Show HAWKS BRAVES BRA YES VES STORM TERROR LOS ANGELES M May y 6 ii UP A JP-A A Astory story of how he encountered a terrific terrific ter ter- ter- ter storm over central America and ho how his motor motor suddenly went dead was told here today by Frank Franl Hawks famous speed flier as he rested after aCler a a. mile mlle flight from Buenos Aires Argentina to Los Angeles in flying time o of 48 hours and 5 minutes Howls took off from Cristobal yesterday morning landing at the municipal airport here 17 hours hours' and 50 minutes later We Ve took off from Cristobal flying fly fly- ing blind in fog and md clouds Hawks said Five minutes later we encountered encountered encountered the worst storm of or my experience ex ex- There was thunder lightning lightning light light- ning fling rain and jolting jolling winds We soared to feet trying to climb over it but ice formed on the and rind controls There we were flying blind in ina ina ina a terrible storm with our motor dead and absolutely no control over oer the plane We Ve were buffeted about gradually losing altitude as the ship glided earthward We dropped about five thousand thousand thousand thou thou- sand feet pulling at everything but absolutely powerless to control our flight Hg I realized there was wa nothing but tall and crawling things be below below below be- be low us I tell you ou it was a very unpleasant unpleasant unpleasant un un- un- un pleasant feeling As we reached a a lower Jower altitude the ice thawed out and the motor popped gradually coming back to life lite From there on we flew blind eventually getting out of the storm area I |