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At 13:14 we started to land, and I worked the Columbia as we were coming down.

There was nothing to do to the apparatus at Horta except charge the storage battery.  The high voltage batteries still read 69 volts.  The same voltage as they had at Rockaway.

The CQ-1300 transmitter was in fine condition, the sparking disc and stationary electrode insulator being only slightly coated with oxide.  This was cleaned off with an oily cloth.


Left Horta at 12:35 G.M.T. on May 20.  The skid-fin antenna insulator leaked because we had shipped a little water in getting off, so that I could not send until I could let out the trailing wire at 1300 and sent a broadcast.

At 13:00 #24 informed us that she was making heavy black smoke.  The Columbia then advised that weather conditions at #24 and #25 were improving.

Worked the Melville at Porta Delgado at 13:17.  We flew over #24 at 13:22 and two minutes later took a radio compass bearing of 351^o on #25. (Distance 50 miles).

At 13:37 I worked #4 on the Lisbon leg (Wilkes) and he said our signals were fine as soon as we left Horta.

We passed station #25 at 13:45.  the Melville then inquired what time we expected to arrive and the Navigator answered: "About 14:20," We were off the harbor at 14:20 and landed at 14:24.


We were not quartered on board the Melville, consequently I could not supervise charging of battery, but sent a message from shore requesting that it be removed from the plane, charged and returned.

The following morning, May 21, when we went aboard the plane at 5:00 A.M. I found a new battery which when read by a hydrometer only showed a specific gravity of 1100.  A boat as immediately despatched for a new one which read 1250.  We did