The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-11-27
AVIATOR BOB FOWLER
COMING TO WAXAHACH|E
MADE FOR
BIRD MAN TO LAND AT
TRINITY UNIVERSITY.
Due Here Tomorrow Afternoon
About 4 O'clock and VIII Spend
the, Night In City-En
Route Atlantic Coast.

If compromise can be effected
with the Weather Man and he can
be induced to cut cut the rain which
he has promised as part of his en-
tertainment for tomorrow. Robert ,
G.. Fowler. the aviator, who is now !
en- route from the Pacific coast to
New York. will visit this city Tues.
day afternoon and remain over
night here. His landing Ia being ar
ranged fer by the students of TRIM
lty University and will be under this
fauspices OK the Athletic association
The grounds Just back OF the uni
: versity buildings are being cleare'
OF all obstacles and 1t Is expected
that shortly before four o'clock thu
gigantic mechanical bird VIII be
sighted to the norfhward and few
m fnutes later viii settle gracefully
on this field.
There Is probably no person Ell
gagged In aerial work at the present
time who Is attracting greater at
tention than Fowler. At every place
he has visited he has won the peo-
pie by his happy manner and cheer
full smile, which has shown with q
full 18 karat sparkle In the face or
the most disheartening difficulties.
Unlike c. p. Rodgers, who recently
passed over this place en- route 10
the west, Fowler has no special tram
lis advertising no tasteless foods
or quenchIess drinks, and Is not
backed by a million dollar corpora
ton. His trip is made In the interest
of the science of aerial navigation
and he is making his own expenses
on the trip.
The machine Fowler Is using Is
the largest type made and was built
especially for him on this trip. 1t Is
OF the Wright Biplane type and has
a wing spread OF 40 feet. Although
he is carrying this great spread OF
canvas he still has difficulty In nav
igation In some of the rough air
currents into which he flies without
warning and In several cases has had
escapes from sudden
death. Only last Friday he was Tore
ed to negotiate the Spiral Dip, or
dip of Death" as 1t has come to be
known in aero parlance, TO escape
being dashed to pieces In the forest
near Strawn. The accident, which
required this expedient, occurred
while he was nearly mile In the
air. His motor stopped and he was
given choice between landing IN
the tops of the trees or making this
dangerous glide in an attempt 20
reach small field which appeared
at one side He chose the latter ami
by stretching the glide to the last
possible foot reached the field In
safety.
Under ordinary conditions Fowler |
flies about 1000 feet above the
ground but under some weather
conditions this is increased to 5000
and In at least two instances he has
been forced to reach an altitude OF
5000 feet,
In an attempt to cover the expen-
ses Of the landing here the student
have arranged to charge an admis-
sion to the grounds, a portion Of
which will be turned over to the
bird man and the remainder retain
ed by the Athletic association and
placed In their fund Arrangements
are being made to have the whistles
of the city blown when he is still
nearly an hour away which Will give
the residents warning OF his APP
proach and enable them to reach
the grounds in time 20 see him come
in. The local end of the affair is In
the hands of Prof. George Newton
OF the university faculty