The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-05-01
0vINCTON ARRIVES HERE
after RECORD BREAKING
STUNTS ON LONG ISLAND
Maintained 7OMIe Speed at Height Of 1000 Feet For 81
Minutes Awarded Bronze Trophy For FIght-Look Over
Grounds Here Preparatory to Exhibition at SteepIe-
chase Island on Friday, Saturday and Sun
day-May Attempt to Gross Sound

Fresh from a most notable flight
; over Long Island, in which he main
tanned an altitude of 1000 feet for So
minutes. flying at an average speed
of 10 miles an hour. Earl L. Owing
ton, the aviator who is scheduled to
give exhibitions at Steeplechase Is
land on Friday, Saturday and Sum
/ day. May 5, 6 and Z, arrived in
Bridgeport this morning.
One reason for his visit today is
desire to investigate the feasibility
of making a cross-sound trip from
Mineola, to Port Jefferson. to Bridge
port. II the plan is practicable, MI
Ovington will attempt it. He has al
ready arranged to have a, big beacon
fire LIT at Port Jefferson TO serve as q
guide for him.
If he accomplishes this feat it will
make him world famous. Mr.. Owing
ton was in the air Saturday long
enough. and flew far enough, to more
than cover the distance between
Mineola ard Bridgeport
Il was absolutely lost in the air
on Saturday." laughed Mr.. Ovfngton,
which befell him when making his
record flight for which he was
awarded a handsome bronze trophy,
four feet in height.
You see they had agreed to light
a big signal fire on the field at Mineo-
la so that I could see my way down.
when I left Garden City, ] was
travelling with the wind at a rate OF
between 90 and 100 miles an hour I
didn't realize 1T at the time. L was
occupied with watching my plane for
q few minutes. and when 1 turned to
sight / had gone miles beyond 1t.
Pretty soon / saw what appeared
to be a fire, and I planed down to-
ward IL Sure enough--ft was for
est fire, but not the signal I was
looking for, 50 shot up into the air
again. Then I saw another fire, and
went down again. 1t was another
forest fire. The whole darn island
appeared to be on fire.
Then hit for the shore and saw
and came to another hay. Then
turned around and went back again.
and then clean across the island, and
repeaked. I couldn't make out for the
life of me where was. l after
wards found out that I was oircling
between Huntington and Oyster bays,
and the Atlantic ocean. At last I
discovered the motor parkway and
followed that back to Belmont park
and alighted.
'T nearly had q bad spill in coming
down. Ny speed was so great that I
came within an ace of overshooting
the park. I had to come down at a
sharp angle, and a puff of wind
caught me and nearly upset me.
'T afterward learned that my wife
and a friend were watching for me
from the Aiineola field. The other
lady said to my wife, You stand in
the center OF the field and then he will
recognize You and know where to
come down!' What do you think of
that? The whole city looked as big
az half a dollar from where I was"
Mr.. Ovington went to Steeplechase
this afternoon and inspected the
ground there to get his bearings. He
Win take a trip by boat across the
sound to get general idea of "the lay
of the water in case he finds it feas-
ible to make his flight across from
Mireola, to Port Jefferson, to Bridge
port.