Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-07-05
IN FLIGHT TO
ALLAN TIC CITY
Youth Covers First Leo OF
Trip TO Washington.

out Dy q nara struggle dgdInSt u HedN.
wind, Harry n. Atwood rested her,
over night before Continuing his figh
to Washington.
He ended the first leg of his trir
from New York in the midst of
cheering throng on the beach in from.
of the Observation-Disclosures
The route and time of starting OF
the second leg depends entirely OF
weather conditions.
Atwood was forced to descend three
times during his flight from New
York to take on g~asoline-first at AS
bury Park, later at T~uckerton and
again at Venice Park, His first supply
of fifteen gallons was exhausted by his
constant battle with a near gale,
which impeded his progress and
caused him to fly ESQ air miles to cover
a course Of about 100 miles on land.
So fatiauing was the trip that At
wood decided to change his plans and
walt Y a day.
The young aviator created ~frenzied
enthusiasm as he swung I'VE the top
VI lit hOtciS ITOutilS lue DOdTu dih
by Ohio avenue and shot high In the
air over the ocean. He eircled up the
beach, dipping and cutting figure
eights In the sight of thousands that
had waited patiently for a glimpse of
his coming.
After darting half a mile to sea, fol-
lowing the length Of the. ocean pier,
Atwood started to descend. He vol
planned to the soft sand at the foot of
Ohio avenue, landing in a small space
roped off. Police reserves were neces-
sary to keep back the cheering crowd.
Greeted by A. T. Bell, Allen K.
White, O. D. White and Harry Cook, a
committee representing the Atlantic
City Aero club, Atwood waved his hat
to his admirers and walked up the
beach to the Marlborough with the
threng tagging at his heels. His ear
drums we're deadened by the constant
whirr Of his engines, and he was un-
able to hear distinctly until he had
rested half an hour at the Marlbor-
ough.
Il was blown all over the lots" were
his first words In describing his trip
and Its sensations. "1 attempted to
follow the coast line as much as DOS
sible, but several times was blown far
from my course
There were times when the winds
velocity entirely stopped my Roadway,
leaving me suspended In midair and
not moving q foot for several minutes.
Again, the wind would veer and toss
the plane about dangerously. These
wind shifts were rather startling until
I got used to them.
MY engines and the plane itself
ccCld not have performed better, but
the fight with the wind exhausted my
gas supply as l neared the outskirts of
Asbury Park. l volplaned to an open
lot In Asbury, after c~ircling about the
town IN q spiral descent. Here / took
on FIVE gallons Of gasoline.
II continued down the coast to Bar
negat. AS I passed over the shore
I usually dipped down to 500
foot level and waved to the crowds.
Reaching Barnegat, I took a more
direct route for this city. Even when
I got over the land again l experienced
difficulty with the gale. There were
dir currents here, too, but / got
along fairly we'll until l was near
Ny gas supply had again
given out.
with the wind making a landing
/ was forced to chance
descent, alighting In a little open space
back Of the Carlton hotel. Borrowing
FIVE gallons Of gasoline from an auto
mobile. 1 jumped into the air once
more.
ut was the run from Tuckerton to
the outskirts of Atlantic City that
proved dangerous. The wind had In
creased in force and seemed to gain
speed with each minute. l probably
Travelled fifty air miles covering the
distance OF seventeen miles.
1.-THE wind was still more treacher-
Gus when l swung in over Venice Park
In Atlantic City's suburbs. Air bumps
and air holes were encountered and
then the gasoline became exhausted.
81 was almost catapulted from my
in the air. The plane all but over
turned and, when / effected a land
ing, struck with considerable force.
The machine was unchanged, but this
was my narrowest escape.
Taking on five gallons more of
gasoline l assembled and few down
over the beach. I would like to start
on to Washington now, but my trip
has tired me too much"