Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-09-07
WRIGHT AVIATORS
 10 FLY HERE "WHITE WAY DAY" COMMITTEE FEAR CAPTAIN MtIMtNUS WILL NOT BE READY FOR GELEBRA.
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FIVE, FLIGHTS HERE
Two Aereplanes to be Skipped Here Immediately Signed
 Wednesday.

Sheriff Edgar Brewster, Secretary W. t7. k. koepler of the Board of Trade and Minor Q. Woodward, the commit { tee promoting the White Way Day" celebration, yesterday struck their master stroke in the preparations for the biggest event Pine Bluff has pull ed off in years. Letters have been re- ceived at the Board of Trade for seve- exhibition here of the Burgess Wright biplane of the American been held under consideration pend ing the completion of other plans. The American aviators were wired for proposition d few days ago and yes terday representative arrived and made the committee proposition the committee could not resist.
 Last night the committee signed to bring to this city on September IA two aeroplanes with which they will of White Way Day" Tl flights will be made at great altitades and will be marked with spectacular exhi- bitions consisting of whateYar feats the wind and weather will permit. such as spirals, glides, figure eights and other performances.
 Captain A. F. w. Macmanus, who was originally expected to fly his new machine, has had several unfortunate set-backs the result of Leonard New sam's serious illness and other unex- pected delays, and while he expects that he will have his machine com pleted and ready for the exhibition, he has consented to the new arrange ment with the other aviators whom he says, are as good as the country affords Captain Macmanus has work ed very hard on his machine and hopes to finish it this week and proceed to Texas with it where he had previous offers of a permanent and substantial character. The Macmanus biplane will be a new and improved machine and to risk the future of the machine by taking chances on injuring it in this public exhibition so soon after it's completion, was a generous offer on Captain Macmanus part in offering to help boost Pine Bluff at this time. It is fortunate that the committee was able to relieve him of the risk by se- curing the other aviators. His mach inc will be a great success without doubt and mark on epoch in Aviation annals, but there being slight doubt as to whether it could be finished in time and in view of the large crowd that indications lead the promoters to believe will come here that day, it was thought best to accept an abso- lutely sure proposition besides having more than one machine and one flight.
 The American Aviators. Inc, will bring with them three licensed avia- tors. Louis Mitchell. president of the company, Oscar Brindlye, and Harry Snyder, who will use Burgess Wright and Wright biplane. They will carry three car loads of equip ment consisting of hangars. supplies for repairs, advertising material and complete paraphernalia. The mach ines will be on exhibition at Forest Park where they will be kept in the bangars all the morning.
 The flights will be free and all the attractions of the day will be free and financed solely by Pine Bluff business men to boost the town. The day is in honor of the opening of the White Way" which the Pine Bluff Corpora ton has installed here and which is the best in the South and equalled in few cities in the entire country.
 Advertising material has already gone over Southeast Arkansas and re- rorts come from everywhere of the
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