Show r. r ry c r r t t 8 d' d v i. i Astonishing r. r 1 J 1 4 T ft a rf yi t I t i r rI I 1 Irme n 0 n. n 1 f Sri t I J ej j r r 1 r. r i K t r I t r I I N. N 1 1 I Out f I l How flow ow It Feels Ce 3 for or Example e to fo 0 Drop 4 1 I I t. t Y a J r 1 r r y the Sky Into a Fj Frightful Jungle h l' l 1 l IL f C i Teeming With A Alligators and Snakes 1 i t r L a f 4 Q L w. w t ta 1 By v Fra Frank a n G. G Menke I V kV i i i I 1 HE lifting of or the censorship veil ell reveals e exploits exploits ex ex- ll fHE pIoUs of American army array aviators through IS f months of warfare that al the tIle tales of the tho most fanciful writers of fiction The Tho aeronautics division of or the war department department depart depart- ment heretofore secretive concerning tho opera opera- tion Ion Hon oi of the aerial fleet now mal makes public manydeeds many deeds leeds of ur extraordinary and darin daring n The airplanes as a common the earlier the dream of those who have been interested in ill aviation avia avia- lion tion fro fron tron n its infancy Is infancy is now an alt established fact During the later days of or th tho war airplanes airplanes were u used cd in this country to transport soldiers football players trunks guns burls ammunition I an and freight of ot otI very every conceivable kind The Aeroplane as asa a Transport On Sept 7 there was an making epoch perform perform- nee anco by aviators connected connect cd with the Chanut Fieldi Field in i Rantoul l Ill Orders were received on ou tho the morn morn- f tub tig g of that da day that IS enlisted men should be without transferred without a moments moment's delay delay delar to tho the United States School of Military Aeronautics in Champaign Ill The train schedule was such that 1 it t was as impossible for the men to arri arrive o at their destination within 24 4 hours by br using the rail rall route loute And nd so In this emergency the commanding of- of fleer at tho field issued this order Transport the men by br airplane And so airplanes in formation of 3 3 4 and 5 tit I ships m moved from Chanut Field Fiehl to Champaign Ill at t the rate of nearly miles an hour carrying KB sus 8 their passengers 18 enlisted men the men the first time lime In Sn the tho history of America that soldiers under orders or or- flers drs for tor duty duh have been transported by the aerial l' l route ute 7 4 In the days before the United States proceeded to kick the wadding a ding out of the German army aimy a sustained aerial flight of or and miles was cons considered dereda a remarkable feat reat Flights in m one machine machine ma ma- chine of or and 1000 miles were regarded as miraculous performances But the war which forced American arm army aimy officials to put airplanes to jevery possible test wrought a remarkable change Perhaps tho the pioneer in ut remarkable distance flights is Lt John E Davis to the Ellin Ellington Elling- Elling ton on Field FreId of ot Ai AvIators near Houston Tex who travelled ravelled miles in iii a zigzag courso course from the Gulf Julf of at Mexico to tho the Great Lakes and back again encountering hai harrowing rowing experiences on his return re- re turn urn trip A Long ong Distance Thrill The army aviator a left leU Houston at dawn and Arrived at Dallas at night The next day l he lie e prod pro pro- to Memphis rested there over night then flew lew to Indianapolis without stopping slopping tied then to St. St Louis and thou then to Springfield Ill After Arter a night o of t rest in that city he be journeyed to Cincinnati before boore bo- bo fore ore sunset of or the next day dar left leU the Ohio city in inthe the tho he following morning and completed the first leg of or his journey that night by arriving In Mt It Clemens Mich After Arter a night of at rest in the Michigan city Davis darted on his return trip which was without Incident filer Inci dent until he lie arrived over oyer tho the Mississippi l valley And then he enc encountered a terrific rain and wind windstorm storm which for n time threatened his hid machine machino with destruction an and imperilled his life lIre In an nn effort to a avoid old tho the intensity of or the tho storm the army aviator climbed to a point feet in inthe inthe the he air which was somewhat above the storm cen cen- tree re He flew fiew along alonE for a period of or about two hours and ind then approaching darkness decided him to attempt at at- tempt empt a landing as he lie assumed ho he w was ws s near Little LittleRock Rock lock at the time t Hardly had hind I descended into tho the clouds to a point joint about feet teet above the surface than my compass started acting in a a. most peculiar fashIon fash rash lon Ion declared Lt Davis in ill recounting his My ship was buffeted around nn and I completely com com- completely lon lost control I looked at my mj altimeter and It showed me mo that I was falling at a terrific rate late rater r of or s speed My controls were absolute absolutely useless useless- 1 and nd down