Escort Plane Pilot, Forced Down, Stays With Ship When Passenger Refuses to Use Parachute Pins De Haviland Between Trees to Save Their Lives First Accident of World Flight Ends Happily Because of Aviator's Daring Landing. Told B> I.OWKLL THOMAS (Copyright, 1924-) Disaster overcame one of the es cort planes that accompanied the world filers on t*ie first hop of their long trip. "All the planes that had escorted us from Santa Monica were still with us at Portland except two,” Lieu tenant Smith relates. "One had drop ped out. The other had been totally wrecked in the mountains of Oregon. "The second was an army Pe Havi land from Crlssy field, San Francisco, piloted by Lieut. William Sweeley, and carrying a news photographer. They were flying between Medford and Eugene at an altitude of about 7.000 feet, and were directly above one of the most mountainous regions along the entire Pacific coast when the accident happened. "The photographer noticed that his Cockpit was flooded with oil. He wrote Sweeley a note. Sweeley climb ed up out of his own cockpit and confirmed this. Then, looking at his oil gauge he saw that it was going down fast. He knew then that one of the worst things that can go wrong .then you are in an airplane had hap pened. "Sweeley at once throttled the motor down just ns far as possible h tplng to be able to keep it. from overheating until they could descend. Then he looked all around at. the terrifying peaks beneath him, and far ahead, fullv 15 miles away, he saw what appeared to be a small field where he might have a chance of bringing the ship down without cracking it up. His Motor Freezes. "But no sooner had lie started to glide than his motor froze. A moment later a connecting rod broke. By now the whole ship was shaking violent ly from nose to tail, shaking as though she would fly to pieces. Then two more connecting rods let go. Sweeley well knew how desperate was their predicament. He knew that there was just one thing to do and he prepared to do It. "Dnbuckllng his safety belt, he pre pared to jump and descend with his parachute. He made signs to the pho tographer to do the same. Both of them, like all present-day army avia tors, were- flying In parachute har ness all ready for just such an emer gency. All that they had to do was 'all over the side of the ship, pull the ring to release the ‘chute.' and gently drop for 7,000 feet Into the tree tops. "But to Sweelev's eonternation his passenger refused to jump. Sweeley itarted to climb out over his cockpit ind compell him to save himself. But the photographer leaned so far back In his seat that Sweeley could not reach him. all the time violently shak ing his head, signifying that he vould not jump. Pilot liefusps to Save Self. “Disgusted, but refusing to s>ve his twn skin and desert his passenger tweeley sat down and rebuckled his lafcty belt. 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He was unhurt except for a deep gash over one eve. !n fact, the blood was spurting from the rut in such « stream he was convinced he had lost his e\e. Crawling out of the wreckage, he kicked a hole in the side of the fuselage and hauled out his passen ger, who was squealing at the tops of his lungs. I,and on Top of Mountain. "Sweeley discovered they were upon Hie top of a mountain, apparently miles and miles from nowhere, lie told the photographer that the thing to do was for each of them to walk for three hours in opposite directions, and then, If either or both failed to find any one, to retrace their steps back to the plane. But the photogra pher was hysterical and refused to move, complaining that he had In jured his ankle and wanted to stay where he was. Sweeley in disgust knocked his passenger down and liter ally forced him to do ns he was or dered. "After walking for three hours. Sweeley, finding no one, returned to the plane to discover that the photog rapher had had better lurk. He had encountered two men who had seen the plan# fall and who had started to the rescue. They were miles from transportation and medical aid. They had to walk seven miles before they came to a place where they could ob tain a horse and wagon; then they had to drive another 15 to the near est railway. A doctor assured Sweeley he would lose his eye. But they took the next train for San Francisco, and there Sweeley discovered he would not lose his eve and there was no danger of his losing ills sight. I.leu tenant Sweeley was officially com mended for bravery and gallant be havior by (Jen. Charles Morton, com mander of the Ninth army corps area. Magellan* Fly to Seattle. "After one night In Portland we again motored bark to the flying field over on the Washington side of the Columbia, and, despite heavy fog, we again set out for Seattle. 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In order to piek tip as much Information about the remote and lonely harbors and rlimatic condi tions lti the north Pacific as possible. Each crew put In a rifle so they could shoot game In the event of a forced landing, and they also took along fishing tackle so that they would he somewhat better off than lioblnson Crusoe if they happened to get marooned on an uninhabited isle in an uncharted sea. Each man also had an automatic pistol to use In case of emergency, and each ship carried a Very pistol with which to fire off red, white and- green signal lights. Each cruiser also carried two quart thermos bottles full of concen trated food and a few pound* of chocolate and malted milk tablets Major Martin and Sergeant Har vey were to make good use of these during their wanderings In th» unin habited Arctic fastnesses of the Aleutian peninsula, whils Smith and Arnold found found their Very pis tols very very useful Indeed for frightening natives, out along the China coast, when swarms of river dwellers approarhed the world mils era In their sampans. Every article was carefully weighed. The cruisers could not be depended upon to get off the water If the total weight of plane and cargo exceeded 3,200 pounds. This meant that in addition to the weight of the cruisers and crew there was a bare 300 pound margin for spare parts, guns, camera, anchor, personal effects and so on. Fliers’ Clothing. So each man was limited to two changes of underwear, a fur lin'd flying suit weighing 11 pounds, fur lined gloves, heavy Arctic muckluks, two flannel shirts, two pairs of golf stockings, one pair of hunting hoots, a cap, handkerchiefs, two tiny water proof match boxes, and the proverbial -safety razor and tooth brush. They even had to throw overboard tho parachutes and life preservers which had been Included In the original list of equipment. Arnold With Smith. It was in Seattle that the only change in personnel of the world flight was made. J.leut, I.eslle Arnold, one of the alternate pilots, was in vited by l.leut, 1.0well Smith to tak" the place of his mechanic. Sergeant Turner, who had suddenly developed lung trouble. The selection of “I.es'’ Arnold turned out to be a liappv one. for he excelled In just those things which are a hit out of “Silent” Smith's line. For instance, after Major Martin's crash, when the command fell ‘to Smith, to the latter fell the job of paying the usual visits to officials in foreign countries, responding a' banquets, and so on While Smith is a man of few words “I.es'' Arnold can speak almost as well a' he ran fly. So he was able to relieve his commander of much responsibility along this line. \rpold Kept Diary. Another thing Arnold did which was extremely Important—far more important than any of them realized at the time—was to keep r complete diary of the entire trip. And in set ting down the story of the first cir cumnavigatlon of the world by sir \ve will depend very largely upon his diary. Much of It was jolted down while he sat In the rear cockpit, fly ing across open seas and remote countries, and while sitting on the lower wing or pontoon, or at night while his companion Rlept. “Everybody asks us how our world cruisers got their names,” Lieutenant Arnold tells me. “Washington pre ferred the Idea of naming them afier four important cities that had been partleularlv backward in aviation in the hope that this might, result in stirring up interest, among the in habitants. Tt could hardly fall to ap peal to their prlds In case their cruis er happened to get ail ths way Ground." Hop-off From Seattle. “We were in Seattle from March 22 until April Arnold continued. “Bidding farewell to our relatives and friends who had assembled here at the uttermost city of the United States to see us off, w*e rowed out to our planes, found everything in readiness for the start for Alaska, cast off our moorings and taxied off across the lake. Major Martin took ADVERTISEMENT. Deaf? Don’t Be. 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