1,000 MILES OVER THE ATLANTIC
Signalling Arrangements—Temperament—A Press Tribute—The
American Attempt—Just Before the Start—Parting Messages—The
Start—“Poor Old Tinsydes!”—Dropping the
Undercarriage—Out of Sight of Land in Ten Minutes—Over the
Fog—Four Hours Above a Sea of Clouds—Grieve’s Method of
Navigation—Weather Not as Forecasted—Taking the Drift through a
Hole in the Clouds—400 Miles Out—Cloud Banks and a Gale—After
5½ Hours—Over-heating Radiator—What was the Cause?—The Only
Possible Remedy—Is Effective at First—At 10,000 Feet—Giants of
Nature 15,000 feet High—A Side-wind that Became a Gale—Flying
“Crabwise”—Losing Height—Clouds, Darkness, and a Doubtful
Time—Nearly Down to the Sea—Dawn—Sea-sick—Looking for a Ship—The
_Mary_—The Rescue—Up to the Knees in the Sea—Captain Duhn—Sighting
St. Kilda and the Butt of Lewis—A Famous Signal—“Is it
Hawker?”—“Yes”—The Navy’s Guests—The Civic
Welcome at Thurso 225