Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1910-10-15
At AVIATION FIELD
But FOrACCidentAviat0r Grahame
White Would Have Flown
Over Annapolis
UNCERTAINTY OF AVIATION
Severe Cross Wind Causes Accident To
MOnOpIane
communicated
SnaciaI 10 Evening CAPITAL.

| Special TO Evening Capital.
Washington, d. c., Oct. IA.
Editor Evening Capital, Annapolis.
Md.
Dear Sir:-The letter from the
Mayor of Annapolis to Mr.. Claude
Grahame-W who is giving exhi-
bitions at Bennings, inviting him to
visit Annapolis, as published in last
nights paper, was presented TO Mr..
Berger, Mr.. Grahame-White' te's mana
ger, who promised a reply this after
noon.
Owing, however, to the accidents
at the meet, it was impossible TO see
Mr.. Berger, but Mr. Clifford Mar
man, the millionaire aviator of New
York, with whom Mr. Grahame- White
is associated, when interviewed in
regard to the letter, gave the fol
lowing statement:
You may say for Mr.. Grahame
White and myself that, except for
the unfortunate accidents which have
just occurred. we might have been
able to have flown to Annapolis 1t is
now, however, impossible. You may
say, however, that We deeply appre-
ciate the courtesy extended by your
Mayor and we sincerely hope at
some other date we may avail our
selves of this opportunity.
Mr.. Grahame-White made a most
sensational flight this morning from
the aviation field, twelve miles over
Washington, landing in the narrow
executive avenue at the east en-
trance of the White House. Mr..
Grahame- White thrilled the thous-
! ands who watched him by circling
the dome of the Capitol and flying
around the Monument. After land
ing at the Metropolitan Club, he
few back to the aviation field.
The time of the fight was about
twenty-five minutes. The flight
was made in his 50-horse Farman
biplane. At 2:45 Mr.. Grahame- White
ascended in his biplane and after
| flying the length of the field and
turning his motor, was heard to
stop and in attempting to land the
left wing was damaged by striking
| the ground. Mr.. White took the ac-
cident in most philosophical man
ner, saying that this only shows
the uncertainty of aviation
After some delay the Berliot
monoplane was brought out and after
having pulled the machine the entire
length of the field, Mr.. Grahame-
White attempted flight, this time
with more disas trous effect. He had
hardly gone hundred yards and had
not left the ground, when he was
seen to swerve sharply to the left
and after blowing through two fences
that guard the old race track, landed
! in a marsh. Mr.. Grahame-White
was uniniured, due probably to the
rotten condition of the timbers COM
posing the fences.
When interviewed, Mr.. Harman
said that the biplane would be re-
paired at once and the long-distance
fight would be attempted by Mr..
| Grahame-White on Saturday or Sun
| day. Mr.. Grahame-White gave as
the reason for the accident to his
monoplane the fact that there was
blowing at the time severe cross
| wind which makes it most dangerous
TO attempt flight in a monoplane.
due to the fact that it is most diff
| cult to get one of these smaller Liza
chimes from the ground under those
conditions. The accident to the
| BipIane was primarily due to a stop
page of the gasoline flow which made
it necessary for him to descend to
the ground.
As he was at the time only thirty
feet from the ground, it was impos-
sible for him to choose a good spot to
| land, and he had TO land in the only
bad place in the entire field. On re-
turning to the city we were surprised
| to see another aeroplane soaring
above the city, which had evidently
arisen from the College Park field,
where there is now being held an
amateurs meet.
! In an interview with Mr.. Grahame-
Whites manager, Mr.. J. S. Berger,
which I was fortunate enough to get,
| Mr.. Berger says that the Post has
| given them thirty days in which TO
attempt the long-distance flight, and
when Mr.. Grahame-W starts it
will be with the intention Of making
at least two hundred miles, only 107
are required, but be desires to make
such a record that it will stand for
a long, long time.
The delay has been necessitated by
| the accident at Bennings today. At
the time he makes his fight may be
possible to get him to include Annap-
oils in his route. I shall work to-
wards that end. The Farman bipla1e
has been repaired and exhibitions
will be given at Bennings Saturday
and Sunday.
Yours,
ENNALLS WAGGAMAN.