The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-15
THRILLING FLIGHT !
MADE BY ATWOOD
ARRIVES IN CHICAGO FROM ST.
LOUIS FAR AHEAD OF eGHE-
DULE TINE.
IS ON HIS WAY EAST
EXPECTS TO SKATER ALL REC
oRDs FOR ENDURANCE AND
DISTANCE IN RACE ACROSS
COUNTRY.

CHICAGO, August IA long dash
of tobasco, in an aviation meet all
ready peppery with excitement. was
given this evening by the arrival in
Grant Park OF Harry \. Atwood, of
| Boston. He had flown every foot of
the 2sS miles from st. Louis in his
Burgess Wright hipiane.
| Much of the distance was covered
faster than mile a minute. With
man and machine looking fit to con-
tinue without stopping, the l,46o mile
flight To New York and Boston At
| wood settled gently in front Of the
grandstand on tht Lake Front at
80 o'clock in the evening. The
start from ST. Louis was made at
$50 o'clock this morning Amid
cheers from the throng that had been
listening for hours to bulletins of his
approach to Chicago, the eross-coun-
| try voyager- brought his ohedient ma
chine to perfect landing.
Although he was hours 81 min
utes and 80 seconds en- route from
ST. Louis TO Chicago counting from
the time he left Forest Park to the
moment his wheels dug in the mud
of aviation field Atwood was not tiy-
ing all this time. He tarred two
hours and a half at Springfield and
two hours more at Pontiac.
Mile q Minute Clip.
On the straight stretches ont n
! The country atwood Went at clip
that would have left the fastest e1-
press train, in the extravagant IAN
guage of horsey DAYS. standing still
According TO the aviators own
statement on his arrival In the Grant
Park aviation field he VIII leave
Chicago some time tomorrow after
noon.
Il am SO far ahead of my sche-
dnle that | won't even need to harry
ne said laughingly, when asked when
he would start the second leg Of his
flight,
II the same luck attends him on
the balance al his trip TO New York
and Boston. every endurance and dis
lance record 81 the world promises
10 be broken and new epoch marx
ed in tbs history OF aviation.
Atwood's actual flying time IN the
air for the entire distance from -
Louis TO Chicago was hours and IS
minutes. or an average speed of 4102
miles an hour
Hugh Robinson was standing near
his hydro aeropiane IN front Of the
hangers when the alarm man tn tire
water WAS given.
Robinson to thc Rescue
Robinson leapea into his land ard
water HieF ana In an instant was in
the air. He was OYER Simon In less
/ than two minutes from the time hi,
received word OF his brother aVlator'a
miShar.
Arc You all right he called to
Smon.
She floating perfectly and ooats
are coming" replied the shipwreeked
airman,
= can get down close and LET YOU
climb aboard" said Robinson.
Thanks" answered Simon; "Tll re
@. X. here until they come"
"All right, Ill stand by until they
pick you up. II You feel your plane
sinking let me knew and va take you
on -
l. a few minutes the official launch
tfeaoft4.tl Stfft1ft. Tire reseHt+ts ft-t+re-.s
him sitting on top OF bis monopiane,
smoking a cigarette.
i was afraid ia get nay silk socks
Wet Was Simonss greeting.
McCurdy'~ Machine Burns
The crowds had another thrill late
this afternoon when j. A. II. Mtfur.
dy In a machine ri his own eonstr4t-
ton. started for the landing poln, n
order to renew his supply Of gasoline
As Mecurdy approached the aYlat4pa
field one Of the wheels Of his machine
came into contact with an electric
light wire charged with 5000 Volts,
The contact caused "a short circuit.
The n4ati4i7ie dashed thirty feet TO-
the ground. the gasoline tank e&-
ploded. and McCurdyss aeropiane. val
ued at $4,000, was completely con-
sumed McCurdy was not injured.
More Money for Sopwith.
Sopwith. the English driver Of thu
Bleriot. won $500 In the Sunday
races and drew dowp sl.Ioo Of the
! money to-day. They fined him 500
for driving over the eroYd and he
grinned.
| Philip Parmalee, a Wright man.
was last UP in the altitude contest.
+ HE Is supposed 10 have attained q
height OF 1000 feet. but the official
announcement of his performance has
not been given out
Earl ovington made sensational
win of the fnal twelve mile run in the
monoplane speed race with Rene
Simon second and Tom" Sopwith a
close third. Oyington's time was
i1S:30:a1: Simon. 1S.sS:11, and Sop
with. l3:34.3s.
Sopwith. Bleriot, Won the cross
country and over water race. IA miles,
In 1T:0S:37: Ovington. second. liza.
a. Lincoln Beachy, ST. Croix John
stone and William r. Badger finished
in the order named.
John F. Frishie in Curtiss car
ried away the honors in the starting
contest.