EAGER TO TRY AGAIN
A HUNDRED TO ONE ON SUCCESS,
LONDON, 27th May. Hawker, interviewed, said that he was
willing and eager to attempt the.Atlantic again. "It depends on the Sopwith Company," he said.' "The flight can and will be accomplished very soon. We had bad luck. There was no physical strain. The machine and engine proved perfect. The fault was that we took too many precautions. The machine had been idle for two months, and probably there was a slight internal rusting which caused the choking. I won't have filters next time."
Hawker said he conld not understand why everybody thought they were lost. "There are as many ships in ihc Atlantic without wireless as there are with it," he said. His chief anxieff* was to get a message to his wife. The experience was a most valuable, one, especially in the matter of navigation.
The only food the aviators had diiring their flight was sandwich, bar chocolate, and several cups of hot coffee. Hawker was very seasick when he descended to the surface of the ocean. His wireless installation proved useless. Otherwise the filter getting rusty was his only trouble Hawker states that it is a hundred to one that he will fly the Atlantic this summer.
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Evening Post, Volume XCVII, Issue 125, 29 May 1919, Page 7
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209EAGER TO TRY AGAIN Evening Post, Volume XCVII, Issue 125, 29 May 1919, Page 7
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