Evening star., 1931-06-27
HOIR||S DESCRIBES
BEING LOST AT SEA
Thrill of Not Knowing Where
Land Lay Is Told by
Ocean Pilot.
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NNfOhOAAOC0 EASAil CAob aSS'J
toned in headlines without sufficient
reason. He doesn't care for adver-
tiSement any more than other people,
but he thinks that if he is to be ad-
vertised there must be some founda-
ton for it and 1t was this foundation
he wanted to lay.
Needed to Raise $4,000.
1.-THE first thing to do" Hillig said,
ais to try to raise $4,000. The busi-
ness man who has $4,000 in the bank
without empoying them is fool"
Therefore, Hillig had to make the
sum available and that took several
months On January l the money
was secured and we went to New Castle
to visit the Bellanca factory to order
an airplane. This We did on the same
day.
However, the factory had no airplane
suitable for an Atlantic flight. 1t had
to be made first and the time Of de-
livery was fixed in the contract as
March /.
The airplane was delivered to us in
accordance with the contract and we
started the same day on a trip to
Florida lasting a fortnight, for the pur-
pose of thoroughly testing our machine.
When Hillig returned to his business
at Liberty I undertook still more trial
flights and installed many instruments
necessary for the trip across the
Atlantic.
In the first week of May we could
readily say that the Liberty airplane
was in starting order. The inhabitants
of the town of I'herty, which gave the
name to our machine, had from the
outset no great COZ fldence in our plans:
We were looked upon as sort OF
innocent bluff. Most people didn't be-
lieve in us until they actually saw the
arplane, but then they were enthu-
SiaStic.
Weather Delayed Start.
Both Of us have been met with the
most touching kindness on the part OF
the population of Liberty, especially
Jack Beck and Frank Bridges, who
offered Immediately to precede us across
the Atlantic in order to be on the air
field at KaStrup, Copenhagen, and they
were.
Much time was lost in awaiting ia
vorable weather. Hillig attended to
his business as usual, while I stayed In
New York most of the time. was
there in close touch with the weather
reports. One evening at 1880, tele-
phoned from New York to Hillig. who
had already gone to bed. told him he
was to leave Liberty at o'clock the
nett Field, Brooklyn.
Hillig arrived there a few minutes
after the appointed time, and almost at
the same time landed with the air
plane, which had just been submitted
to the last test. Everything was to
be o. k.
This was to be our red letter day.
We had ordered lot of gasoline which
was to be delivered at the airport, but
Cyxy5y1r fN tnafe foIy 1rVsfxr
early and was removed again.
There were several movie camera men
and they delayed us for over two hours.
Many of our personal friends had also
appeared to take final leave. We had
tried to obtain gasoline, but couldn't
get any, and it was rather a big guam
tity we needed-250 gallons for the first
enough to reach another airport, at
Peterboro, where we took on $50 gall
Ions, and at 3 o'clock in the afternoon
we were ready to start.
Stopped at st. John.
It was too late in the day to enable
us to cover the whole distance to New
foundland and we planned to stop at
ST. John, New Brunswick. took the
birdline to Boston and from there went
across the water to Portland, Me.
We swept by the airdrome at Old
orchard on the coast Curiously enough,
a number of Atlantic flyers, who all met
a sad fate, had started from that place.
including Miss GraySon, the only one
attempting direct flight from America
to Copenhagen.
We reached st. John at dark, after a
six-hour flight, having covered about
500 miles. On the map the airdrome
was shown as lying northeast of the
town. However, we circled around ST.
John for. half an hour without being
able to locate it.
AT last we were forced to descend in
q meadow, where cows were grazing
among small hills, the most unfavorable
place imaginable, but we had no alter
native. People below us were waving
and pointing necessarily. They desired
to show us where the airdrome was, for
1t was clear to everybody that we were
either drunk or looking for a landing
place. Otherwise, there was no sense
In flying in circles.
We were prepared for a rather rough
landing, but all went smoothly. I am
In the habit, in the face of danger, of
squeezing my chum's hand and saying,
Iogether we stand, together we fall"
Thus In this case, our hands met. It
was now quite dark.
Detained by Authorities.
People in automobiles came up and
young man offered to show us the air
drome. 1t wasn't where the map
showed It at all, but to the northwest