 IN EARNEST We climbed slowly upward through the cheerless, mist-laden skies, our engines well throttled back and running perfectly. So as to make sure that all was in thorough working order, we circled for ten minutes above Hounslow, then set off. At...  14,000 Miles Through the Air - Page 17by Sir Ross Macpherson Smith - 1922 - 136 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Geography - 1921 - 974 pages
...sure that all was in thorough working order, we circled for ten minutes above Hounslow, then set off. At 2,000 feet we suddenly emerged from the fog belt...measured by history ; and so we checked our bearings. GOOD-BYE, OLD ENGLAND! There was a certain amount of sentiment, mingled with regrets, in leaving old... | |
 | Chelsea Curtis Fraser - 1922 - 340 pages
...town, trying the different controls, then turned the Sky-Bird southward. At two thousand feet they suddenly emerged from the fog belt into brilliant...but the world below was lost to sight, screened by a dense pall of mist. Accordingly, Tom Meeks, who was acting as pilot, set a compass course for Cape... | |
 | Geography - 1921 - 724 pages
...sure that all was in thorough working order, we circled for ten minutes above Hounslow, then set off. At 2,000 feet we suddenly emerged from the fog belt...measured by history ; and so we checked our bearings. GOOD-BYE, OLD ENGLAND1. There was a certain amount of sentiment, mingled with regrets, in leaving old... | |
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