| Show Log Reveals Thrills on Long Flight I yBy y- y By the Associated Press Second leg of Ca California Australia night lIght SUNDAY a. a m. m a. a am a.m. m. m Pacific coast time Took time Took off from Barking Sands Island of ot Kuai Hawaii for Suva Soya in Fiji islands a distance of miles a. a m. m a. a m. m Pacific coast time time Receiving Receiving radio beacon O. O K a a. a m. m a. a hi tn Pacific coast time A Average speed good eighty- eighty two miles an hour Altitude feet Our generator not delivering current cun Will investigate later 8 a a. a m. m 1030 a. a m. m Pacific coast time time 1845 north latitude west Elevation feet Speed eighty knots Slightly overcast 9 a a. a m. m 11 11 30 a a. a m cC coast sV st time time Latitude LaUt Latitude ae 1717 1117 north longitude longi long tude west ivest Speed ninety knots Wind about ten knots on on n pur taU tall Position about 3 10 miles mileson on course TO FIX GENERATOR 10 a. a m. m 1230 p. p m. m Pacific coast time Latitude time Latitude 16 north longitude west Altitude Speed peed eighty-eight eighty miles Going to fix fb generator trouble now Position about miles on course 11 a. a m. m 1 30 p. p m. m Pacific coast time time Latitude Latitude 1445 north longitude longitude longitude longi longi- tude west Altitude feet Position estimated miles from Kauai 12 noon p. p m. m Pacific coast time time Latitude Latitude by observation 1247 north longitude Running Run Running Run Run- tun- tun ning time seven hours distance average speed ninety Sea smooth Partly cloudy occasional squalls wind approximately fifteen miles east by north Ship behaving good Motors doing well 1 p. p m. m Pacific coast time 1130 north latitude and longitude longitude longi long tude west Speed eighty knots Same conditions Plane was estimated to be approximately miles from front 2 p. p m. m p. p pm p.m. m. m Pacific coast time Position Position 1010 north west Same conditions ONE MOTOR BAD p. p m. m Pacific coast time One time One motor sounds bad Dropped to sixty miles per hour p. p m m. Pacific coast time Naval time Naval radio station at San an Francisco received through naval station on Oahu this message from the Southern Cross Latitude 9 north longitude west Motors not so steady y but no Speed at present eighty knots with variations variations vari van and unsteady flying Wind northwest about seven miles Visibility Visibility Visibility slightly hazy The plane ulane was I Continued on page 4 I THE l 1 T r THE SAl SAI Log Reveals Reals Thrills on Long Flight 1 y Continued from page 1 estimated to be miles from p. p m. m p. p m. m Pacific coast time time Have been flying low allday all allday allday day to Insure gasoline economy econom Have encountered many ninny small rain rain- the time starboard sLot ins and and recently right motor started fluttering Altitude reeL feet Speed seventy seventy- two Iwo Knots Quartering winds helpIng help- help Ing ng us Revolutions more moro economical cal than on Hawaiian hop Regards to Lo all 5 p. p m. m p. p m. m Pacific coast time tinie Position Position by observation north tim latitude longitude do 3 Everything O. O K K 90 JO KNOTS AVERAGE SPEED 6 p. p m. m p. p m. m Pacific coast irne time Have made good 1225 knots giving average of over ninety knots per hour Altitude 2500 feet now Lots better up here and mud much cooler p p p. m. m p. p pm p.m. m m. Pacific coast Black time Black clouds ahead head 45 p. p m. m p. p m. m Pacific coast Theres ime time Theres our friend the tile moon peeping over ver a bank of clouds Altitude Altitude Alti Alt tude tide now feet but still clouds aboe us and all around us 7 p. p m. m p. p m. m Pacific coast Dodging Ime Dodging about and climb climb- climbIng Ing ng to avoid the storm 8 S p. p m. m 1030 p. p m. m Pacific coast Naval time time Naval radio received message message mes mes- sage ago placing position of ot Southern Cross Jross ross approximately 1370 miles from rom ram Kauai