Show FLYERS HAVE MANY THRILLS Americans Meet Strong Winds In South Amer American ica lean ican Territory J NEW YORK Feb 5 CBs B By The AssocIated Press All Press All All is not the smooth pathway that might bu be expected on the mlle mile will tood flight light over Central and South America according to a let let- letter letter let letter ter made public today from Ma- Ma Major Major Ma Major jor H A Dargue commander of othe the five American amphibian planes engaged in the trip and now nolY at Lima Linia Peru The skill of the tho pilots Is ocr ocr- certainly certainly the only thing that has saved the tho planes at many of ot the places we have been the airman to the tho merchants association association association tion The Tho association made pub pub- public pub public lic lie the letter dated when the til- til fliers ers were III In the canal zone pre preparing paring to hop into southern Amer Amer- AmerIcan American ican lean countries One ot of the worst twenty four twenty hours the major I relates was at SlIna Cruz where here a a mile 70 gale Interfered with landing and later nearly wrecked tho the planes when they took off oft the next morning I X got into the air right away however from from a very choppy sea he continued and anA a mo most t gusty wind which had little for the comparatively fragile toy Loy In which I found myself I was tree glad to reach an altitude ot of 2000 feet teet where I felt a little safer eater and had the possibility of using my parachute for tor descent deacent If It necessary It was only by the most re- re re remarkable skill that the other four planeS taxied outside the tho break break- breakwater breakwater breakwater water and got off oft and joined me roe fifty fitly miles down the tho coast we fought a battle the royal royal the planes pointing almost directly Into the tho coast line to keep from being car car- carried tied ried across the the- Pacific On approaching the lake Ilo San Salvador some of ot the ships had to turn back over the sea to get got sufficient altitude to clear the mountains the down cur cur- currents currents currents rents were so severe In the neigh neigh- neighborhood neighborhood neighborhood of ot the mountains On one occasion when near the lake the New York got a drop of 1000 feet in almost nothing lat flat and the thc theother theother other ships were treated similar similar- similarly similarly similarly ly after taking oft off from Lake tile the off ott shore wind was blowing down town off ot off the high mountains an and 1 volcanoes coupled with the action of o the tho boiling sun attn It certainly produced produce anything but the aviators haven ot or rest I wore a hi big blister on my lands hands working the controls However the greatest thrill the major said was not In the theair theair theair air but In an automobile going to Tegucigalpa the capital l of Honduras to pay diplomatic re- re respects re respects to the I president r |