Evening star., 1937-03-21

his charts. He says that when / fly
again he is ready to 60 along.
Only Postponement.
To me this accident is only post
ponement of my flight. I hope to try
1t again and carry out the original
plans. And that would mean a third
flight for me over the part of the
Pacific Ocean between Honolulu and
the mainland. AS to carrying through
with this project have started-some
said to me Il understand your hus-
band is greatly relieved because you
can't go on with the flight
I know better.
Just to put Mr. Putnam's attitude
correctly into the record, here is what
he wired me after learning he still had
a wife to wire to: so long as you and
the boys are OK, the rest doesn't
matter. After all blown tire is lust
one of those things. Whether you want
to call it a day or keep going later is
equally jake with me"
Carried 900 Gallons.
We had 900 gallons OF gasoline on
board That was almost as much as
we carried coming here from Oak
land, although the contemplated dis
tance was 600 miles shorter than the
first leg of the journey. From the re-
ports at hand 1 was doubtful of
weather and wanted to take along
enough fuel to enable us to return
after eight hours, if necessary for
any reason.
However, this load was not, by any
means, the ships limit. Several
times we have taken off comfortably
with greater weight. Indeed, so cas-
lily was the plane moving down the
runway that thought the takeoff ac-
tually over. In 10 seconds more we
would have been off the ground with
our landing gear tucked, and on our
way southwestward. There was not
the slightest indication of anything
abnormal until something happened
on the right side
In retrospect, I am thankful that
the failure occurred here, rather than
in some isolated corner of the world,
far away from help.
I am particularly sorry to have had
any kind of mishap on Luke Field.
The runway is excellent and there
is every facility available for safe
flying. My present wish is to follow
through as soon as the plane and the
engines are reconditioned.
Leaves Cargo" in Hawaii.
This is the first time I have car
ried cargo" on a flight. In this case
some 5000 envelopes on flight cov-
ers' largely the property of collectors.
After querying those interested 1 have
arranged to leave these covers here
in Honolulu. Likely they will be re-
stamped and postmarked. Later, IL
all goes well, hope to pick them up
and continue them on their promised
ride around the globe and back to
Oakland
I want to express my thanks to all
who have been standing by so faith
fully, and at the same time warn
them 1 shall ask their cooperation
again The list is scattered pretty
well over the world. 1t includes Off
GERS and men of the Navy, the Coast
Guard and the Army, Government
officials, radio men, both private and
governmental, mechanics around the
world, distributors of Oil and gasoline
friends at Purdue University who
have been kind to the project, and
many in the aviation industry.
Paul Mantz, who flew here with me
and was to return from Honolulu,
was among the first to reach the ship
as we came to stop. So all four
OF us shall return together, Los An.
geles bound, on the Matson liner Ma
lola, which most conveniently sails
at noon.
The Electra, dismantled, will follow
in few days, probably on transport.
AS soon as the Lockheed engineers
have examined the hospitahzed pa
tent, we will have an idea how long
it will take to mend her broken bones:
and once mended we will try again.