Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-07
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monotony Oh tne nlEnt SuoEtly peIOIe Q
II took the controls at $50, and we
dropped notes, five notes all together
to be refueled at 10 o'clock. The con-
sumption OF gas In the morning was
"At 1915 we took on IS gallons OF
gas and gallons Of Oil without trouble
to the refueling plane and with little
effort on our part.
"Then shortly after we creased the
rocker arm. We had 10 grease cups
sliding out to the grease points OF the
motor and connected with the dash
board. All we did was fill the grease
caps at the dash and the whole motor
was fabricated throughout.
"At $3.50 in the morning we carried
five gallons of oil in each oil tank and
we're doing fine. The refueling was done
in rough air and we hoped to DO better
the next time.
"Our ti1roAts had become sore, due to
the broken windshield. There was an
overcast sky and the wind was from the
northwest. We we're flying about SOC
feet shortly after the refueling at l:45
when we took on s. gallons. We GID
not take on the bag with the food.
1.-THE motor began 70 run little rough
that Saturday noon but we creased the
rocker arm and the motor sn1ootl1ed out
again. The afternoon seemed to drag
on and Newcomb took the controls
at 8 pm.
saturday at 2 pm. we had some
sandwiches and coffee and then felt
very much better. We refueled twice
and had both gas and oil tanks filled.
Both were in good spirits with the motor
running perfectly.
Fly Into Shower.
after o'clock, the weather reports
predicted a light rain and possible
thundershowers, but the showers passed
by to the northwest. Then it started
raining about 10 pm. but the Visibility
ives fat".
Sunday nnnrning at 1880 New-ort
relieved me az the controls. / was the
first to go to sleep when Newcomb took
up the grind and kept on in deep
slumber until 4:30 am, when I crawled
out and took the controls from New.
comb.
I'm the dawn saw a few clouds, but
the weather was very favorable. Soon
we dropped note to be refueled. We
had lots of gas, but wanted to be sure
Around s Bash few alongside and
signaled that all the competition had
'downed' ~
eve were tickled to heart. We should
not have been, we know, but 1t was
such grand and glorious feeling that
we had the race all to ourselves. It had
been a race up to that time, you know.
"Newcomb remarked that he would
cry If anything happened to US.
1.-THE morning slipped by nicely, but
II took lot Of hedge hopping to break
the monotony. Hedge hopping means
getting some thrills by dipping over
the tops of trees. 3.
"About z Sunday morning there was
and indication of ground fog rolling
In off the lake. The weather was good
otherwise. Newcomb, who had been
sleeping like brick, took the controls
1--WE had some more coffee and sand
witches. Both of us were hearing well
The weather was turning rough near
the ground. The motor was running
perfect and we creased the rocker arms
again and changed oil at IL am. Il
1.-THE windshield at noon was begin
ming to fog with the oil thrown back
The befogged shield made It tough to
see to refuel; 1t worried us for o time,
1t might bring.
Tried to Clean Shield.
"The top windshield, through which
we had to watch the refueling ship, was
smeared terribly. We tied a clean rag
on stick and tried to clean off the
windshield from the side window, but
the cloth did no good at all.
Shortly after lot of visitors (peo-
pie in other planes) came SO close we
were worried, but we did not try to
shoe them off. About 3 IN the after
noon the air was too rough to refuel.
1--WE took two small cords and tied
them around my right arm. Newcomb
held the loose strings in his hand. One
hard pull meant to go down fast, Two
easy pulls was to 60 down easy. Two
hard pulls was to go up fast.
"At 8 p.Ya. we took on q bag OF food.
There was light rain and fog cover
ing earth below us. Our new rigged-up
signals had worked perfectly.
I'VE new between 200 and 500 feet
until 4 am. Tuesday. Tuesday. circling
the airport, the weather was pretty
hard to see through
windshields. I woke Newcomb up and
showed him the weather.
1--WE had sandwiches and coffee and
then. went to sleep. Newconnb woke
me again at 5 ana asked me TO look
up the weather reports. It was getting
worse all the time.
"The fog was closing In al the time
and we had to drop down to 100 feet.
1.-THE weather got so bad that we
dropped o note asking for a forecast.
The ground crew painted on the
hangar roof. Weather improving but
it kept getting worse.
eve circled the airport, trying to
keep within the flight boundaries all
the time. In the meantime, the clouds
were lowering and the fog was shooting
In of the lake. AZ we dropped an.
other note, asking that the refueling
snip be kept warmed up at all times
so that we could load up.
] 1--WE also asked Bash to walk out
In front Of the hangar If the weather
was going to lift. He painted q sign
on the roof, telling us that we could
look for better weather in two hours.
But the fog kept lowering, and we had
to fiy between SO and rs feet OF the
ground. They turned the beacon and
boundary lights on to guide us.
Couldn't See 100 Yards.
"s am-The fog down TO rs feet
Gould not zee o hundred yards Aheao
Of us. we kept close circle inside
tne airport 20 prevent hitting any