Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-08-15
Aviator Makes Dramatic Entrance
Into Big City, Greeted by
Cheers of Thousands.
FROM ST. LOUIS TO NEW YORK
Believes He Can Cut Estimated Time
of Ten Days.
HE MAKES ONLY SHORT VISITS
Suffers But Little Distress from Ire
mendous Speed.
FIRST STOP IS AT SPRINGFIELD
First NInety-Eight Miles IL Covered
I'm Less Than Three HoUrs-He
Expects 10 Reach Boston
In Ten Days.


CHICAGO. Aug 14-By flying the 2Sf
miles from ST. Louis to Chicago with only
two intermediate stops and in an actual
flying time OF five hours and forty-three
minutes today. Harry n. Atwood of Boston
believes he has set a pace which will re-
suit in his establishing a new record on
his flight by aeroplane from st. Louis to
New York and Boston.
Atwood, in a Burgess Wright biplane
left ST. Louis at sos o'clock. He landed in
Chicago at 6:1s o'clock. His total time be-
tween St Louis and Chicago, counting the
delays occasioned by the two stops, was
ten hours and fourteen minutes, but his
actual tNOne in the air. computed by deduct
ing the dNays, was five hours and forty
three minNes. This, Atwood asserts, is
three hours and twelve minutes less than
the scheduled time Of exprtss trains for the
same distance.
Appearance Dramatic.
His resent into Chicago was thrilling.
Sailing in from the southwest, a lone speck
in the clouds, he made direct for the down
town district, and for a time hovered un-
noticed ! nthe distance over the sky
scrapers.
Thousands OF people were crowded at the
lake front intent upon the flights of the
aeroplanes competing in the aviation con-
tests. Atwood appeared on the scene as a
stranger, unheralded and expected only by
a few.
Suddenly the crowd noticed the oncomine
stranger and a voice shouted that's At.
wood from st, Louis"
Immediately the vast assembly was II
an uproar. Two airmen sailed out to NEE
Atwood.
| Coming steady onward the aviator
steeTed over the aviation field and circlec
around 1t while several of the machines
listed in the meet followed as an escort
Once around Atwood descended gracefully
touching the ground for the first time sino,
his stop at Pontiac, H.. ninety-one mile,
from Chicago.
VIII Beat Ten Days.
Originally setting ten days as the mini
mum time for completing the .460 miles Il
Boston, Atwood believes by the pace h,
set today he vii lbe able to materially re
! duce that estimate. he had expected no
to be able to reach Chicago before tomor
row, but infavorable weather and the ex
cellent working condition of his machin,
induced him to shorten his stops.
His first stop, which was made at Spring
field. ninety-eight miles from St Louis
after two hours and twenty five minutes
Of flight was to fulfill a promise. Instea,
OF remaining there until O'Clock he 70
away two hours earlier. He was schedule,
to stop at Bloomington, Ill, but tn
crowds assembled at his proposed landinJ
| there IVES so dense he could not find 1
clear space large enough to land in safety
so he swept low and shaking his head neg
auvely at the people, continued. At Pom
tiac he descended to replenish his suppl,
Of gasoline and lubricatng oil.
All that was suffered by the man VIII
thus sailed through the air at a spec,
greater than that of an express train, wa
a slight buzz in his ears caused by tn
chugging of his engine Landed on his fee
was as calm as though he were merely
spectator who had dropped in to watcl
the other aeroplsnes.
Tomorrow Atwood will resume his journe-
eastward. He said he probably would TAX
a course along the Lake Shore railroad.
First stop at Springfield.
SPRINGFIELD, III, Aug. H-Sweeptn
| over towns and villages apparently witt
perfect ease, Harry n. Atwood OF Boston
in his Burgess Wright biplane, arrive,
in Springfield at 1O:SO a. m. today, thu
completing the first leg of his l, ,460-mil
flight across the continent from ST. Loui
to New York and Boston by way Of Chi
cago.
Atwood left the ground at St Louis a
SOS a m. He covered the ninety-eigh
miles TO a point in Springfield in two hour
and twenty-five minutes, taking four min
utes after his appearance here In Capit0
park. His highest altitude on the triI
as reported, was 1000 feet, but generaIl
he kept lower, skimming over towns il
easy view of the thousands who turne
out ali along his route.
In his effort to establish q new record
breaking distance flight, stimulated by
! prize Offered BY the St Louis Post Dis
patch, Atwood made q singularly Pic
turssque and dashing spectacle when h
rose above St Louis, swept across tn
Mississippi river and dwindled into a mer
| sPeck as he sailed away.
Atwood is carrying a letter on his fligh
to Ogaretta AeHugh, daughter Of Edwar,
], MeHugh agent in charge of the 81
Louis district of the Treasury department