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ARRIVE.
TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1931.
MR. AND MRS. C. H. DAY ON WORLD FLIGHT.
NARROW ESCAPE.
kindness
and con-
mlies, from a jungle village. Na- tivca wore 200
Boon on the pot and Allowed every sideration to the Biers. Although unable to talk to each other, the -nativer-indicated that the nero- plane must be dragged up the beach out of the way of the rising tide and oll willingly-garea—hand-in- achleving that object.
one a
They then guided Mr. and Mrs, Day through ten miles of desse Jungle to Sandaway, where they found five foreign people, Baptist missionary who put them up for the time being. Obtaining all the help they wanted a return through the jungle to the machine was made and nativen were em- the engine back to Sandaway where, without proper tools or mechanics, Mr. Day re- built the engine. On a third trip through the jungle the engine was carried back to the machine, where it was installed and flown to Sand- away, the whole delay occupying ten daya..
After having narrowly escaped with their lives, when they rushed from a blazing hotel in their night clothes, having been Ili with fever at Calcutta, and after tramping through ten miles of jungle when their engine failed and necesaltat-ployed to carry t ed a forced landing, Mr. and Mrs. C. II. Day, styled in some papers the "Honeymoon-Couple," arrived at Kai Tuk Aerodrome" yesterday afternoon from Taiping on the inst Inp of their trip round the
world.
Shortly before three o'clock the Mr. Day said that Sundaway was an emergency landing ground pre- neroplane appeared in sight and dropped fairly low over the nero-pared by the British but it had, in fact, been used only once before. drome for an Inspection, after
when a French mail 'plane got into which the pilot put the machine difficulties and came down there. down on the new section of the nerodrome, from which position it I was taxied to the hangars.
Among those who welcomed Mr. and Mrs. Day was Mr. A. J, R. Alass, Superintendent of the Aero- drome, and after Introinstons had been made the party adwarned to the Hongkong Flying Club where nome details of the flight kindly supplied by Mr. Day.
No Danger. Asked for his views on air travel, Me. Day said that he and his wife undertook the trip by ale in order
were
Other places visited were Ran- goon, Moulmein, Bangkok, Tahkek, Hanol and Taiping (this being sear Fort Bayard, this ground having been closed on account of its small- ness and Taiping being used in- stead).
Hotel Burned Down. Speaking of their first night in Baghdad. Mr. Day referred to an incident which nearly ended their light for good. He explained that. with a temperature of 120 F, they were sleeping on the roof of n hostel and at about three o'clock in the morning were wakened to find the hotel in flames. They hurried-
to make a combination of a fightly escaped from the blazing build- which
the would demonstrate
ing which was razed to the ground, in their nightclothes. practicability of fight aircraft, 10- gether with safety, and, at the same Lime, enable them to sor & Hondly portion of the world. "We don't consider we have been in any per sonal danger at any time." he re- marked, "and as far as expenses are concerned they have been. If any things, less than a trip by son and land. The largest items were hotel
| charges."
He explained that they shipped from New York to England in June and set off on their aerial trip from Heston. Owing to extremely wet wenther they made two stops on the way to Paris, one at Abbeyville and the other at Poix. They continue to Brussels bot on the way the elsibility became zero and "we never found Brussels."
Patnto Field Landing.
|
Telling of the roughest part of the trip. Mr. Day aid in the Lebanon Valley, in the vicinity of the Sea of Galilee, he found the roughest flying he had ever ex- pecasion they perlericed. On suddenly dropped a sheer 500 feet. As far as risk wat he ensidered that the hep between Moulmein and ancoon was the pick of the flight. There was, at least. 100 miles with not a sign of the slightest open country fit for an emergency land- for, counted with which mountains and clouds made a bad combination.
Finest Bunch of People."