an and dO down dOll ll I shot through the clouds at atran ran jan almost Inconceivable ablo rate rata of speed in an un un- machine I l At last I broke brolo through tho the clouds on a steep r ose dive o and found myself little more than feet above the surface of or the earth Fortunately I I was able ablo to right tho the machine quickly ly and find get set l it II under control As AsI I moved It forward I began looking for landing space because I oared that the r t train aln would stop my motor and i end me Tile plunging lungIn ito tp to the earth But I discovered that I was ing D over a dense enso forest which seemed to stretch alan along I for a a. great distance I 1 As As carefully as possible I piloted my mj machine up and up and finally arrived at a point where the tho iJ fir Jr currents were smooth and with tho the storm ra rag rag- ing g beneath me For nearly t two Yo hours I flew r t around mostly in circles at a n. slow rate rale of speed stand nd at last when 1 I noticed the storm clouds were disappearing g I started a descent which was made f in iu darkness but which was successful successful Like a story astory from the pen pear of or Ed Edgar r Allan AHan oc is the experience that thai r boe befell two airmen con con- with Carlstrom l Held Field in m Miami Pl Fla fr Photograph the t possible limit flight that N n be made from hero lelo to Fort Foit Meyers we were the th iD Instructions given to Lt Sm Smith of ot tho the photographic detachment at Carlstrom Taking with him hint Serg Sergt t OC OConnor O'Connor 0 whose hose d. d duty u t. t y It of tho thc Ian land as Smith was was was' to take tal snapshots as piloted his machine over 1 it t tl the army arlU officer slat started start stait- t. t that t to b bring rl to both adventures adventures ad ad- o ed on the journey was 0 b ventures such a as only a f few ew me men 11 ever eyer ha have e known and and li cd to describe While flying at an altitude of oC about feet teet a terrific wind storm SPI sprung ung up almost without warning o. o As soon as Die Ue first gusts began to eddy dd y around the machine Sm Smith ith 5 started t te to ascend hoping hoping hop hop- ing to reach an altitude dc of at about fee feet t thus a avoiding voIding tho fury of or the gale But Bu 10 hardly oJ had ho lie reached feet t than an a succession of ot terrible blasts from t the h e sou south tl 1 SL struck hn 1115 machine and made it almost unmanageable We Ve were tossed from one side sido to the theother theother theother other declared Smith in tell telling ins of what happened happened hap hap- after his machine was drawn into tho the storm The machine reeled and staggered under the Impact impact im pact of the storm and twice trice was turned over almost al at- most completely on Its back But through it a all allI l lI I Kept heading south right light into tho the teeth of oC the tho gale sale figuring that such was the better course 1 Then my motor cut out twice and I had to put the plane In a noso nose dive to clear its itself All the while hile hiIe we were shooting down down and ever eyer do down n through the masses of clouds which totally obscured the land Suddenly the ship brol broke e through the clouds rand and there only a few tew hundred feet below us was the Big nil Cypress district of or tho ho Everglades A And Andas d das as far as could seo see there was nothing but swamp lauds desolate awesome awesome horrible I headed for tho the east coast and even een with a disabled disabled dis dis- dis motor it might have hac been possible for us to get clear of or the Everglades E But when we wo were about bout 48 miles east of or Miami and In a line linc due t west est of or the Tampa Miami Trail Canal our gas out Into the Jungle A d the then th the the machine which v was freighted with two iwo human lives Jives settled settler 1 slowly but hut surely tow toward to aid The Thc Land of a a. Thousand Deaths the most mysterious most terrifying and most awful l in ll America the land into which only a few w white bite men ever eier have o adventured and adventured aud lived to toll tell about it As the Iho ship plunged Into tho the swamp swami l land nd it turned over o on its back explained Lt Smith Sergt OConnor O'Connor suffered a a. number of bruises as asand the result of the landing lauding r. r and I was slightly fly y In In- lured But fortunately our gill Injuries did not seriously seri serf ous r handicap us Realising that nothing ng could be e done b by waiting around with tho the machine machine we tailed started walking walI in a northeasterly terly direction i with Miami as our destination The rute territory Into which wo tive lla had plunged cd ry was its appalling Jus sameness gameness was awful Just ono c rv cy press hummock after acter another vat water and md lul k every everywhere fo fog an and d dampness that plat s sent nt a chill rill through tho the bod body and al all 1 around us of ot the most 1 s k kind hind lad rent reptIles moc moccasins and