The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-10
WILL START ON
UNLUCkY DAY
Hugh Robinson to Begin His Flight
in Aeroplane Down the River
on Friday the
18th.
PURSE is NOT BULG1NG
Not as Much Money Promised for the
Flight as Promoters of 1t
Had contem.
plated.

son ieit Sl. LOUIS last night for Min
neapolis, where, Friday, he will COM
mence his long journey by hydro
aeroplane to New Orleans, following
the Mississippi river. He will give an
exhibition of flying over Lake Cal-
houn, Minneapolis. tomorrow, the day,
originally set for the start, and will
fly with land machine at La Crosse,
Wis, Thursday.
II is said he asked TO have the river
flight start Friday. because he was
horn Friday, thirteenth. When he
went TO the train yesterday he found
1t waiting on track No. l3 and ccnsid-
cred that good omen. He carries
No, Is on the radiator of his machina.
Robinson expects to arrive in st.
Louis ON his way to New Orleans
about Sunday, October %. He hopes
70 fly l22 miles the first day. OF this
distance the first thirty-hve miles will
be the most hazardous of the trip. as
he will have scarcely any safe landing
spot beneath that stretch from Lake
1 Calhoun, over the residence district
OF Minneapolis, TO the nayigable
part OF tne MlSSlSSlppf
He will carry with him on his hydro
a ealise containing a change OF cloth
ing, kit of tools, an extra gallon of
gasoline one of lubricating oil and
rations He will be able 10 alight on
. the water adjust his motor or use his
emergency oil or gasoline without go
ing to shore The gasoline tank on
l.; ~, fir.a
to thirty gallons.
Several cities along the way have
not subscribed to the fund to make a
purse for the aviator for the fight,
and these will be passed by quickly.
The towns that have subscribed to
date are: Minneapolis, Hastings, Red
Wing, Wabasha and Winona. Mimi;
La Crosse and Prairie du Chen Wis;
Bellevue. Clinton, Burlington and
/. keokuk, Iowa; Rock Island, H.; Can
!. ton. Hannibal and New Madrid, Mo-;
Cairo H. Memphis Tenn, and Jack
y son, Mississippi
Z. The purse will not be as large as
t expected, unless the other cities on
the way become enthusiastic as Rob
l. inson progresses and become anxious
It TO have him not slight thcm on his
: way The Mississippi Valley
t. Flight Association believes it probable
they viii
J. The operating end of the fight will
J be in the hands of r NJ Young of the
Curtiss forces. He will have charge
OF the three mechanicians who will
e be stationed along the route in relays
d each day of flyins An extra machine
II will be kept in st Louis ready for
q shipment and extra pontoons will be
, salted along the route for use in
+ emergencies, In order to fulill his
D agreement with Jackson, Miss, Rob.
inson will have to arrive there not
$ later than November ..
The aviator is enthusiastic about
e the trip and anxious to be started
i 81 think there Will not be the
SLIGHTEST difficulty after the first thirty
!, FIVE miles" he said, before departing
Z In case the motor goes wrong or II
9 ANYTHING else happens. | will simpll
/, land on the water and Aoa' dowr
r with the current TO convenient place
d to land ! am anxious TO make the
trip as quickly as possible barrins
necessary delays at some of the
r points en- the route where l shall dc
r little dying
Y The southern district is at presen'
: in the hands of Thomas Walsh, Spear
y man Lewis Of the Mississippi
Flight Association, being in charge o
y the Office in st. Louis, which acts al
T clearing house for the cities sub
is scrihing to the aviator's purse.