The Winslow mail., 1925-09-22
NOTED FLYER WILL
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was gradual upward slope, the
higher and distant part of which
appeared to be covered with some
blackish material which l though
was lava.
"It was useless to attempt this
route, as the plane would not climb
high enough to get over. The only
thing we could do was to keep fly
ing straight ahead in a westerly di-
rection, following the lower posi-
ton of this high plateau or valley
This course almost parelleled the
black lava masses dimly seen at a
great distance to our left, where we
imagined the high rim or precipice
OF the big valley or basin to be.
we purposely left our course
to follow the low places, but eased
over to our left when opportunity
offered.
"The high plateau was a very
picturesque country. To the right
were the black volcanic lava beds,
with the old extinct, black craters
occasionally seen. The coIoring
was beautiful. The ground was red
and pink. There were small, flat
topped plateaus, with strata Of yell
low, gray, and pink soil running
parallel with the fiat top
after flying for a considerable
distance over this plateau, we de-
fected our course to the left, hop
ing to get over the higher areas.
AS we approached close to the
black mass which we had imagined
was lava bed, we were greatly
surprised that it was an immense
forest of stately trees. l had never
imagined that there was such a
large forest in the United States.
at was impossible for the T-2 to
negotiate the highest point or rim
of this tree-covered slope, although
the plane was flown to approx
mately one or two miles of it's
outer edge. For Is or 80 miles we
flew just above the tops of the
trees parelleling the rim to the
left, hoping for low place that
would permit us to fly through to
the basin or valley on the other
side, which would lead us to Phoe-.
nix.
''We were within a hundred feet
of the tops of the trees, sometimes
even less than this. We knew that
we were not flying the course that
We wished, but it was unavoidable
For almost an hour the T-2 skim
med over the tree tops, their dense
growth occasionally broken by can
yons and rivulets, with the white
CLINT of a waterfall seen from time
to time.
Finally the longed for opening
in the higher ground to the left
appeared. Imagining that our
troubles with elevation were now
at an end, we eagerly flew through,
but instead of the friendly valley,
with green cultivated fields and
farms that we had expected, we
found the country ahead broken up
with canyons. ravines and high,
sharp volcanic mountain ranges.
II was nonplussed. 1t was like
hunting for needle in a haystack
to tell which of these canyons
would lead us to Phoenix, and some
of the mountain ranges were too
high to cross.
Il was afraid that, should we fol-
low one of these canyons with the
enclosing canyons higher than our
path of flight, we would be pock-
eted between the ranges and would
be unable to turn in the small rad
ius and get back and out.
eve decided to fly due west to
the Pacific coast, tending our
course trifle to the south. 1t was
not easy to tell what was west, as
the compass variation at this point
was very great. The T-2 crossed
the less high ranges and partially
followed the ravines in a westerly
until we crossed a barren
range and the desert lay before u.s."