AtD pg. 1

[Tim Strzechowski]

Well, the catch a "southerly wind" and are bound for Chicago, and Darby "lean[s] over the lifelines to watch the national heartland" pass below, his hair blowing leeward (p. 3).

However, by p. 6 "the wind, which till now had been steady on their starboard quarter, began to shift" and they have to make aerial adjustments.

Still later (p. 8) we learn that "the Screw device soon accelerated the ship to a speed which, added to that of the wind from directly astern," made it invisible from land as Chick observes that the Incovenience "doing a way better than a mile a minute."  Randolph notes that this speed "could put us in Chicago before nightfall."

Between wind direction, aeronautical direction, and calculating the speed of the craft, someone should try to locate an approximate starting point.  

(Remember: Darby sees "heartland" below immediately after they "single up the lines" and start the trip.)



  we really don't know where the Chums are taking off from do we on their flight to Chicago, only that they are taking a southerly wind so they must be north of Chi-town, yes?

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