Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-23
KITE GIVES THRILL
hundreds Believe ingenious
Boys Toy An AeropIane.
lTWOOD GETS THE CREDIT
spectators Wonder at His Daring
and Fear Disaster.
JUST AS GOOD AS GENUINE
4 Real Aviator in Real Machine
Couldn't Have Furnished More
Satisfying Excitement.
lTW0OD GETS THE CREDIT
JUST AS GOOD AS GENUINE

A boy with a nine-foot box kite per-
drbed tie equanimity of Washington
bout twilight yesterday. and set more
'eopie guessing than the army aeroplane
rom College Park that fooled the sky
azers just before the coming of Harry
ltwood. The youngster had constructed
he kite Of mammoth proportions and
urned 1t loose into tie heavens with a
ale or more of string.
1t looked for all the world like an
eroplane. Those WHO caught sight of
t shouted 'Atwood!' and others began
lock upward and take up the shout
intil a goodly proportion Of the popula-
ion of the Capital city was gazing at
he big object as 1t sailed now gracefully
sainst the blue sky and now with thrill
g buck darts that made the spectators
ell certain the daring young aviator
ould be dashed to his death.
Sure It Was Atwood.
Few stopped to remember that At
oOd's new machine lay heap OF wreck
sc and ruin on the polo field. and the
my biplane was temporarily out of
usiness with a dislocated magnetic.
here was a great big thing sailing
round in the ether and 1t just could not
e anything but a flying machine. Hun
"eds were sure that Atwood was doing
he long promised stunts that Granville
unit lad In mind when he sent his
elegram from New York announcing that
he aviator was coming to the capital.
;ome thought he was unusually daring
nd hundreds were undecided at times
neither Atwood was volplaning or TAX
Eg a death tumble. The thrill lasted
III
le excitement long afterward AS late
g 10 O'Clock there were curious ones
nquiring 1t If really were Atwood and
i ether or not anything had happened.
ig box kite, yet the public had az much
the genuine thrill as II it had been
he most famous aviator on earth doing
he trial fly of his life.
Flights at College Park.
Further training flights were made at
ollege Park yesterday afternoon with the
Few Rex Smith biplane. The av.atcrs
we're Fred Fox, Paul Peck and Fred Au-
ert. No fancy stunts were attempted
and Mr.. Smith had issued a general order
hat the fights were to be confined to
traight-away hops and the machines
Kept as close to the ground as pos ible.
All of the young men did well, the longest
lights being nearly 1000 feet The ma
hine as a rule was kept within from
hree to six feet of the ground. although
n a few occasions it arose as high as
twenty-five feet.
The motor was running at only two
birds speed, but was very steady, and II
he throttle had been opened full 1t proba-
by would have run away with the nov
ces before they knew what 1t was doing.
The machine will be tried out further
oday, both in the morning and afternoon.
SC, TOD
Var Department aviators, will be back in
Washington tomorrow, and as he Is famil-
ar with the type Of control that is used on
ne Smith machine it Is intended to get
i'm to try it out. If he wiol agree to do so.
No flights were made with the army
!achine yesterday. owing to the fact that
he broken magnetic has not yet been re-
paired.