Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-19

for flight. How that journey stands out in
every detail! We few very low across Able
Vile to the sea. with horses scampering and
hens Tapping their wings in terror and the
noises of the cities over which we passed quite
audible. When we reached the Channel it was
to become enveloped in fog and mount upward
at great speed. Then the engines made SO
much noise that we packed our ears with
cotton wool and found some ease. took an
unholy delight as the clouds would shift in
seeing the boats in the Channel punging
madly while we flew by without CULVER. But
storm broke and lightning played about us
and we got into air pockets without number,
and on the whole received a full value of
excitement and danger before in two and
half hours from Paris we landed with the grace
of gull in Croydon can laugh every time
I think of a Storm-tossed Engshman and his
daughter who suddenly appeared among us
looking wild and diSheveled and with that
never again look" in his eyes. They had been
very warm in their first crossing and hungry,
too. for the planes then provided no food. So
on the return they took outside seats and had
most delectable lunch all spread when the
storm caught them unaware and their basket
was dashed seward and they came near fol-
lowing it in person.
what I have dubbed my gentlemanly ex-
perience happened in Manila when my husband
and I went of in a hydroplane bound for
Corregidor, the fortified island off the coast
heavenly, the lovely contour of the islands, the
azure sky reflected in the water and the world
all to ourselves. without word of warning
black smoke began to pour about u.s. the air
became intolerably hot and thick with the
blacker and more acrid smoke. We began to
make short turns and every time We banked
we had to cling convulsvely to the sides for
fear of being pitched headlong into the sea.
Our Spirals became smaller and smaller, but
our Army pilot was SO calm, sknlful and alert
that I was confident he could overcome the
tremendous odds against him and he did. We
landed in perfect form although we were black
as chimney sweeps and q bit shaken in our
gait. We learned that although this seaplane
was deemed trustworthy Congress had ap-
propriated such paltry sum for keeping the
insular air transports in good condition that
many accidents had occurred and we had
barely escaped the unpleasant fate of being
cremated in mid-air drowning by jumping
into the water.
MY happiest memory of an air journey was
in that fine F-32. the largest plane ever built
in the United States It will be recalled how
brilliant was her christening and the first fight,
and that in the three days spent in Boiling
Field nearly 1000 passengers were given
delightful trip Washington and into the
surrounding country. The cabin was insulated
and in the most luxurious chairs the passengers
could chat across the aisle. My near neighbors
were air enthusiasts who had brought their
son to celebrate his second birthday in this
novel fashion. I was filled with grief when
read on Thanksgiving morning of the total
wreck of this beautiful and promising plane
and the news depressed me for days"
EDITH NOURSE ROGERS is the Nations
pioneer flying Congresswoman. For six
years past Mrs. Rogers has used plane almost
to the exclusion of other methods of trans
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