The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1911-07-15
SKY TRAVELLERS LONG
FLIGHT SUCCESSFUL
Atwood And Hamilton Fly From At
lantic City To Stemmers' Run, Near
Baltimore, lbs Miles, In Three Hours
And Thirty Four Minutes

People all alcng the line of the P, b.
& w. R. R., from Wilmington, to Dalti-
more, were on the lookout for H. N.
Atwood, of Boston, who was to fly in his
biplane from Atlantic City to Baltimore,
some time after p. M last Friday. Just
as the machine was rising a bull dog got
In front of one of the propellers and
split one of the blades. The blade was
wired, and the biplane rose after two
trials, but puffs of wind caused it to
drop from a height of 100 feet into the
surf. The machine was damaged beyond
repari, but Charles K. Hamilton, an
other arman, who was to accompany
Atwood, wired for his own biplane, which
arrived from Bridgeport, Conn, on Sat-
urday. On Sunday the two aviators made
new start and again fell from a height
Of 100 feet, but escaped unhurt. They
patched up HamiltoRs machine with
part of Atwoods by working all night,
and at 4.50 a.. m. on Monday morning
made successful start from At1ancic
City, and flying across New Jersey pass
cd over the Delaware River at 645
They came down at Faruhurst aud rested
55 minutes to take on gasoline and cy-
Under oil for the engine. They again
ascended and headed for Newport, thence
to Stanton, which they passed at 7.52
Newark was passed at 8 o'clock, at a
speed of rs miles an hour The biplane
raced the S.11 a. m. train and was at
Red Mill crossing when the train reach
cd Elkton station. Residents OF the
Evansville section of Newark and many
Elktonians, and in fact people all aloag
the line of the railroad plainly saw the
biplane with its two occupants. The
machine was flying low here. less than
200 feet, and lower still as it went on its
way.
North East and Principle were quickly
passed. AT Perryville and Havre de
Grace most of the residents turned out
TO see the sky travellers and their craft
which crossed the Susquehanna at 8.38
Aberdeen was passed at $50. Bush river
al $50, Edgewood at 9.O3, Chases at 914,
and the machine came to earth at Stem
mer's Run. miles from Baltimore, at
9A. The distance covered was 1876 miles,
and the time spent in the air was j
hours, "a minutes The landing was
made because of the intense heat and
high humidity, which would not alluw
the machine to rise to safe height to
fly over Baltimore. At it was, the en-
gine could not lift the machine to a
proper height for high speed, and it
SKINNED rather than few through the
Air all along the route. Near the end
OF the trip it could barely clear the
telephone wires, trees and buildings
Atwood and Hamilton caught a train at
Stemm 9r's Run, leaving their machine
there and reached Union Station at
1923 a. M
At ABS a, m. on Tuesday they made an
other start, passing Fort McE5snry At
4.57, Haelthorpe at 5.07, Odenton at So
Bowie at 5.2D, Landover at Sag and
came down al College Park at 45, COW
cring 80 miles in l hour and II minutss
Atwood purposed flying from College
Park to and over Washington in a new
Burgess biplane, but while testing it ne
fell 100 feet, putting it out of business,
but escaping unniurei. He and Hamil-
ION then reached the Capital in an auto
mobile. People all along the route of the
flights were posted by phone, once they
began. Those who saw the b rdmen are
husging and those who misseu the sight
are kicking themselves.