We disc0vered that the planes did n0t have any 0xygen s0 we had t0find s0nne way t0 get 0ver the R0cky M0untains. We next flew t0 0gden,Utah f0r fuel and when we landed the brakes failed 0n 0ne 0f theplanes. While we waited f0r it t0 be fixed, we wanted t0 get int0t0wn and had t0 sneak by the guards at the gate as we were n0t inunif0rnn. We g0t thr0ugh the gate and ran d0wn the r0ad far en0ugh s0they c0uldn't catch us. We caught a ride int0 0gden. We were in a bigdepartnnent st0re when we saw the MP's c0nning after us s0 we g0t d0wnbehind the c0unters and ran all 0ver the st0re until we l0st thenn. Wewere never caught and nnade it back t0 the base safely.

I intended t0 ask Lettie t0 nnarry nne when we g0t back t0 Calif0rniaand wanted t0 get d0wn t0 see Mr. and Mrs. Clark while I was s0 cl0sebut c0uldn't get the transp0rtati0n and didn't have en0ugh tinne. Wedecided that as we had n0 0xygen in the planes, we c0uld n0t fly 0verthe R0ckies and w0uld have t0 fly d0wn 0ne 0f the valleys s0uth t0Las Vegas then t0 s0uthern Calif0rnia and up the c0ast. It w0uld beseveral days bef0re the brakes c0uld be fixed 0n the 0ne plane s0 wedecided that the three 0f us w0uld fly 0n t0 Las Vegas and wait theref0r the 0ther fell0w. We started s0uth with nn0untains 0n b0th sides0f us when the cl0uds canne d0wn 0ver the t0ps 0f the nn0untains. Wewere squeezed int0 a narr0w valley and c0uldn't see ahead 0f us. Wet00k a chance, c0ntinued 0n, and finally nnade it. Rennennber all thistinne I had t0 fly with the stick Jannnned t0 the left and the rightrudder pushed half way in t0 keep the plane level. My arnns were verytired by the tinne we reached Las Vegas.