Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-08-24
Atwood on Last
Lap Of Flight
EXPECTS TO LAND AT 5HEEPs.
HEAD BAY TODAY.
HAS 1874 MILES TO MAKE
Calculates to Finish the Trip in Thrss
Hours-Farmcr at CsstIeton, NJ. T.,
Objected to His Presence Yesterday

Summary of Atwoods st. Louis New
York fight:
Distance to fly to New York, 15g
miles
Distance already flown from st.
Louis. 1,131 miles.
Total time in the air. rs hours and
minutes.
Days flying, 10.
Portions of states passed over: Mis-
souri,. Illinois, Indiana, Ohio. PennsyI-
vania and New York. Cities: St
Louis, Chicago. Toledo, Cleveland, Buf-
falo and Albany.
Will beat the worlds long distance
record at Rhinecliff, when he will bs
13 miles more than the present record
of LIZA miles.
Expects to reach New York Thurs
day afternoon, when he will be 1855
miles from his starting point.
AeropIane Hitched to Apple Tree.
Castleton, N. Y, Aug. 23.-On the
last lap of his fight from st. LOUIS
to New York Harry n. Atwood tonigTt
has his aeroplane hitched to an apple
tree on top of hill here overlooking
the Hudson river, and Albany. hit
expects in two bird hops" to COM
plete his journey to New York. land
ing in Sheepshead Bay, with a possible
preliminary circle over Governors Isl
and.
To Make 1874 Miles Today.
Atwood hopes to sail over the 134
miles between here and New York be-
fore mid-afternoon. 1t is not proDd-
BILE that he will make it without stop
on the way, because he carries only Il
gallons of gasoline and uses one gallon
every 10 miles. He hopes to make his
first hop the longest. so that he viii
be able more accurately to estimate th5
actual time of his appearance over
New York. His actual flying time from
here down, he thinks, will be much less
than three hours.
Pontoons Attached Last Night.
When he landed here Atwood in 10
days had flown 1131 miles from his
mishap more serious than losing his
way by diverging from his course IN a
run from Lyons, n. Y, to Auburn.
The biplane. beaten against for days bv
high winds along the edges of Isks
Michigan and Lake Erie. withstood the
test without friction. 1t was only be-
cause OF slight wearing of the bear
ings of his engine that Atwood decided
not to continue his fight tonight. but
to put everything in shape for smooth
sailing tomorrow. His mechanics pre-
pared to work on the bip1ane all night,
attaching pontoons for possible fand-
ings in the river.
Proposed Route Today.
Leaving here, probably early, At
wood will take a straight course down
the river. flying over or near Kingston,
Poughkeepsie, Fishkill, Newburg, Os-
sining and intermediate points. His
appearance over Rhinecliff. opposite
Kingston, will mark his breaking TIE
worlds record for cross country flying.
for at that point he will have exceeded
by 13 miles the present record Of 11sf
miles. At New York he will have flown
rriIc~ ohnU1 -
present record.
Only Forenoon Flight Yesterday.
Atwood's flight today of 66 miles be-
tween Fort Plain and Castleton was
the only days run which he started
and ended before noon. From Fort
Plain, where on the bank of the Mo
hawk river he ascended in a fog at
1926 a. m. he swept through the Mo
hawk valley. went over Amsterdam and
Schenectady, turned the corner for
the south at Albany and landed here
at 9.12 q. m. He stopped Is minutes
en- route for gasoline. making his ac-
tual flying time / hour and % min
utes. The run was attended by cor
tinuation of the excitement along ire
way which has marked the fight since
in began in st. Louis 10 days 80
Sought to Avoid Crowds.
Over villages and cities and dfsre-
garding all opportunities and offers Oh
money bonrse to land in places where
great crowds awaited him. Atwood
sailed through the valley in the fog
and against a wind. Whistles and the
ringing of bells had no fnducement for
him, for generally he detoured around
cities. At Schenectady he went three
miles out of his way to avoid the dem
onstration and was seen only In the
distance. Approaching Albany. hs
turned to the south and again evsded
the crowds.
Factory Declares Half Holiday.
When he was swinging out over the
Hudson river however. thousands ssw
him and then began great rush in the
direction in which it was seen he was
iishments were emptied Of their en-
ployes and one factory declared half
holiday III the rush down the country
road leading to Castleton when people
on foot mingled with wagons and su-
tomobIes in the chase, one man wss
reported to have tainted. Another
business concern announced it haf
discharged half it's employees becauss
they ran into the streets.
Atwood himself, after stunning hos
pitality all day. landed on the property
of an irate farmer who protested
against the appearance Of the man
bird" and its consequent rush Of the
people The more the farmer pro-
tested the greater became the crowd.
half denuded of it's fruit. At first At
wood declared resumption Of tho
fight down the river was the only vsy
to save the apples. but finally IN
a agreement was reached. ropes we're
stretched around the aeroplane under
a tree and the unlocking crowd was
permitted to stay.