The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-07-07
Daring Pioneers of Great
Aerial VoyageExperienced
RealAduenture inPassage

"Thc radium paint used is so lumi-
nous that IN most cases the lighting
installation is unnecessary
~ ~ a N -Thursday July J.
The clock has been put back an
other hour to correct our time to
Greenwich mean time. Position long
i,ude IS degrees. % minutes west {,
latitude 81 degrees north
Cooke got position BY observation
on sun and good cloud horizon and
considers 1t accurate to within thirty
and forty miles
"Our position is over the wes,bound
steamship route from Cape Race to
the Clyde and momen,arily crossing
the eastbound route from Belle Isle
, TO Plymouth
I'VE are we'll over half way be
tween Ireland and Newfoundland and
are back again on the great circle
route having been slightly TO the
south of it owing 10 the drift effect
OF nor,herly wind.
Good weather report from -
Johns
~ As p. m.--Duran, IS speaking tc
$. y. Canada on our spark wireless
set so there may be chance OF ouI
seeing her shortly as the sra is temp
orary visible The second wireless
operator obtains his direction on ou'
difectional wireless 80 We know II
what direction to look for her Al
We know at the moment is that she Il
somewhere within 10 miles.
Captain David in command wishe
US safe voyage We gaze ,htoug'
Our glasses in her direction bu, she !
JUS, over the horizon.
Chewing Gum Repairs Engine.
2 p. m.-Slight trouble With star
board amldships engine -- craoke'
cylinder water packet Shoucr, al
way, equal TO the nccasion, made
quick and safe repair with a piece o
copper sheetlng and the entire sup
PLY Of the ships chewing gum had I
be chewed by himself and two cngi
neet> before being applied.
a 30 p. m.--We arc now on tn
Canadian summer route Of steamer
.basnd for the ~. Lawrence VIA Bell
Isle s;raigh, and over the well
known Labrador current There ar
already indications OF these cold cur
rents in the fog which hangs immc
diatcly above the surface OF the wa,ei
scot, and Cooke spend much Tim
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watches and many nayigational tex
books, measuring angles OF driit an
calculations course made good.
Aerial navigation Is more con,
plica,ed than navigation on the sur
face OF the sea but there is no rea
son why, when We know more abou
the air and its peouliari,ies 1t shouI
not be made just as accurate.
s p. m.--liarrison unwisely shut
his hand in door OF wireless cabin
painful but not serious Flow OF lar
guage not audible TO me as the toi
ward engine happened TO be runnnl
70 TO 7 p. m.-We are gradual
getting further and further into III
shallow depression. which was report
cd yesterday coming up from III
south Atlantic. For the last fou
hours the sea has been rising an
, now the wind is south southeast. 4
miles per hour. Visibility only a ha
, mile. Very rough sea and torrents {
% rain In spite OF this the ship IS n
{ markably steady.
r At s p. m. Scot. decides to clir
I right through i, and we evident
$ came out over the top OF il at .J,A
E feet.
E so p. m.-We have now pass,
4 the center of the depression, exact
as Harris iotetold. The rain HI
ceased and we are travelling qui
n smoothly again.
See Extraordinary Sky.
h TO the west the clouds have lift,
and we see an extraordinary into
= esting sky--angry clouds giving pla
to clouds OF a gray mouse color, III
A bright salmon pink color 81
4 changing lower down the horizon
darker clouds with a rich golden Ii
ing n the sun sinks below the ST
O face. The sea Is not visible and
= covered by 4 fluffy gray feather b
I OF clouds. slightly undulatins a
!, extending as far ss the eye can reac
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