New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-26

only ten minutes supply Of fuel. I had
10 land T can tell you. Then my engine
stalled on me- at Nyack and I had to
make a forced landing right off. At
Nvack I landed all right. but l had to
chop down trees 10 get away
He had got this far IN his interesting
recital when. without warning, he went
into the adjoining room 10 shave and
take bath. II was thirty minutes be-
fore he again appeared, but he was the
picture Of health and good nature and
up-to-dateness when he did.
NY start this morning at Nyack was
dangerous" he continued. II was In a
small field. I had 20 fly between two
small trees. There could not have been
more than A foot Of space on either side
Of the machine don't know but what
the machine scraped both trees.
MY machine wouldn't crank at first.
NV mechanics had connected the lead
wires so they back fred. They set fire
10 my gasolene tank. and for moment
II NfNkNu idu w = kAA II 'Ai WIN ''-'A'
Skins ALONG the Hudson.
"T didn't Hy high down the Hudson.
There were all kinds Of gusts. I few on
the windvard side Of the river. For the
greater part Of the trip was not over
nfty feet above the water. Sometimes
1 was az close 10 the surface as five feet.
And l few right close 70 shore. The
wind hit the Palisades hard. When
got aVav from the Palisades I crossed
about opposite Jersey city 70 give New
Workers. as much Of chance 10 see me
as possible. But 7 few just above the
smokestacks Of the vessels in the river
I could hear the vhistles-all Of them, I
think.
The most anxious moment on my
whole trip was Just as I vas in sight Of
Governors Island There was,one little
skip TO my motor. II may have been
imagination. but l think II was a skip.
Il made me wonder if, after all. I was
going to be compelled 10 light on water
and have to he picked up. instead Of ar
irving at Governors Island ny my own
power.
This aeroplane Of mine. that I have
used throughout the trip, hasn't been
weakened in any shape or manner. The
engine is tired. I wouldn't trust any
dangerous flights with this engine"
Asked what part Of the long trip stood
most clearly out in his recollection, At
...,J
That's an easy one. The most at
tractive part Of the trip was through the
mountains on my way down the Hudson.
That was the part that most appealed 10
me- II was then that I really felt there
was no stretch of the imagination re-
quired 10 say that I was indeed a bird in
the air.
AT West Point. for instance. 7 wanted
10 land. and had 10 hover Owe the noun
rains looking for safe place. | couldn't
find a place that looked good to me. and
circled about right over the woods,
finally ahghting on the top Of BsXters
Mountain. lob feet high. That was the
prettiest part Of my trip by far.
I had no gusts of wind down the
Hudson that bothered me TO any marked
degree. But did get winds of the lakes
that were fierce" he said.
May Fly Across Continent.
Asked il he would try to 1y across the
continent for the $4,000 prize offered by
William R. Hearst. Atwood said he was
seriously considering such fight. TO
begin about October /. but that he would
not 60 by way Of Chicago because Of the
winds Just mentioned
Asked II he thought the fight just
made had increased the possibilities Of
the aer0plane. the aviator said
THE possibilities existed before I
made the trip. think the possibilities
are limitless. but just what form they
will take | confess I do not know"
Packed away in the grip which the
aviator carried by aeroplane from st.
Louis are score or more Of letters.
most Of them supposedly ~ a tender
nature and addressed 10 young women
residing in the nelghborhood of Boston.
AT pretty nearly every place /
stopped" Atwood explained. some fell
low asked me 10 carry letter 10 his girl
up in Boston. OF course 7 agreed 10 do
so am going 10 take them all to Bos-
ton with me and mail them there
The machine IN which Atwood made
the record trip will be shipped 10 Bos
ton to-day. but will not be used by the
aviator at the aviation tournament He
will use there a Burgess Wright biplane
equipped with 50-horsepoWer Gnome