Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-08-16

KEEPS PACE WITH FASTEST
TRAIN SERVICE IN COUNTRY
BY Morning Journsi Special Leased Wirei

Elkhart, Ind, Aug. 15.--Skimming
over the southwest corner of Lake
Michigan and then over the sand hills
of northern Indiana. Harry Atwood.
of Boston, In his aeroplane. this af-
ternoon flew 10l miles from Chicago
in hours and IA minutes without
a stopover, thus completing 3S7 miles
OF his |, ,460 mile flight from st. Louis
TO Ne@ York and Boston.
Atwood made the 101 miles from
Chicago in just 10 minutes slower
time than the fastest train service In
the United States. which covers the
distance between Chicago and Elk
hart in one hour and 55 minutes.
The Boston aviator. arising in his
Burgess Wright biplane on the lake
front in Chicago. cireled over the
thousands gathered there ut the aviu-
ton meet at 3.3l O'Clock and shot out
on his journey eastward. He arrived
here at 5:45, settling down into hay
field.
His highest altitude today was
1000 feet. reached over South Bend.
Ind. but generally he kept low in
order to follow the Lake Shore and
Michigan southern tracks which fixed
his course.
II was while he was out on Lake
Michigdn viewed by thousands of
people lined up along the shore and
sometimes hailed by the whistles OF
steamboats,, that Atwood made his
most spectacular appearance today.
once away from Chicago he hit up
high speed against a hend-on wind
and cut across the corner of the lake
to save a few miles. AS II sped on.
In the late afternoon sun, the air
craft was everywhere visible from
shore and boats in the distance.
For half an hour he sailed over
the lake, keeping not more than 500
feet high. At times he said. TO test
the variations of the air currents, he
swoopcd low enought as almost to
be able to scoop up the water. once
over land again at d point near Pine,
Ind, tWenty-three miles from Chica-
go, he headed directly eastward,
Enthusiasm appeared to Increase
as he Journeyed eastward. Telegraph
and telephone wires were kept busy
with reports of his whereabouts.
AT Elkhart, where Atwood planned
TO remain over night, all faces turn
cd toward the west. AS the aviator
was unable to locate the grounds ar
ranged for his reception, 50 he landed
in a hay field, but later rose again
and was received in the driving park.
by his performance today, Atwood
Is confident that his flight begun hy
his 2SG mile trip from st. Louis to
Chicago Monday viii be ended in Bos-
ton easily within the ten days limit.
He will resume his flight tomorrow,
going to Toledo, which he hopes to
reach by 2 p. H., and Sandusky, o..
where he expects to land for the
night.
Il could make much better time
We're Ii not that my arrangements
call for making fourteen stops on the
entire trip" said Atwood. III | had
my way | would go right on through.
stopping only wherever night over
took me.
1T is becoming moro evident to
me that aeroplanes are losing much
of their danger and are becoming We
hicles for practical use. The ocean to
ocean flight will soon be in vogue.
Almost all the way today. I wen.
Against the wind, otherwise think,
would have broken tho best train re
ord. AS it was | ran with train from
South Bend here. thinking II was the
is hour New York limited, but 1t was
not"