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STORMS OVER SEA
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Frenchmen Confident of Suc
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| Weather Disturbance.
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thought, would be failure of our motor.
It had carried us already from France
to North America and we knew that it
' would not fail us now. We had perfect i
confidence in its stanch heart and that
confidence was justified. The motor
was wonderful. It did all that we had
hoped it wculd.
Weather conditions, on the whole. j
were very favorable—at least the w’inds
were on our side. On the other hand. |
almost the entire route was clouded |
over and we went hour after hour over ,
that watery waste through a thick white i
mist, we could not see what lay ahead,
below or above. It was like floating in
a dream. There was something unreal
about it—unreal and awesome. We j
were two, but we seemed sd all alone.
Vp and Down to Find Clear Way.
Most of the time I was at the con
trols. and there was plenty to keep my .
mind busy. There was no time for
dreaming. Constantly I had to shift
my course to find away out of the haze. I
Sometimes we dropped the plane down
to less than 300 feet from the waves, j
At other times we were up to 2.500 feet
We seldom went above that mark, and
never very much above it.
But we had our reward. Although
my piind was taken up with the details
of navigation and the business of con
trol. with my eyes constantly on the :
instrument panel. I could not help but
feci some satisfaction as wc passed over 1
the first signs qf human habitation. It !
was a great relief after riding the mists. '
First Thrill the Greatest.
Later, as we came down your coast !
and saw below us great centers of pop
ulation —widespread blocks of homes—
some of the thrill was gone. Os course,
it was a great satisfaction, but, after
ail, the battle had been the flight across
the sea. the war with the elements over
the ocean. We had arrived in America,
and now our only thoughts were for
Curtiss Field, our final objective.
When at last we arrived over Long
Island we were tremendously happy.
Os course, when we left we had gone
with the greatest confidence that we
would make it. And when we did we
were greatly moved, not only by accom
plishing the flight, but even more so
by the great reception which was given
me here yesterday evening.
Adequacy of Preparation Stressed.
After all, it was not the flight itself
as much as the preparations that
counted. Any one can get in a plane
and attempt to fly across the Atlantic,
but it is the preparation which de
termines success or failure. We did not
hesitate, to make our decision to try to
leave not later than September 1. be
cause we knew that we had done all
that, any could do for the trip. We had
overlooked nothing.
Meteorological renditions were not
as perfect for the flight as we had been
led to expect. There were extensive
areas of low pressure carrying favor
able winds, but not along the entire
route. The conditions in France were
far from good. There was consider
able fog in the northern part of my
country and we ran into dense banks
of it again in the south of England.
However, w’e had made up opr minds
to leave on September 5, come what
might. We reached this decision on
Sunday.
We met some trouble getting ready
for the flight because there was the
Sunday holiday and not many men
were available.
Finally, we did the best we could
with an emergency crew, hastily mobil
ized, and on Sunday night the plane
was taken from the airdrome of Villa
coublay to the airdrome at Le Bourget.
where it was put in the care of expert
mechanics.
The food we were to carry was con
tained in two small aluminum boxes.
Waited Impatiently for Dawn.
We waited for the dawn with great
Impatience. The fog at that time was
so thick that we could not see farther
than two kilometers. The landscape
was a gray blur and the air was wet j
with the mists. That made us restless. ,
We could not leave and the hours be- 1
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gan to drag. We simply had to wall
for that fog to lift.
With the aid of our friend Viau. the
meteorologist, we made a weather map,
based on telephone reports from every
point on the English Channel, to learn
if there was some little loophole in that
blanket of fog through which we might
~ steal our way. From American sources
|as well as from the French weather
bureaus we knew that except for the
fog near us conditions were uniquely
in favor of a westward flight.
No Opening in the Mists.
We had to find that loophole if- we
were to get the advantage of those con
ditions. We telephoned to Nantes, to
Brest, to Cherbourg, to Havre, to Dieppe,
and even to Calais, but all the doors
were closed and we had to wait. About
10:30. however, there was a slight im
provement. Twenty-four minutes later
we took the chance. We took off in
the face of the mists.
Our struggle with the elements had
i begun. We felt certain that If we
could get out of France we would reach
; New Yfcrk before the following night.
! Sixty square meters of cloth fabric had
I to lift 6,300 kilos, our total weight., and
had to -carry that tremendous load
through valley*, over hills, past all
| kinds of projections and towering
height*.
