The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-12-14
AVIATOR MAKES TWO
SUCCESSFUL FLIGHTS
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Although the wina that was blow
Ing stoin the northwest wednesdh,
afternoon was little ohoppy ant
rough Aviator Alvin X. lonarsn q
Topeka, kas. made two auceessfu
tights Ia his biz biplsns, the "plxi,
Flyer" This machine IL thirty nins
by forty feet and It's total weight Il
seven hundred pounds. The motive
power IL supplied by a so-horse pow.
err cylinder engine The flight
Wednesday afternoon were made IN
tho presence of quito \ large crowd
ard al, we're pleased with the erhi.
billions % Aviator Longren.
Mr. Lonsron made his first as.
cension shortly before thrcc o'clock
and after circslng the field time
or two he came near meeting With n
serious accident In landing. As the
giant mechanical bird swoopea
down to the ground II was caught
by gust OF wind and almost over
turned. As IL tilted backward tho
rudder struck tho ground and was
broken. While the spectators crowd
ed around the machine to get a clio
ser view and to ply Aviator Lon
gren with questions the mechani-
clans began repairing the break
and soon had everything ready for
another flight. BY this time the
wind had begun blowing In short
spasmodic gusts and the aviator de-
cided to walt for a steader pressure
before taking to the air again. While
waiting for favorable wind the
mechanlcians inspected all the parts
of the machine and filled all the oil
receptacles on the engine. At $3.50
the aviator decided TO make another
attempt to give an exhibition. TAX
ing his seat at the steering wheel
he gave the word to his assistant
to "let her GO" The assistant gave
the propeller two or three quick
turns. Instantly the motor began
whirring and exploding, the aviator
touched small lever at his side
and the big machine began gliding
across the meadow at the speed Of
an express train After covering n
distance OF one or two hundred feet
on the ground the aviator raised the
lifting plane and as gracefully as n
bird the machine began rising from
the ground and was soon at an ele-
walton of about five hundred fee
When taking the air the biplane
wobbled unsteadily few times anG
while the aviator's assistants watch
ed anxiouely he soon had II undo
perfect control and headed NORTH
across the fields. After going dis
lance or two or three miles tho avi
ator turned across to tho Daila
pike, then described large circl
toward the city and back over tn
aviation field Speeding almost ,
tho rate of mile 4 minute the Az
ator followed the same course
second time and thon made SUE
cessfui landing some two or tire
hundred ynrds from tho starting
point This ended the exhibition 70
tho day and while many people DO
gan returning to the city Others
crowded around the machine TO In
spoct II mt close range.
Aviator Longren Is a young man,
pleasant In manners and took a
great interest In answering que8-
tons regarding tho ccience OF avia-
ton. He seemed to be delighted to
have the people ply him with CUES
lions and all were answered courte-
ously. He showed them how the en-
CINE could be stopped and started at
will, how the machine could be If
ted or lowered by the planes and
how It's course could be changed by
the use OF the rudder.
This aviation meet is being given
under the auspices OF the CONNER
clal Club and the event has been
one OF the most successful ever CIV
en- outside OF the large cities The
meet will close this afternoon II the
weather Is favorable and in the
eveut OF failure to fly another at
tempt will be made tomorrow. Mex
week Longren goes to Greenvills
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