Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-01-02
''bUD' MARS TO
FLY Once MORE
Continued from Pare y

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was made. the Mechanical bird left
the field before it had Travelled one
hundred feet, and the next noted of
J. c. Mars and his aeroplane was that
the heads Of the crowd and the first
ascent of heavier than air machine
in the Hawaiian islands had become
an assured success.
If moisture in the air is a material
aid to flying Saturday should have
proved an ideal day AS it was four
flights were made.
The flights made by bird-man Mars
yesterday we're as successful and as
tonishing as those made on Saturday,
although no such attitudes were made
as on the first day of the flights At
any rate it was thrilling enough for
all concerned and as the many thous-
ands started to wend their way from
the field there was satisfaction eX-
pressed on the features of every man,
woman and child. They had seen with
their own eyes the realization Of what
had been to them a dream conjured
up by the many picture that have APP
peared in the papers. There were no
unseen wires. no false bottom, no
slight of hand business. The bird
men made good.
Although there were eight flights
scheduled for yesterday only four
were pulled off on account, as the
aviators state, the crankiness of the
air currents In the first flight made
yesterday this condition of affairs
made itself manifest in decided
manner even the spectators could see
that the man at the wheel was having
time to keep the ship steady. Sud-
den puffs from directly above, which
are the most dreaded by the air-men,
frequently caused the machine to
make some queer dips and it requir-
ment on the part of the aviator to
place his craft on an even keel again,
and no sooner had he done so than
another of the same sort would strike
him again from above, but at slight
" different angle and then there was
another fight for life all over again
The air grew steadier as the after
noon waned and the last fig hts were
all that could be desired On account
of the above mentioned erratic cur
rents there was no extra fancy flying,
no short turns made or any of those
air stunts that cause your heart to
quit work for an instant
The lamentable fate of Moisant and
Hoxsey was kept from Mars until after
the completion of his exhibition on
Saturday
The bird-man, who usually talks in
very quiet voice, and with slight
signs of distractions in his manner,
enthused quite bit when he launched
onto the subject of the future Of avia-
ton, especially the things he himself
is working out-though he doesn't put
it Just that way
the neatly clad, trim, shapely figure,
and the handsome frank face. to read
| in it all the thrilling life story of the
boy who quit peddling news sheets in
Chicago to join the circus, was a joe
key. high diver and dozen other
risky things. until he let himself Off
! the ground in one of the Curtiss ma
| chimes and became a master of the
| flying art
1t is not generally known that c, j.
Schoening the popular demonstration
! and salesman of the Won Hamm-
| Young garage, was at one time sue
| cessful man of the air, being a pioneer
in the parachute jumping art, having
made more than two hundred Jumps,
! and in that series sustaining num-
| Der of broken ribs.
CAPTAIN Baldwin and Mr., Schoening
are old cronies at the business and,
last evening Captain Baldwin had
| dinner, and spent the evening at the
| Schoening home in Palolo valley
where the two aviators talked over
! the old times they had spent together
when each leap they made might
bring death or glory, they knew not
which when they cut loose in mid-air
Captain Baldwin is in love with the
islands and says that he is almost
tempted to make a fight himself be-
fore leaving for the Far East.
There was some talk among the
bird-men yesterday of having aviator
Mars fly into the city when he had
finished his flights at the polo field
today and the proposition became so
enthusiastic that different localities
were mentioned as suitable places to
make a landing. 1t is doubtful if such
flight will be made. but there is no
telling what these men of the air will
do when they once get started. AT
any rate it would be a handy way to
upt the hiu bird into town