p. p n. n m. m rn 1115 p. p ii m. m n Pacific co coast t tl time Sailing ne Sailing fine above the rolling clouds louds wl with h a nice full fullmoon fullmoon tun moon 9 p. p m. m 11 1130 30 p. p m. m Pacific coast Latitude me Latitude 30 north longitude west position estimated as approximately 1650 1 miles from Kauai and 1488 miles from Suva p. p m. m 12 midnight Pacific coast time All Ail All Is well Cloudy but not so bad Clouds lower and clear over us with nice moon macha That's when one enjoys moon 1050 p. p m. m a a. a ni m. m. m Monday Pacific coast time time Latitude 41 south longitude west Alls All's This placed the plane well approximately approximately approximately ap ap- ap- ap proximately 1740 miles from Kauai 1135 p. p m. m a. a m. m Monday Pacific coast time time time- time Everything Everything O. O K I I MONDAY GOING GOOD 1225 a a. a m. m a. a m. m Pacific coast time Now time Now flying 1000 feet altitude Going good 1245 a. a m. m a. a m. m Pacific coast time Mackay Mackay lackay Radio and Telegraph company received message message mes mes- sage giving midnight position of I Southern Cross as latitude 2 south longitude west Speed sev enty eight knots This would place ship near Phoenix Islands 1866 miles from Honolulu 1215 a. a m. m Fanning Island time Pacific coast time Southern time Southern Cross radioed the monoplane had dropped down clown to 1000 feet altitude All well a a. m. m Pacific coast time time time- Mackay Maclay Radio and Telegraph company company com corn pany at San Francisco picked up report reI report re re- re- re port from steamer Sonoma that Southern Cross ClOSS had crossed overhead overhead overhead over over- head at 3 3 a a. a m m m. Pacific time Plane flying at 1400 feet In vicinity of of Phoenix islands Sonoma reported air rough weather fair 1 a. a m. m Fanning island time 4 a. a m. m Pacific coast time flain time Rain Position latitude 3 south longitude west Now over o Phoenix group All well welt 3 20 a. a m. m Fanning Inning Island time a a. a m. m Pacific coast time tin time Southern Cross radioed Doing fine Been expecting sight land but none yet jet Its It's not so clear as one would like Altitude 1000 speed eighty knots At a. a m m. coast seven de de- grees six minutes southern I Longitude west only miles Suva Bad weather 9 10 10 coast time Hello Samoa How Mow arc you yoa getting us' us us a a. a m. m Honolulu time a a. a m. m coast time We are hitting storm clouds Just gray dawn and I Pilot Smith has been maneuvering as it if In combat with elements clements Its It's rough riding a. a m. m am Clouds elvery ev ry way we turn Black clouds under us now flOW Real stormy but we are riding at soo feet Tutuila station call call call- Hello Hello HelJo Hel Hel- rom from KHAB Southern Cross lo Jo Samoa How do you jou ou get us conditions flying Having poor I Dodging changeable Weather Veather very ery rain ram clouds Flying in circles some some- times coast time lime Flying In 9 50 a. a m. m circles 80 feet altitude miles from Suva a. a m. m coast time We Weare Weare Weare are hitting storm clouds now a. a m. m m. m 10 a. a m. m coast time 2000 Southern Cross Is descending feet a. a a m. m 1005 a. a m. m coast down to feet A time We are I blowing stiff breeze is Still later messages from the Southern Cross read broadcast all an ships and stations stations Stand Stand by for compass bearings on meters This would Indicate the fliers wished to confirm their own reckoning rather than that they had lost their position position position tion experts said 1020 a a. a m. m coast time Near surface now feet Everything Everything Every Every- thing O. O K coast time Almost time Almost 1 1110 10 a. a m. m a head wind now Noise terrific Dont Don't try to send to me at all Go ahead for five minutes oh on meters me me- Please get bearings now 1215 p p. p m ma coast co st time To time To westward of course Approximate position now due north o ot Suva about miles |