But we forged ahead, most carefully,
i Our weight was too great .to ascend to
a really safe altitude. Finally, we
i reached the English Channel, just
i north of Rouen. At the same time we
left the dangerous stretch of territory
; behind ad got out of the fog, over
i the water, the air began to clear. Now
! we could fly above the clouds.
We went up to 700 meters, then to
800 meters, but this did not last, for
I long. We encountered a threatening
I storm area, black and menacing, that
barred our way and we were forced to
drop again. It was a game of hide
and seek—the storm's reached for us
and we dodged out of their way—until
we reached the coast of Ireland.
Sky Clearer at Sea.
Here tbe sky was a bit clearer, and
to the north of us. beyond Cape Valen
cia, our speed, in spite of temporary
adverse winds, was more than 200 kilo
; meters an hour. We then saw the At
, lantic rolling under ns. We were leav
ing the Old World behind. We went
on. hour after hour.
A few hundred miles east of the Irteh
Coast we ran into a bank of cirrus
■ clouds, indicative of more storms to
come. Wc were ready for a fight with
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i ocean wind*. The visibility lowered and.
we had to swing further northward
than w« had planned. For a time it
seemed as though we might have to
go to Iceland and go Inland there. That
was not a pleasant prospect.
Again we started playing hide and
seek. I shifted our course to the north,
tnen I shifted it southward. Every
where the clouds marshaled their forces
to block our way. Finally, after in
numerable changes of direction, we
found a clear path. Not only did we
escape the storms for a while, but
found favorable winds, too, to carry us
beyond. This good fortune lasted most
of that day and into the night.
Os the night there is little to be
said. The fog blanketed the ocean
with startling swiftness. We could not
see the water beneath, nor the stars
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• above. Never have I known darkness
so complete. It became monotonous.
Only the song of the motor and the
tedious watch of the instruments. We
yearned for daylight and relief came
to us when we saw it..
We computed our position at 35 de
grees N„ 46 W.. at the coming of the
dawn. This indicated to us how ca
pricious the weather had caused us
to make our path. Our next cojeUi c
was Nova Scotia.
And again we had to search for a |
clear path around new storms. We!
dodged through areas of cloud, seek- :
ing out favorable winds. We did not j
know whether the last of the journey i
would be smooth. We knew that we j
;. must find the best route to Nova Scotia.!
That was one of the danger points. |
i 1 It was then that we b3egan the long 1
dodge of 100 miles to get Into clear
weather, and when at last we had found !
it the merry motor seemed to rejoice.
We tore along the coast at top speed,
certain then that we had conquered
the Atlantic.
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Philadelphia Capitalist Dies.
PHILADELPHIA. September 3 (A”).—
Andrew P. Maloney, Philadelphia capi
talist and one of the best known Cath
olic laymen in America, died at his
Summer home at Spring Lake, N. J..
I yesterday. He was a former treasurer
|of the Catholic Laymen's Retreat
1 League. 1
SECRETARY INFORMS
FRANCE OF LANDING
; Raymond Rousqtiet Keeps Long
♦ Vigil and Cables Arrival
7 of Flyers.
Raymond Bousquet, second secretary
to the French embassy and the only i
official representative of his govern-!
ment in the - Capital, grinned happily !
jast night when informed by newspaper i
men of the safe arrival of the French!
flyers.
The young man had kept a vigil be- !
side the telephone In the embassy since ,
4 o'clock yesterday morning. Waiting i
only for confirmation by the Navy pe- j
partment. he Immediately cabled official
notification to the French Air Ministry
of the landing in New ’York.
Hundreds of telephone calls from
Americans and Frenchmen, bringing In
quiries direct from as Car away as Chi
cage, had addfed to the strain of waiting
for news.
M. BoOsquet was left in charge when 1
j M. Jules Henry, charge d'affaires, and
! Maj. Georges Thenault, assistant mili
i taf.v attache for aeronautics, went to
: New York to welcome Dteudonne Costc :
! and Maurice Bellonte. Ambassador and
i Mme. Claudel are in France. i
!PROMOTIONS FOR FLYERS’
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France Will Raise Coste to Major ,
and Bellont* to Lieutenant,
PARIS. September 3 {JP). — Capt.
’ Dieudonne Coste and Maurice Bcllonta,
I among other rewards, will be promoted
by the French government in the air
j force reserves list for t-heir Paris-New
j York flight.
Like all FYenchmen who have done I
; their military service, they continue on
j the reserve list.
Coste, who now ranks as captain, will ;
soon be promoted to major. Bellonte.
a non-commissioned officer, will be
i made second lieutenant;
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