Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-02
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.the bright sand Of Solomon Beach
shone up out Of the mist. 1t sure looked
good but when we landed on 1t we did
not even have q chance to gauge the
wind. We just landed straight ahead
This made the landing pretty fast and
the sand turned out to be soft. So
that We were lucky to get away with
out bad ground loop or nose over.
GAtty Gets Hurt.
Next morning we did nose over. The
sand had not dried out and during the
night the ship tipped up while we
were taxing and bent the propeller.
We got a new propeller. however, and
SO that miShap didn't delay us much.
But you know 1t never rains but II
pours. Gatty had the bad luck 10 geI
smacked by the new propeller While
winding 1t up and got painful bruises
on hts ribs and elbows.
Luckily the weather cleared little
for the hazardous journey to Fairbanks
along the Yukon River and over the
Klondike country. When we got 10
Fairbanks the doctor took look at
Gatty'S injuries and bound him up.
Gatty saws that as soon AS the StlnneSS
wears of he will be alright.
Leaving Fairbanks 1t seemed as II the
rain would never stop. We were hardly
of the ground before We started running
into It. AS we came along the side Of
Mount Mckinley the weather began 10
,hicken 80 that we barged upstairs. We
figured that 1t was better to be high
coming along the shelf OF the Canadian
Rockies and, anyhow. the sky was
lighter at higher attitudes, even II 1t
wasn't clear.
AS we came down further and our
load lightened We climbed still higher,
where we got q sight and checked our
position We found that we were pretty
nearly on the course and needed only a
slight change to get us to Edmonton.
AS we slid down hill through the murk
the rain got heavier and SO flooded the
windshield and windows that We had
to poke little pieces Of rags and what
ever we had into all the little creviceS
to keep 1t from Splashing in.
The visibility near the ground was
better than we expected, but when We
looked ut the field at the municipal air.
port at Edmonton We were almost
afraid to try to land OH it. 1t looked
ike q swamp. We slid In over the field,
fisttening cut very low and holding the
plane off 50 that 1t hardly put any
weight on the soft ground and we got
away with the landing alright. But for
an hour or more We expected that we
would have to wait over for the field to
dry.
Didn't Have TO Worry.
We weren't worried. though, because
I the hardest part Of the flight was be-
hind US, our goal was only a compare
lively short jump ahead, and we still
had three days in which to make good
our word that we would be back at
Roosevelt Field in 10 days. That Il
where the hurrying we did on the early
part of the trip stood us in good stead
and relieved our minds of worry.
So when We started yesterday morn
| ing we decided 10 ride our luck and
took OF from a highway which borders
the airport. We got on in q run OF
about 9 half mile, and could have risen
earlier We were overloaded on the
| take-of due 10 q funny little mistake
Of ours. We had ordered gasoline ano
the mechanics filled it with imperial
gallons, which are equal to-5 quarts, III
stead Of using the American measure
ment. u
The run from Edmonton to New York
yesterday was the happiest part OF the
trip. for we were pretty sure then tna'
only the most unusual sort Of mis-
hap could stpN II. ThoeNeAtper Wa