Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-09-30
BEATEN
BY BROOK|NS
B|PLANE
SUCCESSFUL FLIGHT FROM
CHICAGO TO SPRING. IELD
Aviator Does the Distance in
Seven Hours and Twelve
Minutes, Forced to Make Two
Stops En- Route,

( lny Moraing journal special Leased Wirel
Springfield, Sept 80. Aviator
j Walter Brookins alighiod gracefully
/ in the fair grounds hero at 4.27 p, m.
/ today, seven hours twelve minutes
/ our Of CHICAGO. after having sailed his
I Wright biplane the lS7 miles with
/ two stops They were AZ Gilman, H.,
/ 3 miles from Chicago At 1880 q. N.
| and at Mount Pulaski. H., GS miles
/ from the starting point In chi
cago at 3.20 y. IN. The first
stop was Tor water, oil and gasoline;
| the second because hts pump had
1 broken and the engine became hot
| Brookins in his long sail broke the
/ American long distance continued
night record aud thereby won the
, SI0, ,080 prize offered hy the chicago
/ Record Herald which conducted tho
, attempt.
! In both places whore the aviator
alighted thronss gathered to stare at
! the bird man. Farmers, tradesmen
and residents rushed from their fields,
1 shops and homes and fled headlong
% see what an acroplane looked like
! at short range
As Brookins swept up ont OF the
, field ut Mount Pulaski. one ot the
small rubher-tircd wheels on which
he rolls In making headwaN before
rising struck hummock and was
wrenched OFF. Brookins not know
t ing OF the accident rose to a height oi
/ 900 feet and htading Tor springfield,
swirled away from sight leaving the
I Illinois Central special train far me-
hind.
This WIS the second engine tie
aviator mad left far behind IN n inir
race Engineer W. r. Burt Who
made the first attempt to keep Up
with the air man hnd To give up the
/ attempt AZ clinton
Rrookins reached the fair grounds
ciWht minutes before he stNli9n was
reached by the Illinois Centrai iast
special train lie made the dip To
alieht at 4;27 p. m. making seven
hours. twelve minutes elapsed time
from the start Ia Chicago. The ac-
tuul flying time was five hours forty
fonr minutes for the lN7 miles, an
average flying rate of thirts th.tA
miles IN hour
Brool1ins found some difficulty Ia
alightine because Of the inadequate
police protection at tho fair grounds
although he arrived over the grpun rs
ut age. it was five minutes later be-
fore he could land
The crowd surged about MIN
threatening to crush the machine,
TN he had 10 make 4 personal appeal
to got the throng back.
Asked about The Night he said
why. it WIS nothing only staNin@
up. II merely took time-morc than
usual--and that's about the only dif-
ference from a practice lliaht.
knew / could make II.
1T was one of the prcttiest flights
ever made The country betw zen
Chicago and here is delightful. Evety-
whore J was flying low enodgh-''rd
went as low as 500 feet several
times could see the people staring
up at me from every acre. There
must have been three-tiurihs OF q
million looking at me.
MY arms are tired. Of course ant
Il was a strain because | h0d 10
watch all the while; but 1 am good
for the same thing right now " nee
cssary."
wilbur wrehts only comment
was
so.''
Later after the aeronlauc had been
stored away Mr.. Wright added to his
terse remark. lie said
There was never a time when
felt he would not make IT, OF course,
I felt this way. There was strong
wind and right in his face for most
of the way so that he had 70 use 50
much more gasoline and oil that ne
had 10 stOg.
"The machine viii go for any dis |
tance: the only difference between |
this and q practice flight Is that the |
operator had to work longer. He |
flew better the farther ne went be-
oause he had used up more gasoline /
and was lighter.
II think this has shown conclusive
IS that the aeroplane Is successful /
of the air and YOU who fol- |
lowed the machine from Chicago in /
the train with me probably feel as |
confident and sure of II now ra do.
THAT is what We are doing no~,
interprosed Roy Knabcushue, avia-
tor ana manager of the Wright FIX
hlbition company. we want to dis
abuse peoples minds of the fear Of
the aeroplanc and the idea that II ~ I
not dependable"
only water. oil and gasoline stood
between Brookins AMI a continuous,
sustained flight between Chicago ana
sprlngfieid He said when his arms
got tired. hc set the steering appar-
atus with his knees and rested Then
he took hold again and SCARED 90
greater heights. ready To- glide up ana
down where loss effort was needed TO
control the machine.
Never. WAS there a prettier race.
say those who witnessed part ot H.
han that between the special train ON
the Illinois Central. which with right
III way over everything attempted 90
beat the air man. sometimes when
he had 10 rise 20 get above rough
.ountry currents. Brookins' craft drew
back behind the racing train. but
nhcn the glide cume again. bee forged
ahead and STAYED there.
The first stop az Gilman. ILL.,, FOR
I'll. was made by Arrangement. He
ilirhted in wind swept cornfieid ana
had no difficulty IN pushing the ma
rhine out into the omen ground.
There he waited FOR fourteen minutes I
Tor the train to come up.
And at Mount Pulaski. h. showed :
10 more concern. This was twenty !
.our miles from his destination aud
,oon after he was az, he saw the