We
"One outstanding feature of our entire trip." he said. "and I don't mind saying this openly, is that I think the boys of Imperial Atr- wacs are the finest bunch of people Mr. Day then related how he dia
I have ever seen. We found that covered he was flying over Halland all the way along, wherever without a permit (this, of course, struck them, and they would do all being due to the fact that he had they could for us and put themselves lost his bearings) because ho spot out to do it. There was one in ted wind-mills and dykes, so he rident when we landed at Gwadar. altered course and made for Ger-where they had to take petrol out mans, where he landed safely in a potato field at Badberg, near Cleve,
Continuing the tourney they visited Cologne, Frankfort, Berlin, | Prague and Budapest:
nine miles on camels to an air liner which had made a forced landing und was being repaired. The boys knew we were coming and what do you think they did? They took you two tables and two easy chairs out of the air ser, also a clean table cloth, and had lunch all set for us when we got there, right out in the blue."
Continuing, Mr. Day said that,
Pausing here, Me. Day related how, 15 miles out of Budapest on the way to Belgrade, the petrol tank sprang a leak which caused them to turn and make their way back to Budapest where the fracture officially, they had no trouble at all was mended. They made Belgrade, and continued to Bucharest, Con- Their papers were all in order and Koniaverybody, Europeans and Asiatics, AL Istamboul, stantinnpl.
Turkey), Aleppo, Damascus and did all they could for them.
where they Bangkok. Jerusalem. They continued on
cross the Syrian desert and alight-splendid field and excellent work.
whole of them shops, the ed at a small place in the middle of placed at his disposal if he needed it, Butbach Wells. "It was desert and nothing but," remarked Mr. them, and a person A.D.C. was appointed whe went round with Day. "Miles and miles of it with them and saw they were not want- out a single bit of vegetation, habitation or track. Just nothing." ing for anything.
Ferer in Calcutta.
huse
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Mr. Day said they expected to leave smilingly remarked he did not Hongkong on Wednesday morning, know where the papers had got that at daylight, and fly to Amoy, then idea from, remarking that he and possibly land at Foochow, and com- his wife had been married for some plete the lap with a stay at Shang-time before they set out on their
From Shanghai they planned present flight. to take a ship to San Francisco, from which place. they would fly to New York, thus completing tour of a considerable part of the world.
hai.
Pointing out that their cruising speed was about 85 miles an hour, and the engine did about 15 miles
'Non-Spinning Machine.
The
Coming to the
The machine which they are fly- ing is a light bi-plane, a noticcable feature being the large amount of stagger. It was designed by Mr. Day himself, and he claims It la practically impossible to spin it and to the gallon, Mr. Day explained its stalling speed in extremely low that they were not out to try and much lower than the average. It break records, either for speed or is powered with a four-in-ling air- They carried on to Baghdad, Basra. Bashire, Jask, Lingel, Mr. Day further explained that distance, but were simply touring cooled inverted engine, this having by Mr. Louis Charbar (Persia), Gwadar (Batu- both his wife and himself were dealong and enjoying themselves, at been designed chistan), Karachi, Jodphore. Agra, layed for a month at Calcutta, the same time demonstrating the re. Chevrolet, of the Glenn L. Martin Allahabad, Gaza and Akyal.
where they both contracted fever, inbility and efficiency of not only Motor Company. and they were also hung up for ten his own machine but of Hght air- Mr. Day designed the Standard THERAPION NO. 1 Biplane, which was used for train- THERAPİON NⱭ2 days at Budapest awaiting maps, craft generally.
ing purposes during the war and.THERAPION NO.3 which were late
until recently, was President
Walk Through Jungle. When 100 miles from the last named place the engine failed and accessful forced Innding was mude on a little beach some 30 miles south of Sandaway, and about two
SALESMAN SAM
arriving. Had it
not been for such unforeseen stops they would have been on schedule. instead of some way behind.
Asked as to their future plane,
HEY, GUZZ, PRACTICE, AWHILE - YOU NEED
! I'M GOIN' OVER, TO SEE HOW MR. BACKHOME LIKED HIS TRIP ABROAD!
Not Honeymoon. When our representative pointed Chief Engineer of the New Stand- out that they had been styled the ard Aircraft Corporation, of Pater- "Honeymoon Couple," Mr. Day son, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Now Don't Forget, Sami
WELL, TELL US SOMETHIN'· |ABOUT IT, MR. BACKHOME. SOME DAY I MIGHT TAKE A JAUNT OVER THERE-
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