The sun., 1919-07-14
Major scott's story.

breakfast - 80. ,...
Major scott's story.
After breakfast and while enjoying the
beinted luxury of his littlo black Pipe,
smoking not being permitted on tho
airsh.p. Major Scott told tho story OF
TIE return digit.
I'VE estimated We would mako 1t In
from seventy 10 eighty hours" he said.
eve made 4. in ssventy-five When
we left We had strong wind behind
4cs and we coVsFcd tho first 500 miles
In about eight hours. When We c!rcled
over New York We could plainly SEQ
the crowds op Broadway waving to. US
as we passed, but we could not hear
them because of the noise Of tho en-
sines.
South OF Newfoundland we encoun-
tered head winds and our progress from
then on was slower. We travelled at
an average height OF from 5000 to
5000 feet, and found much low clouds
and fogs. Once We saw nothing but
Cog for,twenty-four hours :.
wa struck Ireland at Clifden and
made good progress from there, although
our steering engine broke. down Satur-
day morning. Ave started with 4.soo
gallons Of gasoiene and had 1000 left;
2 1--WE are naturally pleased with the
trip. all OF ilis. I expect Important
changes in TIM size and speed Of future
airships, big ships that will travel 70 to
so miles ain hour and powerful enough
to crawl through anything,N
Col. HeImsIey's Comment.
This has .hsea o great trip" said Col.
w. N. Helmsiey. Jr.. of the United states
Army Air Service as he climbed out OF
the car and shook hands with the Brush
spfficers. I'VE were lost one whole day
because the fog was so thick we could
not get a shot at the sun, moon, stars
or horizon, but We worked out OF It ana
struck the Irish coast. We passed over
the Isle of Man about 8 o'clock this
morning and then, mounting above the
clouds, witnessed a most beautiful sight
Above was the bright moon: below soft
i1eecy clouds touched with all the colors
of the rainbow. and far down below &C.
casionally could be seen the dark, deep
blue of the sea. But We did not have
tine to admire the beauty of the scene.
ave soon passed over Liverpool and
then other cities and towns and here we
are We suffered no hardshfps and no
iHconveniences except that we had no
hot water for shaving. Our eggs were
cooked in the exhaust of the engines and
we had plenty of other food and coffee.
tea and cocoa to drink. No one suf-
fered from air sickness. and while the
sea below was tossed by a forty mile
gale we were moving along in comfort on
an even keel
Irregular airship service between Eu-
rope and America Is bound to come, ana
SOON"
The members of the crew were eager
~ surrounded by friends who were walt
ing at the airdrome. George Graham,
the chief engineer, proudly carried his
AnKy. 20 az H<nE-
tune. The kitten suffered no inconven-
ience during the trip and manifested its
delight on reaching land by jumping on
the backs of it's masters friends,
I'VE were never out of touch with the
world, although We met a lot of fog,
said Lieut. r. D. Durrant. the wireless
| officer. at was hot In New York. cold
in the middle Atlantic and you see what
1t Is here. We signalled two ships, the
Cumberland and one going to Mexico
When they asked us who We were we
said that we were a British airshir
from New York to England. Their wire
less operators expressed surprise. They
had been at sea some time and did not
know about u.s."
what the Log Says.
The log OF the RIA on its eastern trip
as on its voyage westward, was kept by
Brig Gen. Edward F. Maitland. repre-
sentative of the British Air Ministry or
the dirigible.
The log says that after an extremely
good getaway New York looked won
derful at midnight and was a veritablt
fairyland of twinkling lights. The
searchlights at first made. very unsuc'
: .cessful search but finally got US fail
and square" The great electrical signi
of New York. the log says, illustrate tho
great importance OF aerial advertise
ments
At distance Of 1000 feet above New
York the air was disturbed, partly be
cause OF the heat rising from the city
and partly because OF an approaching
cyclone from the Great Lakes. The air
ship was very steady under the circum
stances.
At 4 10 A. NJ, Thursday, the R-3I
headed for her Scottish base at an est
mated speed OF seXenty-four miles al
hour. getting the fumbeneft OF a thirty
five knot wind from the southwest A