The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-27
Mr.. POSTS AERIAL ORGIES
iHt/E THE OTHER tITiTOR>
~ NHEEPSHE ~ nv.
IN atmospheric Brsnro nmstinS ENhibi
Il"n ThRt was Not On the Programme
Nhen the Others see Itini safely
an.ird The, E1N LATTE and go Home

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IN" crowd would understand that they
were only dying men. not bronco busters
They were willing ~ please with httlr
thin ~ like figure - and thousand foot
glid"- and -traightlway races four planes
abreast hut when II came Ia hurdlmg
fences So CLOSE that IA" rear hlk" wheels
whaug,sl uu the top rlIl-. throwing snm"r-
slults and diving like dippv duck, they
would pass They -1ii they w"r" over
cautious mayh" and that n fifty or sixty
years 3! the undertaken didn't E"' them
they uEsht hop" g. emulate mtir Mr.
Poet. gorgeous iit
Pr thrr" futt"r5ug minutes Mr. Post
was Iust one swuop ah.,ad II lnnihllatI"n
Tn" p.'pple who watched hum with checked
breath from stands and field expected
momentarilv t. ss.a his crazy hiplan" 90
crashing into IN" uutsil" t"nC" II the
raC"track. shoot headlong t. IN" ground
IA any ON" IT th" wild dives 1t mad" nr
whirl over 90 q sharp turn When n"
bounced back ~ earth in" sudden CHATTER
" tongues proved the t"ntion that every %
body had been under You cnudn Z
make him believe that tn" aerOplane had
run away with him or hown away. which
ever you prefer He merely said
Gentlemen, hop" vnu will excuse
IN" didn't mean g. MAX" that KIND ~
a flight
Rud Mars remarked after m" aerial
urgle You hay" - hand % T. Gus.
hpv- hr shows class
AVIATION observers who had strained
their "y..~ fnr a weak watching Mr. POST
pr"I,ar" &, Nv agr,..i that Bud hadr :
"A
far - Friday 4 week ago ~ appeared
unlikely that Mr. post would over fv
som" papp. figured that n" dI~lik"d th"
publicity that all aviatrr- must submit
-. however, mach they d3slk" ~ With"
others fanciei 1t wasn't m" publicity
he vas afraid uf
Day after dav IN" man ~lrh ~" larc"
romantic ewes and the hiark N"ard he'd
ms curt - ni"r wheeled on 20 the lnicld
and ln"d up with tho hvaruu's ~ Glenn
Iuriiss and turtlsSs young fn"n NhIl"
Bud Mars or Gone tlv ~ MCIurdv Weir"
splitting the Av n Was Mr. Pn-' : habit
10 walk around and around and around
his plane. s.'rItiuII'ng ~ Ca-"fuly O"-
rs,~frnallv n" WnYd iwldd" Iou-" nat
with a monkey Nrsuch ur thumb q guy
wire a. = haujuis' frr"- - doubtful string
Sometimes 80 MAS IWprId"ni enough
in sea hIus'lf N III" plan" and clutch a."
steering ~ ss'i firmly. Wth nu'h hands
And then Ju-' when vu.I w"r" getting
an worked uu and 'tr human siren VINO
aunuuuc". rlug~ 'u IN" grand stand
was al ready 90 -ay Ladies and Cents
Nr Augustus Post r~ about why. VI
pp-, would stop lsuguIulv uyt ~ fh" seal
and stroll - the r"ld
\rthlug ike that Yesterday About
Ep VI h- stepped pr.skiv IN 20" field and
right behind him cam" has aIrhouud held
IA l,,a-h uy Culprrd gentlemen m reduced
Circumsi IuC,-~ ~" didn't twIddle a nut
ur tWaHg wiz" lie pblmT-.d himself m
the seat uIllad hIS CAP tightly Il VIII over
his aur- and nodded - head - q Slgutl
.. .n, f.-.I.r- - I.' :. The Propeller
,rN Ur, It, song winch t- 'u" wal of
circular ~tv going through o. tough lpg
fun 1T eu"'~ and ~" plan" drove forward
over ~" Cru~- 81 90 Ul."- ut hour Ia"
HIvcl" vh,.-- ,lIuE 90 o." ground FER a
hundred ward. urf ~ IN. planes hIt into
th. AR ard logan tn uft. then Nh" ruachril.
-lut"d ,l"auv end l'ld"i straight vr
NJ" N.ld
n - thor Rri commented Iacuni-
,t|iy OH Ur. h" NrUf nv iu Utk"
ruru Hasn't had enough pr'"ug" for
that T. takes an "'i hand bells 10
light
n that ur.r.s" instant Mr. Posts f,.r
sfrup..d rs -. IN q huIumu"k ana bounced
nfN feet almost p"rp"ndIruaTly II
Was exactly IA" SORT Ui Nuunc" that .
rrlhb"r ball makes when Won slam ~
against IT," Pavement IN q short slant.
The aviator had permitted the 'wp tiny
front planes ~" front control. To- defect
a tribe UI.t that triti" WIS enough to side
wiz. Long Island amt Long Island kicked
back
Tn. a.-uf,lau" r"hpuud"d a. a hall n.
bounds. pluukcd another hump ~ earth
and turf and shot up again. found third
hlll"t hif 81 and skI"d one" NOR" ~
that tam. thor" wis - "Nt"n-Iv" a ""l
lection - thrills nn IN" rHCe'raCk ~ or"
would hay" found duvwh"r" Any lIf"
.n.tranc. coinuaIy would have -curred
Mr post 9s a prospect apparently th.
'uHchiu. had got clean away from hun
and 0as Iust ra'nming around On -pre"
and a. looked - II he Ouuldn smut 81 the
current
avlato-- little wives yer" 'wIti"ring with
fear n. n ~" kIllrd Somebody run rp
there and help catch hfn S"W"ho ~
get 20 q tol"phon" md
SutIar.l, N front of m" aviator ros" IN"
nu,s,de fence n' m. -rC"track five feet
II very hard OAK and o. looked nk" throw
Irg away money 80 beet that Post would
miss ~ HI- mnchIr" had amt buck
iuiuplug and was taking the fat turf like
an au'omo hIl" Hi q forty mil" an hour
ClIp WITHIN ton Ntrt- 81 ~" i"iC"
and ten yarf- - skinny distance for
ny1ng men Post rcmornh.red his front
control. pulled IN" Steering wheelio ward
him. and up shot IN" a"r"pl1n" just ~
time 10 clear the f"nc" G-u" Fly. who
was resting mp ~ that minute from
flight and who was within hfty yards ~
Nr Post said that IN" rear wheels clipped
the top rail II the f"nC" ~ tn" machine
rIrtsd over
Nv that tim. the crowd was prepared
for any KIND ~ a sensation that Post
was minded to furnish, but ~" avIaiors
weren't They knew To a hairs breadth
wnat risks the amateur was running
With dropped Jaw they watched Post
climb swiftly 10 good 2t1 feet and then
wheel suddenly Ia the right, 80 suddenly
that th,. right sd" ~ III" aeroplane tipped
over to n fofty-tv" degree angls Tn"
curry. 81 the propeller blades IL such as
a. max" - difficult and often perIlous
20 get hack on straight running after a
night Turn III" turti-s flying men
always wheel To- the left ~ their circles
4 wouldn't do what b" - dong for
81 49, cash ~ the paw. sad Mars W"
might a. well 90 hom" after this II he
doesn get / ll"d he'll spoil ~" crowd
Around flew Post VhI-Ntng over ~"
s;Rhl" roofs and heading for the race
track inf.ld II- plane. pitched up and