The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-01

only time 1t took little bit Of control 70
make myself send that machine further
up didn't know what would happen
10 i IL anything went wrong with the
engine when II was pointed thi' way
hut | had fairly good idea that !, would
drop II that happrned | knew I could
catch n e0HtsyFne. though. and | tilted
II back about this far
Johnstone pushed hack the chair on
which he WAS sitting until u rested on
It's hird l.gs a, about that point where
a person would lose his batanCe back
ward.
For rha first tim A. far a. ! can re-
member, h. went on tn. earth had The
look II q dish, just as II | Was look in &
into "a bowl with IN" horizon all around
for the rim and the place r.yht under
meath a. the centre Of y Jamaica Bay
looked like u Volcano crater Another
thing | found was that the wind ,Ip there
came from tho north. although on the.
ground " was blowing ont OF the south
| knew tina. the engine wa- going Ia give
me some trouble ECsore long and about
That time was k"epIng my eyes pretty
well glued ON the POCKET Paragraph
thar Was on my wrist
Won can understand the idea about
TN" engine bette when Won know that We
hay" - adJtrt the 'arhUrpiar t. work
On IN" level. and when we Es' tIi, ai,oS Z.
things AZ" different ! kn"" that IN.
KS wis t'ptliFE ~ lar1 ipF inc Az
While he lutir rlachin" was climbing
straight up II was 'cacsnm. work
Coulrn h"lp boxing town - rna ground
and thinking that Ia ike u have II me"
piece. a rnas' beef or y plate II bean.
Funny h"w tGo~" thing strike you up
Ihsre' ] tried - pick oui a good smooth
ROAD through the sky and stick 10 hat
TOR a Will" and then turn around and
ride back over tt.' one that AN i,ISt
ahosa 1t Hcldinx nat rnachtn" up mt
he skv was the hardest kind 80 work II
raIne , me-. What " hi "nGi-.r - ppuCrl;
CUES. !, woult b" lr!-i ~---snhh' riga.,
DOWN straight
FNGiNF DE,D. C0I:.D' LI'ia 80 N,Rt
And then a. did stop. ", -pLrj"-in.:
~ Skipping. hut ~ i,Is; wen; CcI' ~om'-
how ne id.i ol gong Ip any hign--
even II could. didn' appeal - III. v"-y
much 30 ! turned the hpnd down AMI
took u jtist rs straight ~ could. 80
TO those ho stood on TN. ground and
watched .johnstone a. -oon ~ n. cam"
in sight he seemed 10 drop like u pc.-t II
card III "A letter chute.
DRENEL HAD GOSE VEEiiSG
DreseI who went up high enough TO
find an AMERICAN record II h" had done
1t any time before tombstone didn't have
a. pleasant an afternoon IA tombstone
did He said that the extreme height
made him feel mighty uncomfortable
There was 20 much rocking around and
50 many bumps struck his more suscepti-
BILE machine Chat he got in bad enough
shape to be ready to come down
For something like two miles he was
over the sea and ne didn't waste much
time getting back TO somewhere near the
spot that he knew to be Belmont Pars
before the sky darkened Even then
he landed several minutes after J tombstone,
and the closest gauging thar he could do
brought him down considerable dis
lance from the Centr. 81 the field. down
near the trees on the sid. opposii" tie
stands
But the mean feeling in the neirhbor-
hood 81 his stomach was IN" worst part Of
his fight and he Vas glad enough To get
down
Dre1el was asked about the dinner
which he vas rendering last evening to a