Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1921-01-11
THRILLING FLIGHT
IN BALLOON IN 1910
Airmcn Plotting America II Had
Experience as Narrowing as
Later Rivals.


n, A..ortted Press to Evcry Evening.
Now York. Jan. ll.--Aviation's thrill
IN. history. filed with adventurous jour
nrys in balloon and airplanes, already con-
ans A story paralleling the one created
bx the flight into the frozen businesses OF
rortharn Canada which has focused the
nsws-hungry readers OF the world on the
thre, American lieutcnants who recently
completed #.
In 1910 two New York airmen, Alan Il.
Uswlev and Augustus Post, were, lost
among the untrodden wilderness OF lana
ia for seven days after travelling nearly
200 miles through the ar from ot' LOUIS
m the balloon America IL.
They foated northeastward LOT .Wo
davs AID two nights, crossing over tile
Graat Lakes and beyond the outpos's o.
which are few nd tar between IN tils l.oi IL
land. Dcspsiring OF finding suiI'ipie
landing place, they brought theii eas pae
'I',r,, - d'rsc trees, ending trip that
,,o., Tho Cordo.A- Bennett trophy ana set
a nfw record for distance, and beginning
+. tramtfovcr unknown land that dwaried
In public interest their thrilling experiences
in the cir. ..
Fxtrieatinr themselves from the limbs
20 trees entangled In their basket, Post
and Hawley tramped along stream ana
later around the hem of lake, as the
woods were impenetrablc and trackIesse
For four DAYS and four nights they pushed:
soutbuard through snOwstorms, ram and
s.abhinq cold winds and with little to eat,
UaUIev wrenchcd his knee and the PAIR
stopped 20 rest at the inst restfu place
they found-an old cave.
There hey prayed, exchanged conn
deuces 20 be carried back by whichever
one lived II either failed to get back home,
and then took fresh start The next day
they came upon q shovel, the hrst sign
az civilization they had encounted, ana
few yards further tent.
They spent the night IN this tent and
the next morning going down to the SIDE OF
i lake they pierced the air with wells OF
erecting. From across the water came
reply. and the two trapperS ~ canoe.
The trappers took the airmen down
river IN canoes for two days until they
reached Chioutime. a settlement, from
where they communicated with the world
they had left. and began their trip back
10 New York They had left II. Louis
October IL and the first word came nom
them October -.
A balloon t-lp that ended above the
Nnrth sea. Was made by Captain Won
Srbseok dur,n. tie 1909 Gordon Bennett
nee which >t..rtrsi from Berlin A passing
sseamer Sp,ed tie guide rope splashing
,hro,,-b. tLc water. and lowed the balloon
hack 10 the coast of Norway with the
.rope secured to the stern Of the ship and
the balloon floating overhead
Being lost TO the world was not . new,
,,,-,,ev,s,,,,e ~ Lieutenant Walter Hinton
me- "a tbe three Eeutcnants who recently
,,lo4cd the A-55QS from Rockaway Air
seton ,nto canada. He was a pilot on the
No 4. the famous naval seaplane which
made the first transatlantic AR voyage,
ed u-as ~ tic cockpit Of that plane when
!, 49, l,st o,lt in the Gulf Of Mexico in
December 1919.
on that occasion the NC4 left Calves
Ton Tex. early in the morning on sn
intended nonstop flight 10 Mobile, Ala.
Throughout the day and the night and