Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-05
BY EDWARD F. SCHLEE.
Co-Pilot of the Pride of Detroit.

KARACHI, India, September A.
The flight thus far has been quite
satisfactory. We left Newfoundland
August q and arrived at Croydon the
following day. The next stage was
from Croydon to Munich on the 29th,
and Munich to Belgrade on the 30th.
We arrived at Constantinople on
the best part of two days. The
Turkish authorities wired Angora for
permission to allow us to proceed on
the journey. but Angora replied very
leisurely and with instructions that
while on Turkish territory we must
follow the railway line. This order
compelled us to go 200 miles out of
our charted course, representing
further loss of valuable time. To
make matters worse we ran into bad
weather between Constantinople and
Aleppo. A severe storm developed
and we flew 10 miles an hour through
torrential rain and strong head winds.
The journey thence to Bagdad was
much pleasanter, though our landing
was a perilous one, because we ar
rived long after dark and the lights
Of Bagdad City confused us. But
eventually we managed to locate the
airdrome adjoining the air force
depot and landed safely.
Enjoy Dance and Dinner.
There a dinner party and dance
were in progress in the officers mess
and we were induced to attend,
though much against our wills, see
ing the diSreputable condition we
were in after several hours in the
air. However, we enjoyed the expert
ence very much, though dancing and
dinner parties are not quite in our
line.
Leaving Bagdad at sunrise for Ben
dar Abbas, we had to fly very low.
owing to head winds, and
then we felt the terrific heat, which
we had already been told about at
Bagdad. Brock and myself were wet
with sweat and we had just
about enough of it by the time we
reached Bendar Abbas.
Two local officials put us up for the
night at Bendar Abbas and made us
very comfortable. We were dog tired
on arrival and went straight to bed
after substantial meal.
This morning we awoke long before
dawn, feeling greatly refreshed. BY
7:15 we have everything in readiness
for departure, and at 1880 we said
good-by to our hosts and boarded the
for Karachi.
Gas Tank Springs Leak.
Everything went well until nearing
karachi, when our gas tank sprung
n leak for the second time this trip.
Fearing that matters might become
serious and force us to descend, we
flew cautiously it reduced the speed
colse TO the coast, never loosing sight
of land, to be prepared for an
Fortunately we kept on a straight run
into karachi without anything serious
though Brock and 1 were
expecting misfortune at any moment
as our supply of gas was
very low. They say airmen sometimes
get the devils own luck. We certain
ly had it today. The lealxy gas caused
our late arrival early this afternoon
We expected to be in Karachi by noon
However, I am right glad that we have
got here safely and, Brock is, too. We
are still uncertain as to our route
after leaving Calcutta. There is some
trouble with the Japanese government
which may compel an alteration of
our Far Eastern route, but we expect
to get everything settled before we
leave Calcutta in any case.
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