The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1911-12-14

Oct 8 after covering the distance fr0I
Joliet I'm eight hours, including stops .
e Streator. Peoria and Middletown. DC
e 10 saw Rodgers at Marshall, Mo, af
] er flight of PA miles. In this iigh
y he broke the worlds record for a eros
country aeroplane flight by 1873 miles
} The previous worlds record OF I.26
3 miles was made by Harry N. Atwoo
In his ST. Louis to New York air jour
, ney. which ended on Aug. %. Up {
I this time Rodgers had flown 1.39
, miles.
At the Halfway Point.
: A fight OF eighty -four miles LANDED
him In Swope park. Kansas City. Mo.
the following day and brought hin
halfway In his eight to the coast A
heavy fog prevented a flight until Oct
+ IA, when he reached Vanita. Okla. 23(
miles from Kansas City, leaving hin
1900 miles still to go TO reach Los An
geles. Bad weather held him back on
Oct 10. and on the 10th he was forced
TO descend al McA lester. Okla, owing
to engine trouble after covering l2I
miles. and he had to postpone his at
tempt 10 reach Fort Worth. Tex, on
the same day. With fight Of 19l
| miles on Oct. II he reached Fort
Worth. ard a thirty mile flight brought
him to Dallas. where he gave an ex
hibition mt the Texas State fair.
In his 100 mile flight to Waco on
Oct 10. which he covered In ninety
FIVE minutes. Rodgers had race with
big eagle which followed him for
twenty miles at express speed and
nearly 900 feet below him.
The timely discovery of damage to
the rudder wires of his machine prob
ably saved his life and delayed his de
parture from Waco few hours. He
descended at Austin on Oct. 20. A sc
we're storm held him back on the 2lst, |
and be reached San Antonio on Oct. % |
after a flight OF eighty eight miles, In
which he had race with two express |
trains. overtaking both of them. His
arrival in San Antonio made his total
distance covered since leaving New
York 1,7S9 miles.
Oct % was spent in having the aero
plane overhauled and rewired. some of
the parts having been worn through
A flight of 1872 miles brought him to
Spofrord on Oct. "a. and he reached
Sanderson on Oct. 90 with flight Of
1GS miles High winds prevented Rodg
ers from leaving Sanderson on the
9th, but he got up early on the follow
ing morning with the intention Of max
Ing Ell Paso. 312 miles At the very
start he crashed into fence when a
current Of air struck his rudder, throw
Ing him around and causing him to
lose control of the machine. The acct
dent delayed him almost three hours.
He remounted his machine, but after
FIVE hours flying he found that he
could not reach El Paso and descended
at Sierra Blanca, 300 mile fight from
Sanderson.
Meets Fowler on Way East.
His flight to Ell Paso on the 10Th was
delayed by more engine trouble, fore
ing him to descend near Fort Hancock
to make repairs. He resumed his flight
and reached Ell Paso on the same day.
ers laid up in Ell Paso on the 30th and !
the following day reached Wilcox. |
Ariz., a fight Of 222 miles. with stops |
at Deming and Lordsburg. His en-
trance into the latter town broke up !
circus performance. the people and |
performers gathering around him. On |
Nov ! he stopped at Tucson, Ariz., |
where he exchanged greetings with
Robert G. Fowler. the other transcon-
ttnental aviator who is flying east. and
continued his journey to Maricopa, hay
ing covered III miles during the day.
In many of the western towns Rod.
gers had been greatly disturbed by
having the people gathered in the
landing places picked out for him.
making 1t difficult for him to land
The lack OF police protection at Phoe-
nix and with the people scattered all
over the landing place prevented him
from making his landing and he was
to fly to another part of the
town. He took on a supply Of gaso.
line and oil and started of once more,
landing at Stovali 10S miles from
Phoenix. Stoyall. tank station,
proved to be the best landing place he
had encountered since leaving New
York. The villages in that part OF
the country are about 100 miles apart.
and as he landed in desert alongside
he railroad tracks not person APP
peared to greet him.
Rodgers decided to make Cotton on
Nov. 8 and from there fly to Los
Angeles and end his transcontinental
light. as It is on the coast. He left
stovall on Nov. s, but had to make a
anding at Imperial Junction. Cal. be-
ause of motor trouble. The distance
between Stovall and Imperial Junction
s 1873 miles, and he covered the dis
ance In 125 minutes. 1t was also the
ongest single flight he has made with
nut having to make landing for gas
line. His arrival at Imperial juno
ion left him 1877 miles to go to reach
,os Angeles. On Nov. he reached
,orning 100 miles nearer his goal.
nd 1t was from there that he few on
;oy. to the end Of his Journey.