Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-08-23
Atwood Lands
At Fort Plain.
is NOW EXACTLY 200 MILES FROM
NEW YORK.
A 95 MILE FLY YESTERDAY
Rode Most of Time With Hands in
Pockets-sA Lazy Run All the Way"
He Says-To Albany Today.

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other remarkable spin through the air
on his aeroplane flight from ST. Louis
to New York brought Harry n At
wood, the aviator, from Belle Isle,
five miles west ef Syracuse, to Fort
Plain late this afternoon and landed
him 50 miles, nearer his destination.
He is now 1.065 miles from his start
ing place and exactly 200 miles from
his proposed alighting point in New
York.
95 Miles Without a Stop.
From Belle Isle, where he ascended
at 4.55 p. m. Atwood sailed around
Syracuse twelve minutes later, turned
skirting over the Indian backgrounds
of colonial days in the twilight, de-
scended into the Mohawk valley,
alighting in a field here at 7.05 p. m.
His actual flying time today was two
hours and ten minutes and was made
without stop.
Had Hands in Pocket.
said Atwood. '.Most of the time
kept my hands in my pockets or read
a timetable
New York by Thursday.
Atwood believes he possibly may
make New York by tomorrow but more
probably on Thursday, because on ac-
count of the rough and wooded coun-
try from Albany down the Hudson
river he may be compelled to descend
in the water. From here Atwood has
So miles to go to Albany, which he is
capable of making in one flight with
out stop
Got a Late Start.
The ninth day of his flight Atwood
finished without mishap though he
flew most Of the way in the twilight
and all of it in dense haze. He
flewsover 35 towns and cities. 1t was
the latest start he has attempted. De-
layed all day by high wind he had
almost given up his plan to start,
when at 4.55 p. m. the wind Gained
and he took advantage of it. To avoid
the tall buildings he went around the
southern outskirts Of Syracuse and
coming back again to>the tracks of the
New York Central railroad, took an
air line for the east.
Great Reception at Utica.
Utica, IS miles from the start,
which he covered in one hour and l3
minutes, had demonstration pre-
pared in hurry. Everybody had
abandoned hope of seeing the air man
his approach. which was generally
known. Not to disappoint the people,
who the day before had waited for
several hours to see Atwood, orders
were instantly issued by telephone
that all the bells and whistles in town
should be sounded. In a minute the
city was in an uproar People poured
from shops and houses and climbed on
roofs and railroad bridges, while sail
ing serenely in q haze to the north
the strange "air tourist" came into
view.
Almost Dark When He Landed.
1t was almost dark when Atwood
MAJ q lni III xrrrf liz.
over the town and then selecting a
clear spot on the opposite bank of the
Mohawk river, alighted, to the aston
ishment of a farmer. a half-dozen an
CRY dogs and a barefooted boy with a
wheelbarrow. Atwood said on landing
st. Louis as anything remarkable
"A Lazy Run All the Way"
Its been just lazy run all the
way he said. Anybody could do
it. If experiment in aviation would
be confined to straight-ahead sailing,
1 am sure the problem would be more
quickly and sanely solved. The people
who look from the ground up in
amazement at seeing me at dizzy
height would be surprised at the sim
p1icity of it. l sometimes fix my
planes at the right angle and sail
along without touching them for ten
minutes at stretch and then lean
back in my seat to figure out my To-
cation from the timetable. or eat my
lunch
Yesterdays Record.
Summary of the ninth day of At
woods st. Louis-New York fight:
Ascended at Belle Isle, five miles
west of Syracuse, 4.25 p. m.
Landed at Fort Plain, 50 miles, 7.05
p. m.
Distance taveied OF inth day, 81
| miles
Actual flying time, two hours and
ten minutes.
Distance from St Louis, 1,065 miles.
Total flying time, % hours, 36 min
utes.
Distance still to go to complete the
1885 miles trip to New York, zoo
miles