Norwich bulletin., 1911-08-25
Atwood Drops
Into a Trap
MAY HAVE TO DIsMANTLE MA
CHINE TO GET OUT.
A SOUTH WINDMILL HELP HIM
Has IS More Miles to Go to Complete
Trip-May Be Delay of Day So
Unless Favorable Wind Prevails.

Trip-May Be Delay of Day @.-..5
Unless Favorable Wind Prevails.
Nyack, n. Y, August 24.-Unless fa-
Torable winds come to his rescue, Har-
ry n. Atwood may not be able to COM
plete his record breaking aeropiane
flight from ST. Louis to New York
without dismantling the machine and
carting5 it out of veritable aeroplane
trap into which he unwittingly p1ung-
ed when making a landing here today
Needs a Favorins Wind.
In effecting landing. however. At
wood dropped his machine in a spot
So hemmed in by hills and trees that
when he came to look the ground over
he decided that it would be practically
impossible for him to take wing again
without south or southeast wind to
help him.
May Have to DismantIe Machine.
With no certainty that such favor
ing air currents would develop tomor-
row, when he contemplated completing
his flight, the aviator tonight ex-
pressed the fear that he might be
forced to take the aerop1ane apart and
reassemble it in spot more favorable
to successful rise from the ground
Will Delay Trip.
This process would necessarily take
time and If found necessary would un-
doubtedly delay the aviator's entrance
into New York city for at least "a
hours and possibly double or treble
that time.
Yesterdays Record.
Summary of the eleventh day of
st. Louis-New York flight:
Assembled at Castleton, n. Y, 1874
Oe
Over Kingston, opposite Rhinescliff,
passing which he broke the worlds
record, S.39 a. M
Passed Poughkeepsie, 72 miles from
New York. s.59 a. m.
Landed at Garrison, opposite West
Point. so miles from New York, s.4o
a. M
Ascended at Garrison, 11.05 a. m.
Landed at Nyack. 25 miles from New
York, 11.33 a. no.
Distance Travelled on 11th day, 109
miles
Actual flying time, two hours. three
Distance from ST. Louis. 1,240 miles
Total flying time. 27 hours and As
minutes.
Distance still to 20 or s265 miles
trip to New York miles.
Atwood is now rs miles ahead of the
previous worlds long distance record
of 1854 miles.
Landed at Nyack.
Nyack, N Y. August 24.-Another
delay incident to aviation brought dis
appointment to the thousands of peo-
pie along the lower Hudson river and
in New York city today when Harry
N. Atwood, in his record breaking aer-
oplane flight from ST. Louis, failed to
sail over New York and land at Sleeps
head bay, but instead, on account of
to land here within 25 miles of his
destination.
Has Worlds Long Distance Record.
Atwood's position tonight is 1,24O
miles from st. Louis. and just 25 miles
from the heart of New York. His
actual flying time for the distance,
covered in eleven days, is 21 hours and
As minutes. Despite his failure to land
in New York. today's sail of 109 miles
down the Hudson river gave Atwood
by rs miles the worlds long distance
record, formerly held by European aer-
snauts.
1o9 Miles in Two Hours 81 Minutes.
Atwood's flight down the Hudson
before noon was full of picturesque
incidents. He covered the 100 miles
from Castleton, where he ascended at
7.31 a. M, to Nyack. where he made
his final landing at 11.33 a. M, in an
81 minutes. Starting from the top of
a hill at Castleton, ne circ1ed to a high
altitude until he found his course over
the river and then he~-began his jour-
ney south. heading direct for New
York, with an intention of stopping
only at West Point.
Breaks Record at Kingston.
From this altitude, under a cloudy
sky, and flanlled on his right by the
CafSlilI mountains AfW0od could see
wrapped in a blue mist the river for
miles stretching in a crooked pathway
before and behind him. Just one hour
and three minutes brought him over
Kingston, opposite Rhinecliff, which
marked his having surpassed by thir-
teen miles the previous worlds long
distance record of 1,164 miles. At that
point merrylnakers in a fleet of skiffs
seurried over the water to cheer the
record breaker
Further down Atwood dropped so
near the water as to be able to shout
that point he approa ched the Pough-
keepsie bridge and, swooping still
lower, he went under it at height
above water of only 100 feet.
Did Not Land at West Point.
Atwood's explanation of his failure
to land at West Point, where the pa
rade grounds were crowded with Of
HcerS, CADETS ana c1tlZenS, was tnaL
he found the space allotted him too
After sailing low enough
to look over the prospect, he rose mo-
tioning to those below that he was
not going to land. To the disappoint-
ment of the spectators. he sailed di-
rectly over the river and landed at
Garrison, fifty miles from New York,
where no enc was waiting to greet
him. The first impression was that
the aviator had met with an accident.
Twenty five Miles from New York. =
At 11.05 a. m. the engines of At
woods biplane were set whirring and
he again shot up in the air. purpos-
ing to make it his last dart for Sleeps
heads bay and thus complete the trip.
But he had not gone far when he dis
covered that wearing metal on his en-
gine had worn away and the mechan-
ism was webbing. Twenty-eight min
utes after his last start and only 25
miles out of New York, he decided to
descend here.
KILLED ATTEMPTING HOLD-UP.
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