The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-28
Then swoops Beneath
Arch Of UpperSteel
Bridge.
BEACHEY'S@FL FIG 1T
Sc ZEN BY $4,000
Throngs on American and Cana
dian Shores Gaze With Easel
nation as Birdrnan Flirts
With Death-Roar Of Gaia
ract browns Whir of IT
Biplane Motor.

Niagara Falls. y. Y. June 27.-with
the whir of his biplanc motor drowned
in the roar of the cataract. and man
and machine momentarlly obscured m
spray and mist. Lincoln Beachey, the
Californian aviator. to-day after cir
cling above the falls. swooped be-
meath the arch of the upper steel
bridge and down the gorge almost to
the Whirlpool. Rising again between
the precipitous sides OF the lower
river, Beachey scared to the Canadian
side. where he made d successful land
ing. II was the first time that a bird
man had cut through the air currents
and mist clouds and leaping foam,
caused by Niagara's falls and rapids
that have lured SO many adventures
to their tn
madam shores guzed with fascina ton
at the aviator, as ne rose TO height
of about 1000 feet. twice circled above
the cataract, and then made the long
swoop toward the marrow passage
under the bridge. His biplane came
racing over the Horseshoe Fail so
low that he was lost TO view for an
instant, and then winged close to the
water 1t seemed almost 10 skim the
water as he made the bridge passage.
Beachey continued on down the
gorge almost to the Whirlpool Rapids.
clearing the water by not more than
thirty feet before soaring aloft again.
II was the most exciting trip OF
my life," said Beachey.
Light tItnin Fails.
To add TO the difficulties Of Beacheys
flight light rain began to fall as he
took his seat in the hiplane shortly
before o'clock. The start was made
from a baseball diamond on the Amer
lean side. and he got away nicely.
He mounted upwards. moving always
In the direction of the cataract. and
when he crossed the American fall he
was about 1000 feet in the air. In
great sweeping circle, he swung to-
ward the north and yer the Horseshoe
Fall.
Down the river he flew, almost to
the lower. steel arch bridge two miles
below the falls, then coursed to the
west and then south again, always
dropping as he circled. On his second
circle he went Well TO the southwest
before beginning his low flight to-
wards the upper.steel arch bridge. un-
der which he was TO pass. Swinging
again TO the north, and travelling about
fifty miles an hour, he came on prob
ably not more than 200 feet over the
Horse Shoe and swishing through its
spray.
Once over the cataract, he lowered
his plane. and rushing with the wind
al speed estimate at sixty miles an
hour. he dipped quickly under the arch
AS he did SO, he caught some of the
wash of the Outlet Power tunnel
which shot out from the rocky side of
the prccipice a I that point. AT no
time from his final dip until the time
he was clear OF the structure was the
biplane more than thirty feet above
the spume.
The space through which he flew is
6S feet in height. and barely 100 feet
from side to side. The distance from
the brink OF the falls TO the bridge in
which he made the dip is about 400
yards.
Beachey will repeat the flight to-
morrow.
To-day's crowd was estimated at
10000 people.