Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-17
PER|LS Of FLIGHT
PAINTED BY BROWN
Sir Arthur Tells Vividly Of 3ooo-
Foot Blind Dive Crossing
Atlantic
BIG BOMBER ICE-C0ATED

At night, in mid Atlantic. h'NluF
through fog in Ii furious spin from an
altitude of $500 feet to within Fifty feet
Of an ocean floor that seemed to stand
on end. Lieutenant Sir Arthur WhtteW
Brown experienced the great thrill ot
his flight by airplauc from Ncwfound-
land TO Ireland.
The daring aviator, ono OF the only
two men who have ever enjoyed the sen
sation Of standing on the continents
of Europe and America in the same day,
!. told the story Of his history making ex- /.
ploit to large audience last evening
at the Academy of Music.
He came TO Philadelphia under the
Joint auspices Of the Aero Club OF
PENNSYLVANIA and the Engineers Club
of Philadelphia.
His story of the perlcus moments
during n sudden descent into & deep
fog bank, made without second
warning. was the most graphic bit o'
word painting of Il lecture which was
notable for it's modest, yet thrilling, dc
scription Of the pioneer trip across the
Atlantic. This trip won for the young
British officer share in the North
cliffc $50 900 prize and knighthood
at the hands of the King OF England.
Hearings from Stars
He told how Il glimpse of Vega and
the Pole star. gained after long hying
inside what he described as SAND
wich Of clouds" had given him no
tion of the great bombing pane pos.
non, Gut le', hiin h; ,rso ;" uoh~, hoconse there
ne ,n,su. W W. ,;,,ht H. ~ ,hn nrenn,s sur
nau peen no n s,s'u M W .or of calculating
iace' anu hrntt nv w.. .dr;r,
the spccd OF the pane u.,l'' r. uo
~ poi;HtIl" i;t,l" NJ n hcight Of between
uS'S ,nSn ond 1000 foot drifting down.
1000 ana oo"u lp't' u.,,e uala,,dte WIZ
hopius " u'op ,,,orn;n, uc van Sian
ou. an a. 'u". t,nrL,et Of cloud ot $500
snto s''"'
iee..;I ..I, 10 j. ncculiar thing about fog
:. ni,ot from knowing
.na. r;a ,,,ono Is IN nm even keel,
Mm"Imn, hnoanSn ,hnrc @ is no horizon he can sec.
M nuoo ,o w.. -; thot bo y,;lI bonk without
, That is what happcucd
Nv Thc oltimetcr showed that we
W vs. d"r.n Wc hegan to turn.
weIe so,nS Iow", foStnr We Watched the
Iaste, as, a"d dosnond to 400 feet At 200
sae. o''v' ,r.o came ont Of tho clouds. and
aas. ,,, .So H oconn beneath us. 1t looked as
sem ."e '' -" ,'d ;. !, y.oe thc nlanc that
-, ~. wv wv o,,rn We wore only fifty feet
49, 49,, VI Tho wo,o. and could see and
,,oo l,w,' ,hn,, hcnoath ns when the plane
,,'ns snfolr rigbtcd opnip. Then, when
mas tod od rconrorrd our presence of mind
sSe;n;ertly 10 notice it, we found that
10 ,ycrc hca,led back toward Newfcund- -
land ;,
Warmed pS Eiec"""!
The aviators climpeu .uen srnuuaS ,att, ;.
70 ~ WV p,,., ,ee., nnd his ,iIot Cantaiil
so,d, au' inooT tont tbemselycs warm
or aonu n'' thn elcctricol heating
" sM M''en,Ihe 0;.he ',.h;cb thoir heavy suits
~ .M.ive ,,;nnod m go
They could see faint glow whic.mm
they knew was .ne SUI. s, oLr oorning tbrir
barred inc a!.a.o's Thoir 1TU1i %;ont nIonc
correct DearlhSsi .tnir ,S.,nnh;,e was
Was coated WIN l't 'ra ,nuo af frnzon all :
dimcnl. TO lh"Hrse o,L"m I.n',,oI oao;n until
4 eren hinges. iheS Ir9pP'H 9nP faot ae"'n ''''
the aitimeter shoWeu NV iett rn .,o, .
They were in m2meneary ,ear oo anut thoS
chanse IN paio'l,ut,u ,,,iaI, tbrou +
adjusted tnc,r h HI'inii,.y, ge m,s"t ther n,iobt
otodi~ un 10 a,'e find Themselves in the
80, Iucl,;Iv this wns not so and
tLor ,ot n sight of ocean that gave
them their drift, showing they were be
Suddenly Alcock grabbed my arm
and pointed, said Sir Arthur 1--WE
We're about 2oo feet above the ocean.
we cculu ]uSt sec VIZ 9u.nn' hothop u, imu
iit'le 's.anuS' Is at uu" lod,os Hmom h,t ,vs
forgot an nbo,,+ irving TO regain our
course aIl about navigation all about
So, s;.bts and star sights In the dis
tan,a M'e could 500 tSe wireless masts
h.1 w,
OF onfton ana the to"n oeson'' wv
had been flying little over sixteer
~ hours. We knew we mad ten hourS
Iuel lell' We tiiousnl W. ,1 MJ"'t a. :, -
doWn untlI INC Wc"'her c''areu' tnei
ny on 10 LONDON
His Nose "A Buffer
j.. y,,,,. ,>i,l.od out q n;co ,roop .,ot
>. ,anJ Jo;n ;r w w.a, far bct,er fbon INV
~ ~, aahu ~ " q" Ia ,r,i ,'d;,n ,looo in Nov,
INN" nins we pau w. W. "nmt an"1 Io"u v nevc,
Od0 n"",,,''anu sa sr,ooth Iand;nrN,thero Ia wash,
f ouo ''"ho,r,o no tbon ali nf sudden tber,
~ oountu eooI;nm nf sinl;ns The machin,
haJ s,n,, iJe''ms ip II tbo '' hog and dug in if,
~, aloonl bad lie foot hroced
used nv nose for a buffer,''.
M .oa. sioh+ ,roo o,or Tho mill
ny go go ISL ,,t 't r,o, i, rosnnns