Arizona republican., 1919-05-19
HAWKER STARTS
 ON LONG FLIGHT
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enough" Grieve agreed. The plane vas then given a final inspection.
 At 5.55 D. m, HaWker gave the word and the ground crew 'let So.' The little plane jerked forward, moved un- steadily over the uneven ground and with a last lurch took the air"
 Hawker and Grieye are flying over a coufse all their own, figured out last night and this morning, with the one obi#,t in mind of, "hoW to head off the Amerlcans." Early today they hurried 10 the offices of the royal air force metrorologists. Finding conditions inn proeed q little, though not as favorable as they would have demanded had not the kAmericans been well started on theR passage, they went direct to the Moant Pearl plateau, where the Sop with was waiting in the airdrome and began preparations for the flight.
 Hawker followed his announced in tenGon when he dropped the undePear- ria8e of his plane. Some persons thoyght the act was intended as q chal- lense to his rival, Raynnam, and quoled almost the last word or HaWker beige he started:
 Bow about old 'Tihsides? Tell RayRham I'll greet him at Brooklands, Enaand."
 Af the start the sun was only a lit tlo pver two hours beyond the merfd- }anA The fliers had it's aid in naVigat- ing kor four or five hours, as they sped eastward. After that they plunged into darEness over the ocean, with the pros pec@ of starlight and moonlight to Dreh the monotony of sky and sea at nig1a and to serve as navigation guides.
 Earring untoWafd events, the plane shoNd meet the sun again just short of 'nid7Atiantic and race against it's west war1 swing to reach the Irish coast be- ford2darkness falls again. Mackenzie tiriAe declared before the start that the =sopwith would head straight for -rcl End.
 ll8icatiOns tonight were that west erly@ winds would favor the fliers for the First thousand miles of their course Fhca emainder of the way will be tick lshs sailing, and 1t is thought possible tha- Grieve will have 10 "hend'' his couEse somewhat south, ro avoid wind andSveather dangers in the last half o. Inc Eight
 l1E the SopWith plane HaWker and Griete are without landing devices othT than light "skids," which must do 5he work of the undercarriaye Wih@it He utOppeQ dL the SlI1fL. The pos sibiAty of accident to Hawi1er's plane is cansidered great. Unless he drops down gently under the most favorable conditions, with a very short run, ks 7.ill Smash his propeller ana wreck the lttus craft at the conclusion of the tligRf
 lf4he SoDwith is. forced into the sea tbC filters have little hope of rescue Both men are wearing 'watertight' suits- which are designed to keep thep floaHng many hours. but as theil course is outside the lanes Of shipping the chances of their being picked uI are Virtually nil. Hawker's wireless sel will allow him to receive wireless mes- Hages from ships 6 long distance off md the radio calls he will be able to intercept will aid his navigator great iy i'd keeping on his course. But the tending apparatus cannot transmit bver. 250 miles, it is said, and once be- yond the trans-Auantic shipping lanes, is.doubtful whether an sos would be licked up by steamer.
 What was probably the last message o tho Sopwith from shore was a wire ess tonight telling of a fresh atmos- bherie depression developing over Ire and. It was radiographed from St 'ohns upon receipt of meteorological fdviees from the open sea.
 Strong Physical Strain
 Both aviators said before the start