Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-08-24
ATWOOD LANDS
BELOW ALBANY,
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Aviator Plans to Wait Until
Evening Before Continu-
ing Flight; May Not Reach
Gotham Till Tomorrow.
FITS CRAFT WITH
ALUMINIUM PONTOONS

This Precaution is Taken IN
Event Of Fall into Water
in Making Perilous Trip
Down the Hudson.
fCastleton, N. Y, Aug. 23.-Within
1874 miles of his proposed Landing
place in New York City and within
less thin As miles of beating the
worlds record for long distance flight,
Harry N. Atwood, the aviator, this al
ternoon prepared to complete the last
stages Of the most remarkable aero
plane flight ever undertaken in Amer.
ca. He said that If possible he Will
fiy at least as far as Rhineclin. That
would place him eleven miles beyond
the worlds record. =.
Landing here after flying sixty-six
miles from Fort Plain since 1928 a. M,
twood had covered 1,131 miles from
his start in st. Louis ten days ago.
HIS actual flying time today was one
hour and thirty-two minutes. At Glen,
N. Y, he made one stop OF fifteen
minut.s to replenish his gasoline
tank. His total flying time up to
Castelton was twenty-five hours and
eight minutes.
Atwood's Morning Flight.
4 Albany, N. Y, Aug. 23.-With 135
miles Of his 1,265.mile fight from st.
Louis to New York to be completed,
Harry N. Atwood today landed at q
point just south Of Castleton, after
dying 65 miles from IT. Plain In one
hour sands9znjRNtes. He made tae
trip with but one stop, necessitated
by q leak in the gasoline tank, at Glen.
near Amsterdam, and will continue on
his way to New York at o'clock this
afternoon. Atwood's flight this morn
ing was made within 800 feet OF the
ground. The air was thick haze and
there was a little southeast wind, con-
iitions being about the best for flying
since Atwood has been in the state.
Taking his course by the New York
Central tracks for the greater part OF
the distance, Atwood passed through
Amsterdam at 8:16, Schenectady at
8::37 and Albany at 9 o'clock, reaching
Castleton, seven miles south of Al
bany at 9:12, and circling about in
search Of landing place. He alighted
at 9:2O and was met by several OF his
representatives who had made ar
rangements for his fuel supply.
From Schenectady he left the rail-
road and headed direct for Albany.
AS soon as he came in sight OF the
city, he turned to the southwest and
flying at height Of about 300 feet,
:skirted the suburbs and crossed the
Hudson river steering direct course
for CastletOn.
Shortly after his arrival at Castle
ton Atwood announced that he would
await the arrival Of pontoons for his
machine from Ft. Plain and probably
would not start for New York until
about o'clock.
Hudson Trip Perilous. a
IT. Plain. N. Y, Aug. 23.-Ten days
out from ST. Louis on his 1,2s5 mile
aeroplane flight to New York Harry
N. Atwood, the aviator, today started
either to reach his destination or to
get within one days sail Of it. His
biplane, which has withstood the hard
drive against the wind from st. Louis
without mishap, rested on Its start
ing place today Just 200 miles from
the finishing point in New York.
"a one days run II I wanted to
make it, said Atwood, "but I am un-
certain whether / do or not. want
to keep up our record for smooth
running and sail leisurely to New
York in full daylight, so we can see
the skyscrapers from the tops down
ward" At the start today Atwood
was fifty-eight miles from Albany
which he thought he could reach in an
hour. He had previously shipped to
Albany set Of pontoons to be attach
ed to his biplane for use In case he
had to make an emergency landing in
the Hudson river or In the ocean when
he steers around to find his landing
place on the beach at Long Island.
The flight down the Hudson river full
OF perils for the aeronaut because Of
lack OF desirable landing places also
will mark for Atwood an important
event in his undertaking, for at Rhine
Cliff he will have established new
worlds record for cross country flying,
Since leaving st, Louis counting
each days starting and finishing plac-
ca together with the intermediate
stops Atwood had touched the earth
lust 16. times in covering the LOGS
miles to this point.
Plans Not Fully Made.
Atwood's pontoons, which were ship
ned here from Ft. Plain were sent to
Castleton by automobile. They are
made of aluminium and are to be fast
sned tosfl1n two sides of the machine.
''It viii lake at least three or four
hours tg Kdiust my machine" said At
wood. Mg plans are undecided.
nay resume my fight late this after
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