New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-20

wood : night LIS CONeIeu oulE 900 Ai
short Of the present record. His arrival
in Buffalo gives him q credit OF having
flown over portions Of six states ana d
distance easily equal to one-fourth the way
across the continent.
Starts in Cornfield.
Another instance of the uncertainty OF
aviation attended Atwood throughout MS
ninety-nine- mile spin along the lake shore
to-day Rising I'm a cornfield at Swanville,
with crowds OF farmers as spectators hie
machine WAS almost dashed TO the GROUND
before he could get his bearings. lie nlade
three unsuccessful starts before he got
away. and then he landed I'm Erie two hours
after his scheduled time. The wind was so
strong that II was almost ) o'clock when
no started from Erie. with the announce
mont that he would stay at Durkrk oyer
night.
When he arose from the ground, scared
far over the lake and then returned over
land again to find his course along the
railroad tracks he had eighty-elght miles
more than the eleven miles already covered
to fly before dark. Well on MS way ne
struck his usual -mile-an-hour salt LOT
speeding, and finding the wind faVoraoly
switching to his rear he decided II possloie,
merely to salute Dunkirk from the air anu
continue on to Buffalo without stopping
Twenty miles out of Erie he passed over
the New York Pennsylvania state me quo
three miles further on, at Ripley ~ l"
the train dispatchers reported nm pasSihs
thero at SIS O'Clock. giving him a.credlt OF
twenty.three miles in twenty-three minutes
I'm "a the time the aviator swung INTO VIE"
Dunkirk was confident it. was TO see MN
alght there. Crowds were IN the sUeelS
and M, the roofs of houses, scanning the
western horizon for his appearance "'e"'
xoi.ore,t nrevsiled when, at 5:32 p. m,
the operator at the station nine miles away
.ororted. "He's over here now and head
Ad straight for Dunkirk.' The reception
committee formed in line ana le" MIN
utas later Atwood spun into view AZ an dl'
tituds which made the people Wonder no"
be was going 70 get down without coming
dou.r in a straight line. Much perpleXity
rrevailed when the aeroplane kept right
ON with no evident purpose of stopping
Everybody thought Atwood had mistaken
The town and a frantic effort was made to
shout word up to him that that was the
right place. But the airman con'inueo ""
and was soon out Of sight.
Confused by Smoke.
y, onterinc Buffalo Atwood became con-
f,sad nv the smoke. and was not able 10
GA tho racetrack until he made wide de-
tour EVER the city. He reached the western
outskirts at els o'clock, but II was 'niee
quarters OF an hour later Lefore nc ioc'
Kenilwcrth \ crowd OF nearly ven 'itou
sand persons waited patiently from o cioON
until nearly 6, when the rumor sPreau '"a'
.t,cood had decided not to come through
10 Buffalo tonight. Disappointed tle pe0
ME left tho racetrsck for the city ano
when Atwood swept into view from the
southwest. at 100 o'clock, not more than
score Of persons were on hand.
Atwood made a perfect landing I'm the
centre OF the mile oval
1T wasn't what you would call perfect
6av for air sailing" said he, Tor thefc
was o. sharp wind sweeping in off the lake
ard before / had covered forty miles my
hands began to feel numb. Conditions dldht
improve any, either.
The smoke from the steel plants, on
reaching Buffalo, confused me, ana the
swing OF the river to the north puzzled me.
..Urder the circumstances, and with the
wind getting brlsker and more huky every
minute. I decided not to risk much nying
over the city.
Except for the cold wilma and the breeze
near the end Of the Journey, to-days jump
was pleasant At 1000 feet the wind was
strong. so l kept to lower levels.
I'm a little uncertain about my plans
fer tomorrow. Perhaps I'll go on 10 Utica.
starting IN the morning. | may not stop
at Rochester, but II do 1T will he for only
n short time. There is new machine
waiting at Utica. and I'm going to get there
as soon as possible.
"Across-the-c continent flight possible?
why. don't want TO boast. but there is
nothing alarming IN such an undertaking
now"
II was announced yesterday that Harry
=. Atwood, who is making flight to New
York. expects 10 arrive at the Sheepshead
Bav racecourse on Wednesday next
only I39 miles of tho total distance of
.96j miles between st. Louis and New York
remain TO be covered.