Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-07-02
Il. n. ATWOOD'S
DARING FEAT
Youthful Aviator Makes
Makes Most Remarkable
Aeroplane Flight
STARTLES NEW YORK
Millions See Him Circle Singer Build
ing-Made Trip From Boston
to New York
STARTLES NEW YORK


international News Special
New York, July HAIRY N. At
wood, the youthful Boston aviator,
who until six weeks ago never had sat
in AN aeroplane, flew from New Lon
don, Conn.,, to this city this morning,
completing the journey from Boston,
which he had carried as far as New
London on Friday.
After ending his trip, Atwood an
nounced he will compete in the Hearst
contest for a prize of $4,000 in a
flight across the continent next year.
While the flight itself was a remark
able one, it's spectacular features
made it record breaker, for Atwood
on reaching this city startled New
York's busy millions by circling twice
over the Singer tower and performing
all sor.s of daring evolutions over the
skyscrapers in Lower Broadway.
Finally he landed, triumphant on
Governors Island, with his machani-
clan, who had been beside him
throughout the thrilling flight.
Atwood accomplished his feat in
Wright biplane, but he achieved the
feat as the final flourish of his air
journey from the Hub, 233 miles by
rail and 265 miles as the Boston flyer
made it. He made the first trip be-
tween The two cit ..es with his mechani-
clan, Edwin Fleet, as a passover. The
flight is not only the longest cross
country flight ever made in this coun-
try, but it is also the longest cross
country two passover flight made
above the American continent. More
remarkable still, Atwood made the
flight with only one stop, and that
stop at New London, where he landed
Friday morning in order to attend the
Harvard-Yale boat races. 1t took him
just hours and IL minutes to fly
from Boston to New London and he
made the trip from the Connecticut
town to New York in hours, 26 min
utes. This is a total of hours and
50 minutes. The express trains run
between Boston and New York in five
hours. Atwood flew 80 miles more
than the distance traversed by the
railroads and made the trip n % min
utes less time.
His flight over New York City is one
OF he most spectacular aAroplane
feats in the history of aviation. HAY
ing ploughed through the sir all the
way from New London the aviator
crossed the Sound in the vicin ,tv of
Astoria and landed to replenish his
fuel supply. After getting a bite to
eat and filling the gasoline tank. Al
wood and his mechanician Jumped in
TO the mschine again and spr4ng nto
the air.
The machine scared upward and
then swung out over the river. AS
the craft passed over Blackwell's Is
land, the prisoners, wer9 Just setting
out on their daily task. They .opped
and raised an involuntary cheer. The
ferry boat sand other crafts flying
back and forth on the river shrieked
forth their welcome and the passen-
gers waved has and handkerchiefs
TO I'll salutat ons the two men in the
ar craft waved back a cordial reply.
Passing over the East River bridges
at heighth of 500 feet, the ayia or
turned several figure Fights for the
edlflcation of the spect tors, who
crowded the Streets, windows. roof
tops and other points of vantage on
beth sides of tn river. Turn n.
slightly to the south he seemed to be
on his wy % Governors Island.
Then the tower of the Singer building
apparently caught his eye and he made
T. wide turn and flew towards it's
prominent spike-like top. AS he ava
tor appeared over the top of the sky
scrspers, enclosing Broadway tn re
was a moment Of hush. All heads
re tilted skyward and all eyes ware
on the speck moving towards the
Singer tower. Even the street cars