Evening star., 1928-06-19
GREATEST STRAIN FELT
BEFORE TAKE.0FF, IS
MISS EARHART'S VIEW
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/ did not do much. did not handle
the controls once. although have had
more than 500 hours solo flying and
once held the women's altitude record.
When Bill Stultz left the controls to
work the radio. slim" would take them.
We got two messages from ships on
the way: and when / found out what
ships they were. did lot of thinking
and jotted down a lot of notes about
my feelings, which / hope to expand
some day. perhaps.
Leaving the American coast, it was
beautiful weather. The Jagged coast
line beneath us had grandeur one
never forgets: and passing over New
fo,lndland. one could see lots of lakes
where they told me there were good
trout. I hope to fish there some time.
All Serene at First.
Beneath us the water was wonderful
greens and blues. and everything was
serene. though, of course, the first thing
we did was to start looking for the fog.
which We knew would meet us off New
foundland The first hour over the open
sea was the only time We saw it. We
did not even see Ireland. though we
passed right over 1t, but when we knew
we were over southern England we
could not establish any landmarks and
our radio had quit. We do not know
yet how 1t got out of order. but IL was
all right when Bill worked 1t last night
and no good when he tried it this morn
ing.
Last night was gorgeous. The pillows
of fog shot with pink seemed like a
vast sunlit desert and even when night
came there was an interesting color ef-
feet. There was the glow of our ex-
hausts. At times we seemed to be flying
straight into rings OF all the colors of
the rainbow, Once there were three
rings at once.
The air was not very bumpy, and we
had a good following wind. When we
got above the clouds and few very high
the stars had tremendous brilliance.
Once We were 1900 feet up. and it was
pretty cold. Most of the time lay close
to the fusela2e writing In my little box
or talking to Bill or slim"
Reports Received by Radio.
Eysry time Bill came back from the
Radio he would tell me what he had
received. He got call from Cev. and
found out that this was the Chilean
boat named Bet-Chala. 1t gave us Its
bearings. Then we got the position of
the British ship Regent close by. That
was 20:45 Greenwich mean time t4:45
pm. New York daylight saving time
Sunday. and remember that the po-
sition was about 48 north and 80 west
watched the petrol consumption and
noticed that we kept climbing. Our
earth it1ductor compass did not seem to
work so well as our magnetic compass
and the radio went completely QUE:
For food we carried half a dozen
oranges, two vacuum bottles uf coffee.
one sweetened. but without milk. some
water, three hard-boiled egg sandwiches
and spare rations of chocolate. matted
milk, tablets and pemmican.
] ate three oranges and half a dozen
matted milk tablets. I drank nothing
and somehow did not feel hungry. I do
not think I dozed at all. I did not need
coffee to keep me awake.
Did Not Train for Trip.
Although II has been somewhat of a
strain. naturally. am feeling contented
and very fit now that am here. did
not train for the flight because / had
planned to fly quite bit during my va
cation. but had not known till six weeks
before we started that / was going on
such an adventure, One always likes
real adventure on vacation and am
pretty fit physically. do some horse
back riding and last Winter took up
fencing.
The only clothes have brought with
me are these fiving clothes which bor-
rowed from friend in Boston before /
started. lack toilet articles and will
send out TO buy clothes here. We were
cutting down every ounce.
do not know how long ! am going
To stay abroad this time am due back
pretty soon at Denison House from my
vacation. OF course. should like to
browse around London and see all the
old things one reads and dreams about
but perhaps the flight is enough OF a
good dream come true.
Trip Full Of Hardship.
Summing up. the trip thus far has
been full OF hardship because 1t Is not