The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-06-06
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4 and we will cut the motors of 4
not off ground by then.
we will make Suva @ e. and
Warmers help on radio will be In
valuable. Lyon spent hours with
NAVY yesterday adjusting sextant
and apart frora his stdJl he Is our
humorist.
/ Now to bed at 1920 b. nj.
i June 3. Arose at q. nj. Freak.
i tasted and motored to Barking
sands. Finally inspect runway and
| have flags placed ait each 500 feet
thereon with lowell Smith standing
at $500. foot mark. Warm up mo.
tors. Don't wear heavy flying
suits as anticipate warm day ahead.
All "a, K. for start.
5as a. M.-After very difficult
take.off, handled well BY Sn1ithy,
wheels left ground at 5:22 a.. m.
Take-off distance $40 feet. Revoll-
tions In air at 1925. Aid speed
SIS knots.
$40 Al. M.-Revolutions 500. alti-
tude 100 feet, slowly turning.
5.28 Al. Meet bad off-shore
bumps. Plane difficult to handle
with such heavy load. Altitude $50.
More Bad Bumps
$50 A. M.-On earth inductor
come more bad bumps Smithy and
SELF gleefu1ly shake hands on sue.
cessfrIl take.off
5:37-A. M.Altitude 400 feet. air
speed 7e knots. Climbing but stay
Ing low for fuel economy.
5:45 IA. M.-Altered course to port
is pick up beacon signals earlier
$50 Al. M.--Narner asks for more
altitude that he may let down the
long wave aerial Revolutions now
I1.775. Climbing slowly at 76 knots.
Clouds ahead but think can fly
safely under them,
$50 "A. M.--Warner reports one
generator behaving badly. This Is
worrying Us as radio was such
valuable aid before,
s Al. M.--WeIl, we are really on
the way again now and happy. Alti.
tude 900 and passing under low
clouds. Poor visibility
GIL A. M..-Ricked up radio beacon
signals. This very cheering.
6:f7 a. M.-Our navigator. Humor-
Isl Lyon. sent me message reading:
Australia, the Southern Cross and
Mrs. Lyons son Harry are all saved
as have found my papers" / didn't
know be lost anything. Altitude
625, speed Is knots. On beacon all
q. *.
Course Changed
6:52 Is. Making first rough
check on fuel consumption, believe
better than on Hawaiian hop. Air
speed ZIG knots. Estimated ground
speed 81 knots. Altitude $50. Lyon
just passed up souvenir boomerang
6:55 A. M Lyon changed course
considerably - starhnard; apparently
picked up beacon zone. Sent
message to Warner to raise weather
report, as 1T looks black ahead.
5:01 a. M.--Had scare Saw
what looked like fuel leak In line
behind Smiths head. flew while
Smithy investigated IT proved to
be water formed through condensa.
ton air around cold fuel pipe.
1sOS Al. NJ Warner reports us on
beacon zone. We are lppar
emily making excellent ground speed.
Loud cheers.
7:3O A. M. Humorous. Lyon. "A
periodic compass has snapped out
OF its trance and now functioning
right with earth inductor. AIR
speed rs knots. ground speed 81
AiloAS. <ALl4buuS WV. Livery ulHS
Ok.
Fly Around storms
Sis A. M.-Just finished my first
40 minutes turn at controls of this
hop. Speed and altitude the same
Very cloudy ahead and above looks
like much rain Water wettish
under foot. oil pressures and tenn
perature perfect. Now about TO
attack iarder.
SIT a. M.-Message from Warner
that beacon signals failed at S:15.
This il not so good
1905 "A. M.-Warner reports that
radio receiving equipment com.
pletely out Of commission. This
very worrying, although transmits
sion perfect
11:1O A. Must finished reliev.
ing Smithy one hour at controls.
Altitude 500 feet. Air speed rs
knots, revolutions 1.720. We miss
radio communication badly. Warner
working on same. Wind is fresh
ening up nicely in our favor. but
bad weather ahead
11:40 A. M.--Rain storm imme-
diately ahead. We flying around it.
1l:45 A. M.-Smithy flew around
one rainstorm. ! around another.
Now they seem TO be closing in
all around us, SO Smithy has con.
trolls again. He has just seen a
way through and we may miss
them. Running into these storms
at 500 feet and so heavily loaded
is no joke. Here they are again
all around us. Have opened up
motors and now flying blind and
climbing through heavy rain and
bumps.
1850 A. M.-Blind flying and bad
bumps: not so good. Out of 1t now,
but more ahead. Visibility now only
about $50 feet. Gliding down trying
To get under nearest rainstorm.
II O'CLOCK NOON-Altitude GOO;
much clearer ahead. Please note that
all times herein are Honolulu time,
1890 being IL noon at ship. Lyon
taking meridian altitude. We will
know our latitude position In few
minutes. We are now seven hours
out from Kauai. Smithy has flown
Az hours and self ~ hours Hope
Warner can fix the. receiving radio.
If it can be done.AJif4 will do 1t.
Remove Coats
12:4O p. Nit is mfortably
hot here. Smithv and self have re.
moved coats, Just passing very
large rainstorm: Glad we missed
that one.
12:45 p. M.-Being 1920 ships
tinae9 Lyon reports position Lati.
tude by observation IL degrees At
minutes north. longitude by dead
reckoning 1853 degrees 10 minutes
west, Distance made good $50 nauti
cal miles. Average ground speed so
knots per hour.