The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-11-22
GOOD WEATHER
PROMISED FOR
MOST OF TRIP
Capt. Giles Makes Nice Take
off and Plane Gains Al
titude Easily
ONLY LIGHTLY DRESSED
Flyer Is Trusting Mostly to
Luck-Has No Radio, Par.
achute or Sextant
ONLY LIGHTLY DRESSED

Mills Field, San Francisco, Nov.
22.- (AP) = Captain Frederick A.
Giles, British flyer, took off at 7:24
a. M. today in q second attempt to
fly to Honolulu on the first leg Of q
projected flight to New Zealand.
The plane splashed water and mud
along the runway getting into the
air.
Profiting by the previous expert
ence, Giles made the ta'-. off with
ease and his plane, weighing more
than 5000 pounds and loaded with
$50 gallons Of gasoline, gained alti-
tude easily.
Field officials said the flyer got
off the runway in 20 seconds. After
clearing the field he struck out over
San Francisco bay at an altitude of
200 feet.
"You Will Hear From Me-
Captain Giles last words were:
"You will hear from me in day
or So"
He borrowed a handful of Gig
arettes and stuffed them into his
pocket just before climbing into the
plane.
The much delayed flight project
got under way once more with fair
weather prospects at the starting
end.
The plane passed Lands End,
westernmost point of San Francisco,
at 1889 a. m. and struck out to sea.
Wears Light Business Suit
Hatless, without goggles or
helmet and dressed in light busi-
ness suit. Captain Giles donned only
a lifebelt as added trapping for the
2.4OO-mile flight. He carried no
radio, no parachute and no sextant,
being unable to use tle-uavigatien
instrument.
Thus equipped, he trusted a good
bit to luck, ability to guess the
amount of his drift and the time
honored method of dead reckoning
to fly over trackless waste of
water.
Captain Giles originally planned
the overseas hop last August when
he entered the Dole flight competi-
tion and essayed to fly from Detroit
to San Francisco, the starting point.
He failed to reach the destination
because Of series of minor mis-
haps.
Several weeks ago he again
headed tow ,rd San Francisco in his
plane, named the Wanda in honor
Of Miss Wanda Hess, of Wyandotte,
Mich, sister of he build r Of the
ship.
That time he came to grief at
Elko, Nevada, when in taking off he
made q ground loop and badly dam
aged the wings.
The plar- was -:ated and sent
home for repairs. After days of
waiting for favorable weather, he
took off last Saturday but was
forced to return because of a heavy
fog 20 miles out.
Weather Fairly Good
For the greater part Of his flight,
Captain Giles would encounter
medium weather." with the winds
mostly north and north east, the
San Francisco weather bureau pre-
dicted. The flyer should not run in
to rains or atmospheric disturbances
until in the vicinity Of the islands,
the weather bureau announced.
It was announced arrangements
had been made with seven ships be-
tween here and Honolulu to give
Giles his bearings by flag signals
in the daylight hours and by flares
at night.
Loaded, his plane was expected to
mike about 80 miles an hour, grad
ually increasing its speed to los
miles m hour M the fuel burden il
lightened. It was figured he would
arrive over Honolulu in about IS
hours, barring difficulties
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