New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-19
ATWOOD BEATS EXPRESS
Flew Eighty-four Miles in Two
Hours Seven Minutes.
HIS GASOLINE GIVES OUT
Forced to Descend ! Miles West
of Erie, Penn, in His Flight
from Cleveland.

tN 'hFhl'f fenn., NuR. u. W n'l ne Cdli'b
ono jump brought Harry ". Atwood. tho
aviator, from Cleveland TO Swanville.
Fem. this afternoon. and landed him
eishty-four miles nearer his destina ton in
his picturesque aeroplano fight from st.
Louis 10 New York. Atwood was 10 have
come on 10 Erie. but a lack OF gasoene
forced him TO land here. eleven miles west
Of Erie. He came down without accident
and glided into Il cornfeld in tho twilight.
his biplane being moored beneath the trees
on the lake shore.
Starting from Cleveland. after many de-
lays. the Bostonian went through the air
at terrific speed. a fast mall train which
left Cleveland twenty minutes after him
failed TO catch M.
Aliohted in Cornfield.
Sailing high over tho edge OF Lake Eric
and The stretches NJ vineyards that dot the
shore. Atwood. after leaving Cleveland at
400 y. m. alighted i'm the cornled in
Ssanvllle at $40 p. m. central tme). his
actual flying time for tho elghty-four miles
from Cleveland being two hours and seven
minutes.
having flown through parts 81 i've states
Missouri. Illinois. Indiana. Ohio and Penn
sylrana. lie is now ~ miles from his
starting point In 81 Louis and KS miles
from New York. having been in the air
since he left last Monday actually. Is hours
and y minutes
a large portion Of to-days Night was
over the lake. Soaring far over the water
with the l.lfnesq Of
Ing. with its passenger. LIE pounds, the
swiftly moving air craft presented a pict-
urcsque spectacle
Atwood getaway from Cleveland. 81 late
"a the afternoon that he faced prospect
OF being overtaken by darkness. was under
great difficulty. First he had 10 ascend
from a narrow strip Of fenced IN sandy
beach. lie glided downhill and almost
touching the surf. few out over the lake
into a trcacherous wind. BY skilful steer
ing he took spiral upward course, and
later landed In tho Country Club golf
links. ON the golf course he made three
unsuccessful starts before he could rise
high enough 10 skim over tina tree ton.
Safely in the air. he swung out over the
lake. came back TO point over the land
and ut an altitude OF 500 feet struck out on
his course, fixed by the Lake Shore 4
Michigan Southern Railroad tracks with
the intention Of reaching Erie before sun.
down.
Between Cleveland and AahtabuIa Az,
wood made the fifty-four miles in p, hour
and 10 minutes, including a delay caused
by his slow start at Cleveland.
Ran Out Of GssoIene.
I'm all right" SAID A,vood 70.
night. after landing II Just ran ont
Of gssolenc. probably had sufficient
10 carry me to Erie, but IA 4, wa.
dark ! did not want to try It. ;or u
might have taken me a long time TO End
the landing place Early tomorrow morn
ine | VIII sail into Erie In the afternoon
] expect TO start for Buffalo. and Will re-
main IN Buffalo over Saturday nigh. Then
! will ny over New York State. going by
way OF Rochester. Syracuse. Utica and Al
bany. The stopping places have not yet
been decided upon
At tho Aero Club OF America I'm this CITY
n Is pointed out that Atwood's arart from
Cleveland yesterday marks the beginning
of the second half Of a flight to New York
which. II finished, will give him the
worlds record for cross country fying-a
distance ot l.2s5 miles. AS II stands to-day.
the worlds record for distance was made
by Koenig. Nolmullsr and Buechner, who
finished IN the order named, In the Ma
tional Aviation Circuit race over Germany,
1854 miles. the winner reaching the start
ing point. at Johannisthal July 10. IN thir-
~ days.
The three fights next appro ximat ting this
record. won by Andre Beaumont, are as
follows: Circuit of Great Britain, 100
miles; start, July %; end. July IS: actual
time IN air, o. hours 20 minutes European
circuit race. 1000 miles; start. June IS; end.
July I; actual flying time. IS hours IS min.
utes ~ seconds. Paris Rome race, 800
miles; start. May %; end. at Rome Origin
nally planned for Turin, May 81.
by reaching Cleveland Atwood has
eclipsed the previous American record, held
by himself. OF 56S miles. from Boston to
Washington, begun June 30 and ended July
H. His record of 643 miles. from st. Louis
to Cleveland, far and away surpasses any
other 'cross-country fight ever made in
this country