Aeronautics: Wiley to Macon

"If ever the Navy's great airship, the U. S. S. Macan, should be wrenched apart by a line squall as the Shenandoah was nine years ago or come to a catastrophic end in the sea as the Akron did last year, the officer who on the basis of past performance will have the best chance of survival is round-faced Lieut. Commander Herbert Vincent ("Doc") Wiley. "Doc" Wiley was aboard the Shenandoah when it broke over Ohio. "Doc" Wiley was aboard the Akron when it crashed off the New Jersey coast, the only officer...

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