spark set. All these sets
ANANsFSANA RNifNSeS Tie voyage.
We were never out OF wire touch up to
the time We passed Newfoundland. We
were in direct constant communica-
ton with Clifden. Ireland. We were
in touch with the British Air Min
istry every two hours. We held the Air
Ministry wireless station on top Of the
Hotel Cecil In London half way across
the Atlantic
In midocean We were in direct COM
munication with ClifdenL Canada and the
Azores at the same time, We carried
400 feet of trailing aerial for use on all
the sets except the direction finder. which
is worked by coils. The small spark set
was excellent cape Race read It at 800
miles, although only one-tenth OF an cleo
trio horsepower.
LAS a result of my experience on the
voyage l am designing larger coil for
the direction finder set on these ships.
Also as a result OF my experience It has
been proved beyond doubt that continu-
GUS waves will be the future means of
wireless transmission"
Major John Edward Maddox Pritoh-
ard said:
I'VE received word by wireless tele-
phone that Major Hugh Fuller had gone
to Boston. and we did not know what ar
engagements had been made TO hand us
1t was thought best that descend and
see that all was o. X. My dropping in
the parachute was nothing unusual Just
a normal parachute descent"