Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-10-15
AIR MAN FLIES
TO DOOR Of
CAPITAL
SIX MILE FLIGHT ENDS
IN WASHINGTON STREET 7
White, English Aviator Pays
Visit TO White House in Aero
plane, Then Sails Back 10
Starting Point,
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Washington, y. c.. oct l4.--ln a
narrow street, upon a precisely Sc
lected spot, after an aerial flight Of
more than six miles across the city,
clande Graham White, the English
aviator today dropped his aeroplane
at the side door of the White House.
On the way at q height of nearly
,00 feet. he clrcled the dome of the
capitol and passed the lofty Wash
ington monument level with the apex.
po landed where the slightest devia-
lion from his course would have inn
nailed him upon the spikes of the
ron fence around the White House
grounds at his right or smashed HIM
against the granite walls at his left.
Admiral Dewey was on the spot to
offer congratulations. Other officials
on the army and navy, including Act
ing Secretary Of War oliver ana Ma
iOr General Wood, added their words
of commendation.
An hour later, MI White ascended
from the spot where he had landed
and returned to his starting point,
the penning race track, without mis-
an exhibition flight he had two acct
dents which resulted in slight dam
age to his two aeroplanes Forum
ately, however the aviator escaped
unhurt
MI White started shortly after IL
o'clock in tn forenoon. lie rose tC
height of 500 feet by circling about
the grounds and then darted away
toward the city six miles distant.
Making his objective point the Wash
ington monument, the air man upon
reaching that point turned his ma
chine northward and sailed directly
over the White House. He then
&tiled directly toward the executive
avenue and with q quick descent
brought the biplane to the pavement
before he had reached the center OF
the block. Striking the asphalt
lightly on it's wheels the machine ran
along a couple of hundred feet ana
stopped in front of the steps. The
flight had occupied only ten minuteS.
Having paid Il formal call upon
Brigadier General Allen, chief signal
officer OF the army, who has charge
of all the aeronautical work OF that
service, White took luncheon with
the officers Of the army and navy.
In an hour he was back again 0ae
jumped into the seat of his aeroplane,
the motor started al fun speed, and
the biplane darted forward straight
away through the narrow street.
The machine rose off the pavement
quickly and by the time it has
reached the middle of the block. was
twenty feet in the air. MI White
had SUCCESSFULLY gotten the machine
M nA
he felt more at ease.
BY the time he had reached the
end of the block he had risen to a
height OF fifty feet and cleared the
tops of trees in safety. He directed
his course toward the Washington
monument and then over the city
back to Benning, landing safely
within the enclosure at the place
from which he had started.
Later In the day while giving an
exhibition flight at Bennings White
met with an accident in which his
FaIman biplane was damaged. He
mad gone up 200 feet when n pipe
hetween his motor and the gasoline
iank became detached. The motor
stopped and Mr.. White was COM
PEELED TO employ gliding tactcis in
maneuVcr to reach the ground in
fuety. The aviator succeeded in eX-
eeutlng the glide perfectly. but as he
heared the ground a breeze caught
the biplane and tilted it so that the
lelt bottom plane struck the ground
ana the framework was badly broken.
Nhlte was not injured. The aviator
h"pes to have the machine in shape
tomorrow for the prize flight in
winch he will attempt to capture the
American distance record.
An hour later he started to make
-h exhibition flight in his Bleriot
monopiane. The motor was started
ana before the monoplane had risen
more than few feet. the breeze
,ausht IL and swerved it to the left.
hetore he could stop the motor the
machine crashed through the inner
renee knocking over two posts. II
men dashed across the race track
ana through the fence on the other
sne shooting off into . field TO II
pot a hundred yards beyond. White |
WAS badly shaken up.