The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-08-22
ATWOOD 1O4 MILES NEARER.
Makes Substantial Progress on Flight
to New York.

Lyons, n. Y, Aug. 20.-Nine hundred
and thirty miles from his starting
point, Harry N. Atwood, the young
Boston aviator, who is fast approach
Ing the worlds long distance record
in MS fight from st. Louis to New
York, landed in field in Lyons this
aft ernoon, after flying 1O4 miles from
Buffalo without a. stop.
Ascending in Buffalo at 800 o'clock
this afternoon, Atwood, who has flown
several days without mishap, climb
ed to a high altitude and headed east
ward and shot over towns and villages
at a high rate of speed. He alighted
in Lyons at 5.31 p. m, having covered
the 1O4 miles in two hours and eleven
minutes. In one instance, he went
four miles in three minutes, and on
reaching Rochester, SO miles from
Buffalo, he went around the outskirts
of the city so fast that people standing
on Office buildings could not get more
than a glimpse of him.
Beats Train to Rochester.
4 train which left Buffalo at ex-
actly the same time that Atwood did,
ran in sight of the aeroplane almost
all the way to Rochester, but arrived
there eight minutes after the aviator
had passed around the city and had
disappeared in the east. The train,
however, had made a stop en- route.
Atwood is now 335 miles from New
York, having made almost three
fourths of his 1,265-mile fight. By
Tuesday night he hopes to reach Al
bany and on Wednesday, in a one-day
fight down the Hudson river, he ex-
poets to break the worlds record for
the distance and finish his trip, land
ing at Coney Island, in New York,
before sundown. For the $50 miles
already covered, he has been in the air
actually 19 hours and So minutes.
F.. Scars Above Many Towns.
Eighteen towns and villages saw
the aviator today, as he swept over
them, sometimes flying as low as $50
feet so he could read the names of the
railroad stations as he passed A few
miles out of Buffalo; wher he ascend
ed from a race track in a breeze off
the lake so strong that it carried him
around in circles of miles before he
could get his speed. Atwood struck
out eastward over the New York Cen
trail railroad tracks, which are to fix
his course all the way to New York.
1t was between east Palmyra and
Newark that Atwood made the best re-
corded time of the day, covering the
four miles between these two points in
three minutes. Getting toward Lyons,
Atwood found he had not sufficient
gasoline to carry him on to Syracuse,
so he picked clear field on a hill near
the town and glided down to the
ground. Atwood's flight tomorrow will
be to Syracuse and Utica, with stops
at each of these cities, and a possible
detour to Auburn.
To Fly Across Continent?
He intends not to reach Albany be-
fore Tuesday night. Soon after he re-
turns to Boston, Atwood said, he
would prepare for trans-continental
flight this autumn, probably from Los
Angeles to New York
He said he thought he could make
$500 miles in fifteen days, taking a
southern course to ST. Louis and COM
ing north by way of Cincinnati to New
York State.
Saturdays Summary.
Summary of the seventh day of At
woods St. Louis-NeW York flight:
Left Buffalo at 3.25 p. m.
Passed over Batavia, 81 miles, 3.58
p. N.
Passed over Rochester, 4.42 p. m.
Landed at Lyons, N. Y, 5.S1 p. N.
Distance travelled on seventh day,
104 miles.
Actual flying time, 2 hours and II
minutes.