Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-12

LEY L.. JONES.
tie experience ] have had.
The Busselton field where the post
Office planes stop, is just beyond
Philadelphia. We had to land there to
take on gasoline. our machine car
rying only about fourteen gallons of
gasoline and making about eight or
ten miles to the gallon, AS we reach
, ed the earth. l saw a plane on the
; ground that had turned over and was
pretty well smashed. That didn't
look so good. When got out and
line was put in. saw three or four
more machines that seemed to be
pretty badly smashed. This did not
add much to my peace of mind, but
when the fellows said no one had
been hurt. l felt better.
We came to Busselton field with the
sun shining. We had hardly landed
till the clouds seemed to come from
nowhere. Big snowfakes began to
fall and toward New York it looked
quite squally. / called this to Loggs
attention and suggested we might
have TO go through snowstorm
Yes, he said, in thoughtful sort
of way, "and T have never been
through a, snowstorm," but he has
way about him that inspires conf
dence whether you think he knows
what he is doing or not. and / didn't
/ worry.
/ Planes Lack elf-Starters.
We were delayed at Busselton at
least half hour by difficulties in
starting They don't have self
starters on many of the planes and
they seem to get as contrary as a
FORD and you can't crank them so
easily The machine is cranked by
turning. the propeller to certain
point: man on the ground gives it
a 5erK' Jumps out of the way and the
Fellow IN the cockpit. gives it the
gas or something. 1t seems to start
when it gets ready and not before
AFTER half hours work the machine
started. We got off past the broken
machine and up into the clouds.
was surprised at how plainly we
could see farms. houses. roads and
Streams through the clouds It is
"hen you get above them that
you cannot see the earth. In a few
minutes we sighted Trenton and the
! DelaWare, ana we crossed the Della
ware much easier than did Washing
ton. one thought that makes INV
chest swell out when / am fyine is
mat am doing something that the
Fathers and heroes of the past did
not and could not do
We passed through several spou
storms. 1t looked to me as though
we were passing above them. We
could see ahead and below us. the
| snowfiakes flying almost horizontal
but we could not see any hit the
plane or pass right by US. Logg said
we Went so fast we could not see
them when they were close. Maybe
he is right. 1 won't dispute it, but I
"hae me .doots."
We passed over Princeton, or, rather.
to on eside of it. The stadium looked
IKE a great drydock and the campus
like part of fairyland. In a few
minutes the waters that we had been
hoVerlng over were covered with
boats. big and little, going here and
there and yonder, and many of them
apparently at anchor. We were pass
The Statue Of Liberty showed
shadowy in the distance as Loee
pointed off to the left. Over Brooklyn
we were 1000 feet high. The sky
. scrapers of New York appeared in the
distance like shadowy giants tower
ing over the small houses below.
Down Like a Great Bird.
We passed over Brooklyn and came
to the farms of Long Island beyond.
! The motor stopped and we began to
reached Hazeihurst Field. We came
down like a great bird circling to
its nesting place. We neared the
earth, SKINNED along it's surface till
touched the ground, bounded up
and then the machine gently set
tied on the ground, ran rapidly
| along it and came to rest in front
of hangar. The 25O-mile trip was
safely completed in two and three
quarters hours, at. an average speed
OF eighty-fiVe miles an hour.
Monday came bright, clear and odd
After hard time cranking the en-
CINE we started back at about .
o'clock. The trip back was not spe-
cially eventful. One spark plug was
missing as We passed over Brooklyn.
although I did not know it. and Logg
thought of turning back. but decided
to go on to Philadelphia There we
found one spark plug out and three
or four loose. In passing over Brook
/ lyn happened to look off to the left
and saw big machine, little high
! er than we, going in the opposite di-
rection. 1t was a beautiful sight, but
! could not enjoy it long, as we were
going away from each other at the
rate of more than two hundred miles
an hour A little further on vie passed
a smaller machine. 1t looked like
a beautiful bird. but was going faster
than any bird I ever saw fly.
Bucked Head Wind.
We were told when we started from
| Hazelhurst that we would have a
headwind. and that it would be pretty
strong at an elevation of 5000 feet
! and stronger as. we went higher. We
found this to be true and 1t held us
, back very considerably. We came in
sight of Washington about $50
o'clock. sailing along at an elevation
| of 5000 feet, the highest of the trip.
| The dome of the Capitol was lighted,
the bright lights of the avenues
| formed triangles and rectangles. and
the semi-circle in front of Union
station shone brightly, while the null
! titude of other lights twinkling in
| the darkness below made a most
| beautiful sight
| When we'll over the city Hogg stop
ped his motor, and there we foated
with our machine quietly resting in