Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-06-04 | Page 7 | Tiny Island Hears Story of Flight

Tiny Island Hears Story of Flight FANNING FAN ING ISLAND June J ne 4 AP Throughout the night this island In Pacific mid-Pacific was treated to a continuous story of the f flight of the Southern Cross A series of radio messages put on the air as the plane played ed tag with a storm told details of the fight tho the huge bilge craft was making with tho the elements Once the radio radioman man mati in the tile Southern Southern South South- ern Cross James Warner Varner called the radio station here here directing the time subjoined message Hello old man Nice place Hope Hopewe Hopewe we have permission to trespass upon your domain Going good Breeze is slight help said another message Average 5 speed Eed made good eighty two Altitude five live hundred We all well Good spirit The Th tense situation In the South South- em ern Cross control cabin was mixed with humor when C. C P. P T. T Ulm Copilot co copilot co- co pilot drew a cartoon of ot Captain Kingsford Smith as the latter heard icard the tho starboard d motor sputter The message also told of dark clouds Another message told of flying lying above the clouds with a clear sky and a bright moon above when one enjoys the moon moo Dodging about to miss a storm was vas the text of ot another broadcast sent from an an altitude of 1600 feet with the comment Looks pretty stormy here What hat a beautiful sight As the plane continued to speed along ng towards its destination there was apprehension apprel about the change of ot air all currents Its going to be a bad night Getting Getting Get Get- ting dark Circling for altitude I TELL OF DINNER Then the fliers told In the language lan Jan language guage of ot the air all of the time dinner of sandwiches with nice hot coffee corree Thanks to our hosts Mr and Mrs Irs Faye faje Fa e of ot where the Barking Sands Sands' runway Is i's located Earlier the Fanning island station station station sta sta- tion caught a hint of ot trouble One motor sounds bad But a lew ew minutes min mIn- mInutes utes later hater this fear was allayed with witha a O 0 K again now Weare We Ve Weare are plowing pl along all right Some Sonic very dark darl clouds immediately ahead Were We're gaining altitude And so It went through the night And Fanning anning Island enjoyed the treat For the principal industry of this i remote emote settlement is communication communication com corn I this being the the midway relay point of ofa a cable operating between between between be be- tween Australia and British Co Co- Co- Co lumbia