The evening world., 1919-05-28
KING DECORATES
BOTH HAWKER AND
GR|EVE AT PALACE
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into the wind and now and again a
big wave dashed over II.
IL had TO laugh" said Hawker,
when one wave, u real big one, came
UP under the top plane. which up TO
that time had been dry and shining.
1T lifted us right out and | saw the
trailing edge OF the top plane break
clean away"
Hawker said they spent their time
discussing how the Mary was han
died and whether she could salve the
machine and It's appliances. All this
time the little boat carried by the
Sopwith machine WAS afoat beside
the plane. dancing about like n cork.
when the ships boat reached the
plane" said Hawker. "she banged
right into the machine and we hopped
on board. The ship slung a rope out
and hauled the boat back and we
climbed aboard the Mary.
I'VE had been waiting so long that
we felt callous to the whole thing. We
had jolly good feeling when we saw
the ship messing about Looking for
ship for two hours and being sea
| sick the whole time wasn't very
merry and bright"
I'VE were rescued at $50 o'clock.
Greenwich hme." said Grieve, 'and
lost everything. We went aboard the
Ma, without caps or boots. All my
log had been washed out of my pocket
except one small page OF rough
notes"
Both were reluctant TO describe
their feelings At the time, but
summed them up as follows:
Grieve-"I didn't feel excited in he
slightest, either at the start or wheI
lrescued."
Hawker--"It seemed very un'
Il eventful affair. When we started W,
felt II was hundred to one chanc,
for us"
THE wireless was not a great sue
cess" said GrieVe. I'VE had a ney
set from England. but a trial righ
with II was impossible, owing to III
danger OF risklng the machine on tn
limited airdrome space. On starting
, we found the spark very feeble an
only small amperage obtainabl'
TO drive II. l sent out messages ever
half hour but never had any reply. M
, chief object was to let them know W
were still in the air.
During the last few hotirs. whe
7 the engine was throttled down, IN
3 speed OF the machine was INSULT
i Client 10 drive the wireless equipmer
= and no spark could be generated. bt
I sent - o s. signals every fiftee
= minutes on an OF chance OF n
l. spark operating,
= by celestial observations, and my pC
/. sition, as worked II out by n
II stars, was virtually correct, l foun'
h when picked up.
Il Up 10 1915 o'clock we steered
. make n true east course, not maj
,e netic east. Al lb.i5 l made out thi
l, We were 400 miles from St John
We then altered our course to mort
m II degrees east true, 20 keep In Il
y track OF ships, which we should ju
> have entered at that time. III
4 clouds were badly broken up al
made sights impossible until abo
le l.S0, when | managed to get the PC
10 star down TO fAt piece OF clol
Or and was surprised to find we We
TO about 100 miles south OF our courf
Al I'VE Immediately altered our cour
a little 10 the northward 20 counte
30 act this drift, but from a furth
De sight obtained half an hour later
ld find we were still settling southwa
sh and, realizing that very Htro
10 northerly gale must have been bio
lis ing, made a decided alteration TO I
no northward and worked the machi
pt up 20 latitude 20 degrees north a
he into the track followed by ships"
dc Hank@sa Ulaun ataFted fFnm
nE Johns Wit. a gasoline supply OF
he Rall0ua Half this amount had N
he used Wben tbs sirplane alighted