Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-09-29
WALTER BROOK|NS
FAILS IN FLIGHT
Started From Chicago for Spring.
field, Ill.,, to Break American
Sustained Flight Record.
HAD TO DESCEND AT GILMAN
Resumed Journcy-Flcw at Height of
1000 Feet and at Rate of
80 Miles an Hour.

c.hi,a.o Co., 90 ,v.,, p.,.,.,
"iSeso' sept 90" aitet bruohiha
failed IN his attempt to make a contin-
uous flight of 1856 miles from washing
ton mark Cbicago 20 srrtnseoid IN
"
''u"S' ny descending AT Elinah' Ill., 20
miles from his starting point.
The descent. in a measure had been
r,,o,tdad 70, 81 .,.,a.a. -. ~.
'''o "'i"'O' uiu i'0' V''l
eui''ien' amount OF iue' 10 hsht
'i'sN "'nu "hich pleW across MS
pain the greater part Of the journey
Wilbur Wright, who was a passen.
eor an tbo snecist train fo,to,,i,r a.,
Wv
aviator overlook ms pupil at Gilman
and assisted In the Preparations for the
resun,pttor of tn ait. H.. ,.,,,.,
81 a., -.
ALL ,'i.i,,',, Wou'u l.SoH 9pllns
al ,t,,,S AIMS ",totneI uescsnl
,nad ,t s'tt' oreaN we Iecoro ioi
Su r,'' hisht across country
,oo iooNiIls uescvhued easily IN held
~, 20 Ecu, iioliI 'nr Illinols central sta-
80 "t e',i'tah' Mhere ne awaited the
i,lN"i VI MI Wlent' VINO was car
gyms .he necessary tueL
oohihs sara that ne had enjoyed
VA" mp that ne was not in the least
ihtlsue ana that the bipiane was work.
ing smoothly. He anticipated no diff
Guilty in reaching Springfield without a
further descent.
The aeroplane had maintained an
average height OF about 1000 feet
t h Wn'ch me aviator could plainly
inr, th, 1870 70 ~ ~. w PeoPle croWu-
he nassed NV "S 0'ei "hi0h
In ,racticali,. al ,b, ,o,,.,. .,,. 49,.
routa busincss Co., ~ a." W aions ,Iis
as Tho air.n,aobI,, ',,I, ~ suspe,'ue"
- l p'''a,I ""o'e '"eii'
HE START.
At 9:2S o'clock this morning Walter
Brookins in the Wright biplane
Hawk started for Springfield III. 1877
miles away. in an effort TO break tho
long distance sustained flight record
OF the country. s hundred thousand
persons cheered the air-man on his
way.
His destination was the state fair
grounds at Springfield and his object
th' winning of the Chicago Record
Herald tTriZe OF $4,000 Rrookins said
he intended to sail high to avoid
treacherous air currents
The aViatol's slfccessfu1 exbibt,in,
flights here Tuesdav and Wsdnesdav
gsvc him si,.ss,;s
lie left Tho s-round u,ithou4 dlefic,,t,,.
circled 10 test his rnarhine ara tbsn
shot away like a hofnine nieeon N ,ba
southwest IN The dircctiop of ~ s,ata
capitaI His last words wero snotsar
to Wilbur Wright inventor ~ 10 oir
craft
"Cood. bvo NJ v-rtot,. 70, -. -.
in SnringNcid 4, la 'oe S"u
apr,T,T,,
- NNiA- ihAiN IN PURSUIT.
Hau an hour later The Record
Herald special train, crowded with in
terested spectators, started in pur-
suit OF the aviator. Brookins passed
over Kensington. IS miles from Chi
cagO, AT 9:36 and at 9:45 sped over
the suburb OF Harvey. 10 miles dis
tant He was flying about . OOO feet
high and at about the rate Of SO
miles an hour
ne couhttE roads ana fields were
lotleu everywhere win people Witness
ihG me nlsht
me NiIaSe OF Monee "a miles from
mere, was passed at 1910 O'Clock. The
aviator was lying steadily at about 40
miles an hour. The special train was
IL Inlles behind MIN
me blpiahc passed over Peotone, 40
, ,n u's'an,, az I'VE ana over Ma
.eno' nNe nliles iartheI on; at 1884. II
-, 9" a7..,s' riol llNially, ABOUT 30
,riIies an nour, ucker 90 miles from
I,e'sp wa pase1 az IVA,
10, IA Business was s,,snendaS A. Nv so
town as the aeroplane. moving appar-
ently az the rate OF 90 miles an hour.
passed high above the streets
When the aeroplane passed Otto so |
mics from Chichgo, at II O'Clock II |
was lying at a height Of about 1000 |
ieet' me special traln following Brook |
,, U ~, 49, 'S'1's $50 w niacnlne' |
out az 'he aviator hau maintained an |
! eo."ss spstu oi SVout 90 Ihllss an
lout S'noc ms s,urt ~ was expected ne
1 sri, Nv 49, .aneu sno' ~, e.-
49, uI"''I "1s uue ~ Sprlns
re 70 r,ain,atraa ~. p ,.aSu sPeSu
would M, arriye M H. s,atn fir
y,,n,,pds at snripsaaid mil asS '"'
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