Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-08-23

rBy Morning journal Special Leased Wire, I
Fort Plain, n. ", Aug 22.-An-
other remarkable spin through the
air on his aeroplane flight from st.
Louis to New York brought Harry N.
Atwood from Belle Isle, five miles
east of Syracuse, to Fort Plain late
today and landed him 95 miles near
er his destination. He is now l,065
miles from his starting place and
exactly 200 miles from his proposed
Ialighting point in New York.
From Belle Isle, where he ascended
lat 4:55 p. m, Atwood sailed around
Syracuse II minutes later. turned his
biplane eastward and in the twilight
descended into the Mohawk valley
alighting in field here at 7;0S p
m. His actual flying time today was
2 hours and 10 minutes, and was
made without stop.
The air was as dead calm as a
pool" said Atwood. Most OF the
time | kept my hands in my pockets
or read a time table
Atwood believes he possibility may
make New York tomorrow, but more
probably on Thursday, because the
rough and wooded country from Al
bany down the Hudson river. may
compel him to descend in difficult
places or effect landings on the wa
ter.
The twenty y-seven- -year-old aviator
who, in nine. days, has set a new
pace for aerial navigation in America
is confident that he soon will have a
new worlds record for distance. He
lacks just ninety-nine' miles Of beat
ing the international record, now
held in Europe Running over the
last lap of his flight down the Hud-
son, after he has turned the corner
at Albany. he will surpass the pres
ent record at Rhinecliff.
From here Atwood has 5S miles &c
go to Albany, which he Is capable OF
making in one flight without "a stop
The 142 miles from Albany to New
York will require at least one stoI
for gasoline If he attempts to cover
the two hundred miles tomorrow, he
will not be more than he already has
accomplished, for IN the first day OF
his flight he went 2S6 miles from St
Louis to Chicago with only two stops
But Atwood Is desirOus of flying over
New York City and finishing within
full view of the public before dark.
on the ninth day of his flight, At
wood proceeded without a mishap
although he flew most of the way in
the twilight and all of it In a dense
haze. He flew over thirty five towns
and cities and maintained a schedule
equal to a fast mail train.
Todays start was the latest he
has attempted.
Delayed all day by high wind
he had almost given up starting when
at ASS o'clock the wind Gained. He
followed the tracks of the New York
Central railroad, making Oneida at
speed of thlrty-one miles in thirty
eight minutes.
1t was almost dark when Atwood
neared Fort Plain He hovered for
while over the town and then. Sc
lecting a clear spot on the opposite
bank of the Mohawk river, alighted
to the astonishment of a farmer, a
half dozen angry dogs and n barefoot
ed boy.
ITS been a lazy run all the way"
Atwood said. Anybody could do
it. If experiments in aviation would
be confined to straight ahead sailing,
am sure the problem would be more
quickly and sanely solved. The people
who look from the ground in amaze
ment at seeing me at a dizzy height
would be surprised at the simplicity
of 1t. | sometimes fix my planes at
right angle and sail along without
touching them for ten minutes at a
stretch, and then lean back in my
seat to figure out my location from
the time table or to eat my lunch
con-"