The Sentinel=record., 1911-08-16
ATWOOD IS
 STILL GOING
FLIES 1o1 MILES TO ELKHART, lNp.. WITHOUT STOP, A
 TOTAL OF 3s7 MILES, lrTa
Makes Trip in Faster Time Than Most Rapid Train in the United la, States--Sails Over Lake i
 Michigan Safely. g

| Elkhart, Ind, Aug. 15. -Skimmlng over the southwestern corner of Lake Michigan and then over the sand mills of Northern Indiana, Harry N. Atwood of Boston in his aeroplane this afternoon flew the 101 mics from Chicago in two hours and sixteen minutes, without stop, thus complet- ing SS7 miles of his 1,640 mile cross country flight from St. Louis to New York and Boston.
 Atwood made the 1O1 miles from Chicago in 21 minutes more time than the fastest train service in the United States, which covers the dis tance between Chicago and Elkhart in one hour and 55 minutes. The Bos- ton aviator arising in his Burgess Wright bi-plane on the lake front in Chicago circled over the thousands gathered there at the aviation meet and at 3:31 shot out on his journey eastward. He arrived here at 5:47 p. m. calmly, settling down into a hay field. His highest altitude to- day was 2,000 feet reached over South Bend, Ind, but generally he flew low.
 It was while he was out on Lake Michigan viewed by thousands of people lined up along the shore and sometimes hailed by the whistles Of distant tugs that Atwood made his most spectacular appearance today.
 Once away from Chicgo, he hit up la high speed against a headon wind and cut across the corner of the lake to save a few extra miles. As it lsped on the white wings of his ma chine shimmerng in the late after. noon sun, the air craft was every. where visible from shore and boats away in the distance. For half an hour Atwood sailed over the lake keeping not more than 300 feet nigh 
 At times, he said, to test the varia- tions of the air currents, he swooped low enough as almost to be able tu scoop up the water. Once over land again at a point near Pine, Ind. 23 miles from Chicago, he headed direct. ly eastward.
 Enthusiasm appeared to increase as he journeyed eastward. Telephone and telegraph wires were kept busy with reports of his whereabouts.
 At Elkhart where Atwood prepared to remain over night, all faces were turned toward the west. The aviator was unable to locate the grounds ar ranged for his reception, so he land ed in a hay field, but later rose again and was received in the driving park.
 By his performance today, Atwood is confident that his flight, begun by his 2S6 mile trip from St. Louis to Chicago Monday, will be ended in Boston easily within the ten days 1 fixed by him as the maximum time. He will resume his flight tomorrow morning, going to Toledo, which he hopes to reach by 200 p. m., and to Sandusky. Ono, where he expects to land for the night.
 'T could make much better time were it not that my arrangement calls for making IA stops on tho entire trip" said Atwood. If l had my way l would go right on through, stopping only wherever night over took me.
 Tt is becoming more evident to me that aeroplanes are losing much of jtheir danger and are becoming ve' lhicles for practical use. The ocean to ocean flight will soon be in vogue. Tt was amusing today to see how calmly the people watched me. Whole crowds. looking up. shouted to me to stop. as if could renMin station- lary in the air Almost all the way I went against the wind, otherwise think I would nave broken the best ltfain record As if was I ran a race with train from South Bend here thinking 1t was the IS hour New York Limited. but it was not /,
 Atwood has travelled 3s7 miles ir the actual flying time of hours and
 IA minutes, or at the average of one minute and 25.22 paconda fo fhS