Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-09-10
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zoo FEET IN AIR
TULSA ANIiTOR HAS MlR\Ct-
IOIS ESCAPE At ALStM\,
Shout OF Helpers WARNS
Carl Maar Has Machine Badly Dam
aged in Most lnfrcqcmt
Occurrence.


Two hundred feet In the ar ms
oody ehVelopeu III mass ol l'"i''S'
ana the engine ol MS ar'"p'aho not
working carr MARI OF IuIsa' uar-
ing young aviator Formerly 'ohh''''"
with Glenn GURUS FRIDAY NJ MS pr
vate aviation Held at Alsuma' elsht
miles southeast OF Tulsa Tor the sec
ond time IN the history of 'he con
quest of the air, guided n burning
biplane in n spiral descent. head
,, , No.,
saNen MS me ANA PreNe'''" ''e MA
chimes total destruction.
A group of farmers who had been
oss,s,,,r Moor On bis ,r,,I n,gb, ox
unsu'sneu ''e p'nN' WIN pu'"''' VI
water from nearby pond' Besides n
few slight burns and the singeng Of
his eyehrows Maor was uniniured
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ana most OF the SILK cIoth Whlch coy
cred the planes, were badly damaged.
Only once before. If is claimed. has
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iiiaue-soIhe '"o Hloit"s abo "hcH
an aviator in France found his mono
plane ablaze In the heavens, and como
a. auth r,.bur+ b,t u,,tb I,is ,,ochIno
'o'"''S ue''''' eN'
Maar had been up In the air Just
eleven minutes when his attention
was attracted to the blaze at the side
OF his seat by the excited cries of his
FARMER assistants on the ground be-
low He had made eight complete
circles, each one of about n mile and
a half, and was intending going high
or, When his engine suddenly stop
ped and as he discovered the blaze
he found himself 200 feet In tho air,
with the propeller dead still and the
flames playing dangerously near his
body. He quickly placed the machine
at the right angle for descent by
working the huge planes with a lever
and glided to earth. AS he alighted
he jumped from his seat and simul-
taneously one Of the farmers dashed
the contents Of bucket Of drinking
wafer over the burning portion Of the
machine. After two or three trips to
the pond, the blaze was eXtinguished
Maar examined his engine and dis
covered that while travelling through
the air at rate Of moro than mile
minute, his magnetic had gone
wrong. Sparks had flown onto the
flimsy covering Of the planes and a
fire was started, which miraculously
did not end fatally for the young Cor
man aviator.
1t took Maar over year to build
his machine. lIc had built and flew
aeroplancs for Glenn Curtis at Tam
pa, Fla, two years before coming to
Tulsa to start work upon his own
craft. Every part Of the blplane, in
cluding the motor, was built by Mari
himself A few days ago he made his
first successful fight, at Alsuma, stay
ing in the air but a few seconds. He
then took passenger up short dis
tance, and Friday had just about
completed his most successful flight
when the accident happened. Nothing
was known Of the accident in Tulsa
until yesterday when Maar brought
to town parts OF his damaged engine
to be repaired.
81 knew nothing Of my machine be-
ing afire," said Maar In telling OF
his hair-raislng experience, until the
shouts Of the men below attracted my
attention. All l could hear them say
was fire and looking around, I no.
ticed that the entire rear end Of the
machine was seething mass of
flames. The oll-soaked cloth proved
good material for the blaze, and |
realized that It wouldn't take long for
the whole machine to be destroyed.
While l was running these things oeyr
in my mind, my engine went down on
me. quickly I headed her toward
the earth and II was only matter of
few seconds until / was safe on the
ground
Maar Is not discouraged by the ac-
c!dcnt and hopes to have his damaged
biplane IN good porking order again
some time this week. His recent tests
have satisfied him that his machine Is
a success in every way, and he Is now
negotiating for series Of daily flights
during the Tulsa County FAR next