The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-08-17

H.. Soc usIahSe travelling IN air
Actual flying time, S hours and
43 minutes.
Time from start to finish, incIud-
ING deiays for two stops, 10 hours
and II minutes. sgss8
average attitude, 500 feet.
Beat by 1873 miles best previous
american record of 148 miles, made
6y himself in flying from Atlantic
Sisy TO Baltimore, in July, 1911.
iI.ne keeps up his present first
Gays record, Atwood would be able
LOUIS to Boston within seven DAYS.
instead of 10 days, as planned.
Ghlcago Aug. 15.-By flying the 2se
nnlies from st. Louis to Chicago, with
only two intermediate stops and IN an
ACTUAL flying time OF five hours and
80 minutes Monday, Harry N. Atwood
ioI Boston. believes he has set a mace
Wnlch VIII result in his establishing a
rev record on his flight by %aeroplane
ton. ~ Do
as It is, Atwood appears to have
broken n American record for a sin
gle days flight. The best previous
american record was made by Atwood
i,liiiseii, wIen ne Tlew I48 miles from
1911. - 10
IN q Bnrgess-Wright hiplane.
left st, Louis at sos a. m. He landed
IN chicago at 6:19 p. m. His total time
etWee ST. Louis and Chicago, count
ing the delays occasioned by the two
stops, was 10 hours and IA minutes, but
his actual time in the air, computed by
deducting the delays. was five hours
and 43 minutes.
Makes Spectacular Start.
Springfield, ILL.,. Aug. 15.-Sweeping
over towns and villages. apparently
with perfect EAST, Harry N. Atwood, OF
Boston. in his Burgess-Wright biplane.
arrived in Springfield, at 1880 a. m.
today, thus completing the first leg of
his l.460-i nile flight across the contin-
ent from st. Louis to New York and
Boston by way OF Chicago.
Atwood left the ground at st. Louis
at sos a. m. He covered the 90 miles
to a point in Springfield in two hours
n 25 minutes. landing foul minutes
after his appearance here in Capitol
park.
His highest altitude on the trip as
reported was 1000 feet, but generally
he kept lower. skimming over towns
In easy view of the thousands who
turned out all along his route.
In his effort to establish a new rec
ord-breaSins distance, stimulated by a
prize offered by the ST. Louis Post
Dispatch, Atwood made a singularly
picturesque n dashing spectacle when
he rose above st. Louis, swept across
the Mississippi river and dwindled into
q mere speak as he sailed away.
AIwood IS carrying a letter on his
flight to Ogaretta McHugh, daughter
of Edward j. McHough, agent In
charge OF the ST. Louis district of the
treasury department., secret service.
Miss McHugh, her mother and younger
brother, Lodge. are visiting their
grandfather in Linn, Mass.
The Start from st. Louis.
.H ST T,n1,is A,,r 1E A, o}5 tHo ,t,oz.s
OF the huge crowd that had gathered
on Art hill in Forest park to witness
the event and under sky obscured by
clouds, Harry N. Atwood, of Boston,
this morning, shortly after s o'clock,
began his record breaking flight of L.
400 miles across the content from st.
Louis to New York and Boston, by
way of Chicago and other cities.
The flight over the heart Of st.
Louis was made for a special prize
offered by the Post-Dispatch. Begin
ming at an early hour the mechanic
ian mad preparations for the long
air voyage. The Wright BIZ
plane was brought forth from the
hangar. where it had been under guard
since last night. Every inch Of the
machine was gone over and all Of its
parts adjusted.
Atwood arrived early in an automo-
bile from his quarters in a downtown
hotel, and was accompanied by his
hiclidSSl, "A = Z olcVcllS, O1 NEW IOTlk.
He Immediately made a careful inspec-
ton of the biplane and satisfied himself
that everything was in readiness for
the start.
Big Crowd Secs Start.
AS early as Atwood's mechanicians
a been on the field, a large crowd
of eager spectators had peer there be-
appeared he crowd was so large it
was with difficulty restrained by the
special detail of Mounted and un-
mounted police.
Or several Occasions the spectators
almost succeeded in breaking through
the lines and pushing within a few
yards of the biplane in their endeavor
to see Atwood.
After having completed his inspec-
tor of the biplane and p~ronouncing
climbed into the seat and gave the
word to start the egine. Ono Of the
m-echanicians CAV the propellers a
whirl and the start vas made.
For about 100 yards t.he aeroplane
SKINNED lightly over the ground. Then
Atwood slightly tilted his planes and
the car rose gracefully into the ar.
gradually reaching what he deemed
sufficient for a safe flight over the high
buildings in the business district. He
flew at this height so that had an ac-
cident occurred to his power he could
have pianed to a safe landing.
Follows tho Mississippi.
After leaving the starting srounda,
he headed south a short distance and
then east to the Mississippi river over
which ne flew until opposite the central
section. He then went west and
cireled over the sky scraper district
with the Post-Dispatch building as tho
sss.es..gt. II. ss..i, aeaiIi fieaa-d Tor tne
Mississippi river, which he followed
north for about a mile, when he headed
east and after traversing Venice and
Granite City. disappeared in the haze.
After h. departure from Chicago,
Atwood plans to fly over Elkhart, Ind;
Toledo, Cleveland and AshtabuIa, Ohio:
Buffalo. Rochester, Syracuse, Utica. and
Albany, n. z, and Boston, Mass.
which will be his finishing point, ac-
cording to announcement by his man
ager.
During his flight over the city, the
streets below were ined with specta-
tors who cheered his appearance. Roofs
of buildings and other vantage points
were crowded with spectators, while
business for an hour or more practi-
Caiiy WAS StISDended BEFORE rlfnbiDr