The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-26
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4 In an instant all Britain was in &C
tion, as had been the little station In
the Hebrides. The Admiralty de-
spatched fast destroyers after the
tiny little Danish rcscuing ship, pro-
saically pursuing its course toward
Horsens, on the Jutland peninsula,
with an important general cargo and
two stray aviators; the Daily Mad
announced consolation prize OF
$4,000, and Mrs. Harry Hnwker Joy.
ously painted a little blacard reading
"Mr. Hawker has been found. He is
on the boat Mary, bound for Den.
mark" 80 that her neighbors, all
friends of the daring and ligh,
hearted pilot. might rejoice with her
II rest Of Britain could do nothing
7erejoice with an enthusiasm rare
in n cAuntry Of normally unmoved
Anglo salons. ,t @,
IfuNehe0 AsVuV Nhotus
sMAgtpS little meagre details Of
the ,A9ypy, II unsuccessful, ending Of
A great venture came flashing through
the air fhsm the lonely Hebrides and
from the destroyers fast overtakine
therslpw, moving little cargo boat car
rS4kgntAe heroes inexorably toward
Denmark.
-Ashhrfhtly thousand nautical
miles Of the 1,760 in the gap Of water
beAAAeeM Newfoundla and ireland
were coYered by HawSer at the siz
cling speed that. only an airplane OF
all mans works can maintain. The
hHdds Of Harry Hawker kept the nose
Of his craft firmly bent toward the
green island he hoped to see rise out
OF The water on the Monday morning
or afternoon after some twenty hours
Of hurting flight. The skill Of Com
mander Grieve, his navigator. KEEP
the pilot informed Of the compass.
course to follow, although somehow
probably by the unexpected strength
Of wind from the south, the avlator'
bore a little more to the north thar
they had originally intended.
In their opinion probably the criti
cal period Of the fiight-the hour
over the chill Of drifting icebergs Of
Newfoundland, with an overburdenet
plane and a laboring. unwarmet
motor, was over when the first warn
ings Of disaster came to the quicl
ear Of Hawker. chief test pilot OF thu
gopwith company and a. man Wit
could tell O motors trouble by I
single discordant note In the grea
roaring symphony Of a powerful
complicated engine. The motor wa
overheating.
Knew 1t Was the End.
Further listening and inspection
always with one hand firmly on tn,
stiek-the slender rod by which TIT
flight of an airplane Is directed ant
the lives Of Its occupants preserved
showed Hswker = that water hat
stopped flowing in the cooling system
Of his engine. No longer did the cool
ing stream pass from the radiator +
castings about the hot cylinders Of tn
engine. and then back, forced by
pump, to be cooled again by the rus
Of air through the many thin tube
of the radiator. This meant the en-
of the flight. for no motor can ru
long when its water cooling fails.
Concerning the awful suspense 4
those minutes after the discovery o
the defect, when from far above tn
two men surveyed the empty ocea
into which they were to plunge, cor
corning their thoughts and actions a,
guided by the sure hand of Hawkel
the downward glide Of the plane In
exorably began. a glide Of Eve fee
horizontally for every foot Of vertics
descent. a glide which, presumabl!
bore them slowly nearer the faintl
seen freighter; concerning the fins
plunge into the waters Of the mort
Atlantic, chilled by the melting Z
the polar bergs; concerning this
agonizlng ninety minutes Of struggl
in the understanding all thes
things--Hawker's message to tn
Daily MdiI said nothing.
To Hawker these things were mel
Incidents in the great adventure; II
real thing was that despite the chol
ing of her water supply the Rolli
Royce motor on which he had stake
his life roared CALAMITY until her rad
Ator choked. That to him was II
big event in the whole trip-the faith
fulness OF a thing of steel. not ii
courage Of two men with an the maliC
Of the Atlantic working against then
Aided BY Lack OF Carriage.
The very daring of Hawker's a
tempt to span the Atlantic within Il
confines of a single day aided him
that last hour OF night. To save Il
wind resistance offered by the whee
and under carriage Of his land m,
chine Hawker had dropped them O
after gaining the air in NewfounC
handicapped them near the cam
Of Raynham as a challenge for h
rival to come and make a race Of It.