Arizona republican., 1910-02-11

run on that trip but the engine was working badly and he just kept going straight ahead until he found it wise to come down. He started up on the stretch of the big mile track and made a beautiful rise into the air, then cut [ diagonally across the field in front of the grand stand to near the south end of the grounds and thence took a course due east toward Central av- enue. It looked from the grounds as though he was heading directly for Comeback mountain. At minutes and i0 seconds he passed out of sight. evidently having come to the earth. For a while it was supposed that he had merely gone beyond the trees and would shortly reappear but as time passed it became evident that some thing had gone wrong About fifteen minutes later Hamilton started after him in the S-cylinder machine. But
 more about that later.
 It was learned later that Willard | had heard q. wire rubbing against his engine and fearing that some part of the device had gone wrong he thought it the part Of prduce to come down and did so in the Chalmers tract just east of Central avenue, though H. I. Latham, aviator and real estate agent. insists that it was on the Latham acres. Anyhow Frank Hilderbran and Joe Cassou went to his assistance In an auto and with the help of 400 oth- CT farmers eventually got him up in the air again. In making landing in the rough field he broke two or three more of the wire braces and these had to be repaired before he could proceed.
 In coming down it is said he scared all the poultry within a mile. the fowls taking him for the biggest chicken I hawk they had ever seen. In rising again he barely missed a flock" of dairy cows that acted as though they thought tine Haley comet had finally kept its date with the earth, and they | exhibited more tails in the air than all the comets of history could pro- duce.
 Second Event.
 Meantime event No. was under way when Hamilton went after Will ! lard in the s-cylinder machine. He made fine rise and took exactly the | same course, flying over him and re- 1 turning by way of a large circle to the
 north toward the Indian school, thence west and southwest back to the grounds. never for a moment being out | of sight but Hue to the distance look | ing but little larger than a big bird. ! His ship sailed with smoothness and regularity. There was probably a
 brisk wind up where Hamilton was i but it<did not appear so from the ground. He sought to gain a high ele- vation and make a fancy glide. but | said the air was too light for him to i get the desired altitude. However he 'glode" all right, for about 200 feet | and alighted gracefully in the in field
 in front of the grand stand. amid l cheers. He was gone four minutes 1 and 55 seconds and must have covered
 between three and four miles. But in ] the landing he broke a casting on the l rod between the front wheel and the f two in the rear and it took about forty minutes to repair the machine.
 Two of Them.
 By that time anxiety over Willard's continued absence had increased and
 though Hamilton had reported him all ! right he was either worried or knew | SAthh NhN 6ihAti SAciil was over Willard's fate so at 4:l5 the | fourth event of the day occurred when | Hamilton again set out after Willard. i He followed the same course as before until he had returned to the grounds, | when instead of alighting he climbed ! still higher in the air and passed over | the grand stand at an altitude of per haps 300 feet, sailed west some dis | tance beyond the Santa Fe railroad, 1 then circled the grounds to the south east and north again as before. Ar irving over the north end Of the i grounds he turned down through the center as before, alighting beautifully
 and without injury to either himself or i the machine. He was gone nine min utes in this flight. His distance can 1 only be guessed at but it was surely
 more than five miles and might have
 been over six
 | Before Hamilton began his glide to
 home plate (he always lands this way) Willard showed up on the eastern
 horizon. and as the eight cylinder
 machine settled gracefully to the
 earth. Willard came over the eastern
 fence at an altitude of probably 15C
 feet and alighted smoothly in the cen tral field a short distance behind
 Hamilton. The two machines in the
 air at the same time aroused the en-
 thusiasm Of the crowd which had be-
 come restive after the long wait. and
 Hamilton, who has made the fastest
 time in the world with an aeroplane
 and Willard, the youngest aviator ir
 the world. (anywhere from 2o-to 2s
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