The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-03-10
BALLOON TRAVEL
IN PAST YEARS.
Recent Trip to Hudson
Bay Paralleled by 9th
er Adventures
THEY LANDED IN TREES
Lost in Wilderness for Seven
Days Beyond the Outposts
of Civilization

NEW YORK, March 9.-Avia-
,.u's thrilling history, filled with
,dycn'urous Journeys in balloon and
.upl3nr. already contains a story
r4..IIcl.ug the one created by the
rIeht into the frozen Businesses Of
,or,heru Canada which has focused
,r. uoWs-hungry readers of the
,,,rid ON the three American lieu
tenants who recently completed Il,
In 1910 two New York airmcn.
Allan r Hawley and Augustus Post,
,..re los. among the untroddon will
dsrncss Of Canada for seven davs,
.INcr travelling nearly 1900 miles
\tbr1urh the air from st. Louis In
ytbo balloon America II.
They floated northeastward for
two days and two nights. crossing
over the Great Lakes and beyond
the outposts OF which are few and
far between In the northland De-
.pg.fiug Of finding a suita hlc landing
plarc they brought their gas bag
down into dense trees. ending n trip
that won the Gordon Bennett trophy
and set new record FOR distances.
and beginning tramp over un-
known land that dwarfed in public
interest their thrilling experiences in
the air.
ENtricating themselves from tho
limbs Of trees cntangled in their bas-
ket Post and Hawley tramped along
a stream and later around tho hem
~ lake, as the woods were i'm
pcnctrablo and trackless. For four
DAYS and four nights they pushed
,southward. through snowstorms,
Arain and stahbing cold winds. and
with little TO eat. Hawley wrenched
his knec and the pair stopped TO rest
az the first restful place they found
An old cave.
There thev praved exchanged con-
fidcnccs TO he carried back by which
ever one lived II either failed to get
back home. and then took "A fresh
start The next day they came upon
a shoyel-the first sign OF civiliza-
ton they had encountered-and
few yards further a tent.
They spent the night in the tent
and the next morning. going down
10 tho side of lake. they pierced
the air with yells Of greeting. From
across the water came a reply and
then the two trappers in n canoe.
The trappers took the airmen down
they reached Chioutime, a settle
ment. from where they commune
Gated with the world they had left,
and began their trip back to New
York. They had left ST. Louis Octo-
ber II and the first word came from
them on October 26.
A balloon trip that ended above
the North sea was made by Captain
Won Schaeck during the 1909 Cor
don Bennett race, which started
from Berlin. A passing steamer
spied the guide rope splashing
through the water and towed the
balloon back to the coast Of Nor
way with the rope secured to the
stern of the ship and the balloon
floating overhead.
Being lost to the world was not Il
new experience to Lieutenant Walter
Hinton, one OF the three lieutenants
who recently piloted the Asses
''H.:: .:5S"a~ay air station into Can-
ada. lie was pilot on the NC-4,
me famous naval scaplane which
made the first Transatlantic air voy-
age, and was in the cockpit OF that
pane when 1t was lost out in the
Gult OF Mexico in December. 1919.
On that occasion the NC-4 left
halVeston, Texas. early in the morn
ing on an intended nonstop flight
70 Mobile, Ala. Throughout the day
ana the night and part of the fol-
owing day the famous seaplane was
lhheard from. The government was
aaking arrange monts to send an
4 Emada Of seaplanes and boats into
ne guli to look for the missing craft
"hen radio message from IL was
picked up in New Orleans.
The NC-4 reported Il had been
iorced to come down by low hang
ing clouds on the southeastern coast
W Louisiana. When on the water
we wireless on the plane was not
poWertul enough to carry many
ulHes and communication was i'm
possible until the craft took to the
q" again the following afternoon.