The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-25

NEW YORK, Aug, "a isappoInt-
80 that he was unable 10 fly into New
York this afternoon. but happy III the
knowledge that he had broken all
worlds records for long distance Hy-
ing. Harry n Atwood rested at Upper
Mack, twenty -tlye miles from this
city, the goal of his flight from st.
Louis. He has repaired his blplane
and liz ready 10 complete his epochal
aerial Journey to- MORO" afternoon.
when Atwood passed over knineGsiI
at sac O'Clock this morning he Mas
thirteen miles ahead OF the " urid y
record From that point on. as he
expressed it tonight. it WAS only
matter OF piling up few more miles
The acciden, that delayed Atwood
at Nyack might have easily been more
serious than IL turned out. just ASIDE
rounded Hook Mountain. north OF
Nyack, the Baou,t metal ia the com
nection rod Of the aeropiane burned
out He WAS flying AT the rate or
fifty miles all hour. at an altitude OF
500 feet shutting of the power he
looked around for 81 landing place.
His machine Mas sinking. aTd &aissk
action was necessary. For a moment
Ii looked as II he would have TO test
mis- pontoons by landing In the HUI
son rier. OF TO the right he saw an
inviting meadow and describing two
wide circles in his descent he vol
planned probably 100 feet and made a
perfect landing.
Plane Needs Repairs
Atwood found that parts OF the
aeroplane would have TO be replaced
lie went to the Nyack Hotel for lunch
con and To wait for his merchandising.
who had been following him down
the river by train.
While the aviator was In Nyack
great crowds swarmed about his BIZ
plane and the volunteer guards had
all they could do to Keep souvenir
hunters from shipping pieces OF the
machine with their Jack knives.
Its pretty tough remarked At
wood tonight. ito be tied UP by a
breakdown almost In sight OF New
York City. This Is the first serious
trouble l have had. | think the mo-
tor has held out pretty well at that,
bringing me 1.c40 miles"
Atwood left Castleton. n. y. nine
morning, and his actual flying time
from that place TO Nyack. dis
lance Of lilo miles, was 2 hours and
23 minutes. Since leaving st. Louis
he has been In the air 81 hours and
II minutes. When he descends at
Sheepshead Bay tomorrow he viii
have been aloft approximately %
hours. ~
Atwood's failure to arrive here this
afternoon was n huge disappointment
TO hundreds Of thousands ~ people
who set their faces towards the Hud-
son soon after noon. The piers and
river front were so crowded as to
interfere with traffic. Great throngs
stood waiting his arrival at Sleeps
head Bay.
Monster Reception.
Atwood viii be greeted by mon
ster reception when he reaches
Sheepshead Bay tomorrow. The re-
ceution committee. numbering 500
persons. were busy tonight elaborat-
ing on the original plans for the cele-
bration In the intrepid airmans hon.
or. An official welcome will be ex-
tended by Mayor Gaynor. Among
the first to greet him will be n dele
cation OF aviators. among them Tom
Sopwith, Eugene Ely. Lincoln Beachy,
James v. Martin, Arthur Stone, Earle
Ovington and J. A. u. McCurdy Al
city delegation. headed by Fire Com
missioner johnson, will comprise
members of every prominent club in
New York
Atwood's flight to-day WAS one swift
dash up to the time he was compelled
to descend. Starting at Castleton.
where ne had spent all of yesterday
repairing his machine. he flew to Cold
spring. across the river from West
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