The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-05-16
Of Air Currents Usually
Easterly, While Route Columbus
Chose Was Swept by Westerly
Winds
WEATHER BUREAU AIDING
IN TRANSATLANTIC TRIP
friendly Cooperation Also Exists
With Weather Service Of Can.
ada, Great Britain and Other
Nations

Washington. May i6.-Whcn Colum-
lus and hls three caravcls sailed west
lard on the nrst trans Atlantic yOy
BE. tho great ~discoycrcr fornd that
keeping 10 the southwark he w.tH
tvOrcd - winds hat bore him away
rom the ola World and toward the
indies
Now that Columbuscs Of the United
tater navy are preparing 10 U
Pc Atlantic IN the INST journey hy
irplnne-ln thrcc big soaplnncs-
Ihcy find that tho winds that waited
olumbus ARE aull blowing westward.
baking u im-practicable In the present
liEo OF aircraft development 20 fol
DIV the s%puthorly route from Amer
To- Europe. ven if the great diH
nnCo we're not prohihiuNo but they
nd hat farther north, In The latitude
New Foundland and Ireland. tho
REVEALING direction OF tho Wind ts
ON west to EAST. ana that under
bod wind conditions they may cot
nrce hours or more from tho uutu
would be required 10 travel from
rcN foundiand to ireland at tirplaue
pccd In Etli air The same thing
Nipples IN an uirplanc journey from
Pew foundland 20 Portugal b. way
the Azores
wind b. th. ono element Of pum.
nount Importance a. "a successful
ans Atlantic tight according 90
Professor charles D. Marvin, chief OF
no weather bureau. United States
department. Of agriculture The wonth-
? bureau, by direction Of the HcCrc-
ary OF agriculture ana 1T the request
n the secretary OF natl. h aiding the
|nNy in ever possible way 10 mako
|ho inst o-NCr-oCCan pluurney n sue
sE A friendly cooperation alan cN-
sts with The meteorological services
If Canada and Gruat Hritaln ana aNia-
on 81 other nations preparing to
nnke his flight
Igctrpri, i'r,m isurpr and Osan
N part Of ita work the weather
bureau is uainr its dails reports from
IN To- stations boo the continental Int
lsi states 90 give indications NJ the
inuHt favorable duN for the long mEht
10 begin 90 has arranged To- receive
sgirplrHH and cable rypnrtH from uh.
b. rNiuW stations ON the west coast OF
urupr ron Spitzhcrgtu and Iceland
n he north 10 the AkurvH in the south
hnd other repoits are 10 come hN wire.
teaa ffum naval vessels. ranging M
lass from b%Httloshlps 90 submarine
/ hasrrs. posted ON the bosom OF The
|Atlanuc Al the-c reports arc 10 Dee
compared. ,hnrtrd and summarized On
Washington hy the official forocaAtsr.
iu this tas-s will boz Major D. ~
liuWie. WHO was on dutN aH ~fnrccistci
hnr the american cNpcdiuouaN forros
d. France during the It's fore
usfH and detailed adNitDs gunccfutn-
|fho meteorological condition viii %,
Transmitted IN willis a. Gregg n hu'
Iirnu mctcOroloEist Who has studied
r%NtenaiNo ly the relation or weather
Conditions 10 trans Atlantic uirpitn'
flights. and who has gone TO NcN
|Toundland. whore tho American
|plhucs are to take M" AIR for over.
soaA after 0ying from Sow YORK an'
De iH nov receiving summaries n|
dali, conditions Mr. GrogE acts Hi
line point Of contact between M
weather bureau aud the naval AVA.
tofr ic is equipped to tell Thorn mo-
oniN when no storm b. approaching
but to Indicate the successive dire,
tinnH toward which an airpltnc shout,
Do headed 20 kccp to t desired rours
and ALSO tn calculate the assistance
that Will BE- furnished hy the winds