Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-06-10
|C[OS|NG DAY
Of Meeting
O|SAPPO|NTS
IFa1lure to Have Successful
! Flight Sends CrowdHome
in Bad Humor;; Simon
Alights in Cornfield.

IN Bad HumOf; olllloll
\ Alights in Corn6eld.
Davenport, June e.-s'mon,
Barrier and Frisbie, the aviators,
arrived here this morning from
Ottumwa, where the first two
days Of their exhibition were
marked by sensational flying'
They are here for three days, ny
Ina from the Mile track ftetd'
and 90 from here to Ga'esburg
and thence to Terre Haute.
Keen disappointment that is hard
to Justify, featured the closing DAY o.
the aviation meet conducted by the
n Moisant International Aviators undel
1.-THE management Of P. L. Young, Wnen
Matter spending an afternoon and wall,
Ming as late as Z o'clock the hundreds
Of spectators, many OF whom were
from nearby towns, had to turn their
steps homeWard without having seen
real flight A short, fitting, grass.
hopper-like fight from the center OF
wildwood to freshly plowed field OF
corn a half-mile away, was made TO
suffice for an aviation exhibition. Ihe
announcer stated about s: so p: m. that
Rene Simon, better known as the
.tFool FLYER from France, etc." would
make his last flight in the city. 1t was
also the last flight of the entire meet
and very brief fight at that.
Simon the Only Flyer.
While no one seemed to criticize the
local management, and all were WILL
ing to grant that the wind had some
thing to do with the failure OF the
flyers, the crowd as a whole was ais
appointed and did not hesitate to sho"
1t when after waiting the entire AFTER
noon and many of them staying beyond
the time of catching the trains to tnelr
respective homes In nearby towns,
they were forced to return without
viewing real flight. Aviator Rene
Barrier was Id the field with his ma
chine Tor an hour before any attempt
was made to fy, but he seemed IN
different as to making a flight, for he
carried his flying robes beneath his
arm and never donned the garments
during the entire time In the field,
thereby giving persons the notion that
he did not intend to fly. AS to Capt
John Frisbie, it was apparent that ne
had no intention of flying, for early
IN the afternoon the mechanicians
werc descending the bi-plane prepar-
atory to having 1t removed from the
field to the car ready for shipment to
Davenport where the birdmen begin
series Of flights today.
Propellers Broke.
w - rr.a~hlo afafod that his roa.
son for not making fight was be-
cause of the condition OF the pro-
pellers Of his bi-plane. These, ne stated
were out of order and new ones were
being sent him, and that owing to the
uncertainty of their safe operation ne
did not care to risk the machine by
falling as the field offered poor
chance OF alighting.
Patience Needed.
The machines of Simon and Barrier
we're taken out Of the tent at 4:4o
O'Clock and run out to the center of
large oats field where they awaited the
pleasure Of the birdmen to make their
flights. The taking out of the machines
raised the enthusiasm Of the crowd
and under direction OF the grounds
p6lice. the crowd was lined up along
D.a1e main thoroughfare awaiting the
acoming flight. They waited some thirty
minutes when the announcer stated
sahat patience for some ten minutes
would be rewarded by witnessing a
flight Of the aviators. He stated that
HI would be necessary to wait until the
big top, (the tent) was taken down,
and the wind subsidized. One onlooker
whose patience was at an end made
known the fact by saying that he could
Mot feel any wind, and was readily re-
NSested by the announcer to hold his
3sA se In the air and let the wind blow
y sSAn anxious female. onlooker desir-
OF information regarding the
Vans Of egress of the machine from
KN tent, approached man standing
Marby and asked: II beg pardon, but
% YOU know which side the machine
4 Aal come out?" She was readily in
I#.med by the intelligent looking in
HSyidual that he presumed it would be
sa ssa the outside.
sE Simon Made Attempt.
y After an hour in the oats field, Rene
Esimon, clad in his suit Of brown,
mounted his monoplane and whirring
noise of the propellers caused the
CrOW0 TO locus lCS dtLeutlOu Oh Inc Lud-
chine In the field Slowly the machine
started, and gaining speed rapidly,
soon left the ground and scared bird
like into the air more than 100 feet
high and began gliding toward the
west. As It, moved out OF the field 1t
passed over clump Of trees that spell
led defeat for the flight, for as the
little Frenchman passed over the wood
ed space, the machine was seen to
settle and fears were entertained by
the crowd for the safety of the air
Barrier Doesn't Fly.
The fellow aUators and assistants
hastily ran from the field and board |
ing the automobile carried by the |
company, began hurried trip to the |
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