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one glove, and cleared them
a little with my hand. I couldn't
get ahold of them to pull them off
because of my helment. By that
time I knew that I was right
on the ground, but could only
see a hazy outline of it, so I
redressed and landed the best
I could. It was a poor landing
but I didn't break anything.
The engine would only turn over
700, and would hardly taxi across
the field to the hanger. This time the
magneto had gone bad. I waited
until 6:30 P.M. when Larrie Higgins
got back from his voyage and I took
his machine and had a fine trip.
I flew at 1800 meters from
Pontlevoy to Tours. Got back at
9 P.M. after stopping 20 minutes at
Salome and 15 at Pontlevoy.
Larrie Laurence got lost this
afternoon and landed 60 Kms.
north west of Tours. I had
no trouble at all in finding
my way.