Salt Lake Telegram | 1941-09-17 | Page 3 | Speed's Thing in Navy Patrol

EEDS THING THINO j 1 NAVY PATROL ATROl i I i The Tel ram present aole o Ther porta by mt lf y I ve ef five r report by Morgan Morran JV Jr t new r man to t tp p y P Ma b t with the tbt United States ta a aa the e north Atlantic a Pd f fJ J J r Y 1 BEATTY It Writer Service Afore lure 1 dI U US S. S NAVY PATROL og E OVER THE ATLANTIC breakfast I 1 I I cakes for early England and a snack of f 1 te J pastry astry for late supper in m mI D would be possible Pd That I flying boats I f huge 3 7 c can cross whole time I i while slut le youre you're taking your 0 afternoon nn nap but our ourI I We arent aren't ent 3 fi no 0 stunt or g about hot cakes and J till Were We're out on a serious t in an area that's noton- noton an anfor n r for or the worst weather in the I yd p p. S. S Shipping our job to wat watch h over pus f merchant ships and can i it vessels between the United Si Ies s and Iceland And were we're if f It II precisely and accurately the tte moment we have reached farthest point east Several St hours ago we took off offo DOcar o D our floating air base some some some- ce of oft the c coast ast of the Amende Ameri- Ameri ii tI side de of the north Atlantic Le about opposite the southern Ii d Greenland and its it's time to tol toi l i tk track I Station ration men in the blisters I P i f sharp lookout II Bi s 's the voice of the flight comer comI com- com t. t er through the planes plane's phone I I Gunners move along the ray aft alt take observation posts I i fit the be big big windowed area near II I Works Fast Fasti I fee p i navigation officer officer forward forward yU order Hes He's got a lot of S work ork to do The commander I Chart the cour course e x x miles on tin cia side of our outbound course 1 Give us a a turn at specified areal Jin jibe e navigator bends over his It Stable gable table In a minute or two he ices a tiny strip of paper to the wander pander der It says Two three nom That's our magnetic pass spass course for the moment commander it relays the course you our ion accompanying nying plane and ande e i begin gin a slow slow turn rm Tm crossing over You Youa no c-AS a under says my left one Wilco comes back answer signifying complis b. b i s I Sett Ilker tr Charts Position me Jil lie t navigator sends an officer chap fp crop a smoke bomb and get the Adrift drift Then he picks up the horizon and squints at inn sun run calculates rapidly This gab fc the drift of the plane and andr r position in the wastes of the r. r A h Atlantic gar u course develops in lines on blank bIank chart like a ladder We Wes Wess ss s and our outbound arne ne repeat the process endy end- end ily ty y This is the way the navy warm am arm mak makes s tracks in a track- track C i ocean No guesswork no nono nono no confusion Just head- head Ilk and precise coordination pit T aircraft and every man rt i-rt d is a team The plane with I l another team and our float- float fair base is still another hold- hold laaU aU all together with the magic era es of radio 1 feasible to President lie the commander back on that 31 is II u responsible to the chief ns in Washington Adia Ad- Ad 5 ia Harold Stark who reports t bathe tte e secretary of the navy i TO Knox Mr Knox is under president be e navigator calls me to a Points to tG a tiny spot on the i shore Were ere heading g for that light- light Itse ff e receive a message from the theIre Ire turn not later than sixteen- sixteen JW 7 1 Plus X time That fin We e must get in by i Mime 1 tune time zone X west of Greeni Green- Green 1 i Plus one half hour ht il t I on as n t the he Nose lu before 4 P P- Pm m m. the a jutting piece of coast- coast Soon a tiny white light- light t appears The flight alight comer com- com a er turns s makes a circle wIth ul tomb and forefinger Were We're S on a the nose e R had scanned fer scanned m more re than re e h miles mes of the north Atlantic P tur ur r 10 hour 10 hour flight 11 Tomorrow shale V forro In the