The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-06-01
Hawaii Flight Log
(By The Associated Press)

(By The Associated Press)
The log Of the monoplane South
ern Cross on it's 24O0 mile flight to
Hawaii, the first hop of the 77S8
mile journey to Australia, Pacific
standard time) follows:
THURSDAY
1851 a. m.-Southern Cross, with
crew of four, weighing seven tons
and carrying 1900 gallons of gaso-
line, hoped off from Oakland air.
port for Australia via Hawaii.
$3.50 a. m.-Generatcr trouble re-
ported. :.
1920 a. m.-"Altitude 200 feet;
everything o. X"
1857 a. m.-Southern Cross asked
for test signals T. locate radio
beacon to guide plane.
1900 noon.-"24O miles south
west of San Francisco lightship, 60
ing good"
1:2O p. m.--"Wc are going fine,
speed Is miles," said message from
Captain Charles Kingsferd-Smith,
flight commander.
LAS p. m.-So them Cross adj
oed that steamer Wilhelmina was
about $50 miles southwest; vessel
being 600 miles southwest Of San
Francisco.
2:45 p. m.-Monoplane asked S S
Wilhelmina for More definit. bear
ings.
$3.50 p. m.-"Doing fine; six hours
out. Altitude 1900 feet. Half ton
lighter and making better speed"
4:15 p. m.-"Everything o. K.
Visibility pretty good; altitude 1000
feet. 6:58 p. m.-Latitude 33 north,
longitude 135 west; speed 70 knots.
Going strong, altitude 1900 feet, sea
smooth" Distance about $50 miles.
1880 p. m.-"Trying to take din
ner; dark now"
p. IMPLYING over clouds"
Out $50 miles from San Francisco.
$3.50 p. n..--"Sun is in the west,
down behind hanks Of rolling
clouds"
9p. m.-"Just twelve hours after
leaving field at Oakland, the western
sky is still gray, illuminated by the
sun. The clouds are drifting. Al
titude $500 feet"
9:2O p. Unsteady flame is
flowing out of the exhaust pipe mo-
tors are doing their duly loyalty"
1906 p. m.-"Hit air pocket
said message from Southern Cross
up by Mackay Radio company.
Message said monoplaEe had struck
a downward current and LIST alti-
tude.
1925 p. m.-Mackay radio heard
Southern Cross radio set, which was
running idle, indicating plane had
recovered after downward plunge.
HOO p. m.-Mackay radio report
ed Southern Cross position approx
mately 100 miles off California
coast.
1880 p. m. 7outhern Cross radio
again "came in" but no messages
were broadcast.
FRIDAY
1905 a. .n.-Associated Press
radio sataion 6KW reported hearing
Southern Cross radio, but generator
trouble apparently prevented mes
sages being Sent.
1910 a. m.-"Everything O. K"
Southern Cross approximately 1900
miles off California coast.
1882 a. m.-"An we'll; three mo-
tors still splitting fire. Now 1871
hours in air. ship heaving a bit, but
blowing right along"
300 q. m.-Steamer Maliko re-
ported Southern Cross passed over
head about 1450 miles from Cali
fornia coast.
$500 a. m.-"Flew over steam
ships Maliko and Maoa. Everything
o. K. 700 miles to -"
4:31 q. m.-Lieut Lyon, naviga-
tor, messaged the Associated Press
radio station, San Francisco: "All
o. X. 4:30 .. m. Pacific time) 500
miles to GO"
5:12 .. m.-"All well. Still shoot
ing on all three" said message re-
ceived by Radio Corporation Of
America.
8 .. m.-"Southern Cross $50
miles from Honolulu, speed q
knots" Said message received in
San Francisco by the Associated
Press Radio Station 6KW.
6:35 .. m. (9:O5 q. m. Pac. time)
land no. southern cross sights land
apd flashes news IN messaeel
picked up BY mutual wireless com.
pany.