an hu huge hue e black rattlers rafts ra i err errs snakes es Alligators the s lifted litter up their cavernous ca mouths from the tho swampy swamp depths and millions of mosquitoes and outer other insects that nth belong he- he the long to tropics buzzed around aronn us us After hours houis of or wall walking ing wo t cam tu to a t little HUI hummock different from most Inasmuch a ro rocky ky base There hore wo decided ns as i It h ha After Arter Te to fn s Spend P e nd 1 the tho night a 0 long scar search h we c gathered a small pile of or dry wood and together 5 r starter 1 a n Are 1110 iu iii hope lOpO of or driving away the le legions lons of or mosquitoes rife tho that attacked Cd us with increasing ever in Our clothes were soaked th through ferocity sprawling into tho the swamps when following 0 our w wo m ma landing lauding but it was inadvisable to e t take tho them oft and attempt to dry them because of or tho mos mog I i A Night of Terror j Tho The night was one one or oc terror Dawn Dann cam at last and wo we renewed our journey B By Y that time wo we were burning up lP with thirst we as w We e lead had not t dared to drink any of ot the swamp water fearing it was infected with malaria or swamp f fever fer er germs on An And wo tive had no food Tood All AU through l the day clay o n-o tag ered cred along through i swampy Swami laud land that at it times i was nearly waist deep through muck fuel ami n waler c I teeming with reptiles Ever Every Even 1 hour lour d d l our ur thirst and hunger every hour brought r U ht t in o 0 Us g greater sense seas o of weariness every every hour a ag 1 to lo he be be that hour during which wo we must gee soom inch through h sheer exhaustion give up Ip our journey and auto sin sink down in the tho s sucking depths of the Ule swamps of tho Everglades But sour somehow chow we kept wallon-Iu wallon lu o on u anti and on cm Night came caine on again Wo We c searched for another an an- in other dr dry diy hummock but found none So wo s spent pelt the Ole night in the shallowest 5 swamp w atop that vc we could locate one that was filled on only to a cl depth th of two three inches with bla black k or ooze As the illa night ht wore on and d death ath from thirst began ogan to menace Sergt OConnor O'Connor and I laid down us ns in Iii the swami swamp and drank our fill flU of or 1119 black and smelling foul water in ill which we had been standing We Ve had no other choice At daybreak we c resumed our Journey forced on and over ever on by the tho seemingly ban barren en hope ot of emerging from the the- swamp But each of us Knew that lint unless we i reached cached a haven laVen of or safety safely before sunset W we could not iivo 11 through another nig night t In Inthe inthe Jl the I Blades Our doom s Vo We 0 IF I n t 1 1 1 k L I r v t ty y i. i d iI prA pr A ft 1 i r t l a I A Li Y r rY mi r i IL t 4 I 4 f V Va 1 1 y a r Pt N I Y 1 J air r r tH ih Y v 1 ro II r i tt Y r i 11 r 4 f 1 ha tl fr i t v t jT F 1 r sJ ck 5 iv A CIT Pt r tit J S f xin I r 4 2 ty t- t S Z S y r i av t c t. t i a. a x s iJ A ii i p I t t r R t f F r r. J rr rr'S J 1 S ti I Water and muck everywhere 1 and all around us us- reptiles le tiles of the most venomous y r t 4 kind Alligators b tors lifted tt up their heads from the swampy depths seemed to be waging a a. hopeless fight a against death In Jn th swamps of tho the Everglades As tho thc morning mornin wore along both of us grew blew weaker and weal weaker er became shorter frequent tree fre fre- our sill steps and slower Even quent rests did not refresh us Nearly earl throe three days das without food rood suffering from rom our oui bruises in tho tho airplane fall tall and from thousands s of or infected mosquito mos lUOS' quito bites drenched to the skin chilled yet fe fe- erish on the alto verge of or physical collapse that collapse that was our plight And l then tho the miracle was wrought Through tho lie cypress trees wo we saw what to bo be a flag nab n flying lazily over oyer a little hum hunt mock moek l Was It t a mirage a mirage a hallucination Or WaIt was Wa it true Wo Ve headed for it and it and found that our oure e eyes es had hall not trot deceived The Time flag flub was that of or a feature 1919 Email smal camp of Seminole Indiana t the le last of the aborigines By By S1 sign n language o conveyed to 1 i ithe the Seminoles our immediate need of i Y y food and water They fed us and then i r f we managed to make them understand tha we wished lo to reach Miami T They he loaded v us Into inlo nn an au lado boat made of a out ont f cj cypress press tree trunk and propelled by a pole about rY ya fifteen feet long with a shaped V-shaped foot on the tho f G end of it IL a w Poled alon along throe through gh Iho ho bewildering it 1 ion sJon oC of waterways we fie finally reached the Tampa Tampa- Miami canal where we spent the night Th Tho next morning wo we were conveyed convened down tho rho canal In a launch anti and later by automobile to Miami i Q 1 |