READY FOR THE ATLANTIC FLIGHT
Conditions Governing the Flight—Arrival in Newfoundland—Mount
Pearl Farm—Snowed Up—The Test Flight—Local Interest
Intense—Wireless Difficulties—Details of the _Atlantic_—An
Aerial Lifeboat—Clothing of the Trans-Atlantic Airmen—Estimates
and Anticipations—Over a Ton of Fuel—A Letter for the King—An
Inspection by the Governor—Storms—Prospects of a Race—Revising
Plans—Grieve—Navigation Problems and Methods—Weather Forecasts—A
New Starting-ground—Nervous Tension—The Aviators are Amused
by Their Correspondence—A Would-be Aerial Bandsman—False
Weather Reports—Services of the Air Ministry—Weather-bound at
St. Johns—Harry’s Confidence—Four Magnetos and a New
Propeller—Address from the Mayor of St. Johns 203