The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-11-06
RODGERS NEARING
END OF HIS JOURNEY
Reaches Pasadena and Will
Today Complete Ocean
to-Ocean Flight.
BIG MEET IS PLANNED
Fowler Suffers Accident IA
Miles West of FL Paso;
Starts Again Today,
10 MEET IS PLANNED

PASADENA, cal Nov. aviator
Calbraith Perry Rodgers approaching q
successful completion or his ocean-to-
ocean jauut across the American contl-
nenl. scared into Pasadena at l:OI u. IN.
today At n mile n minute clip ON the last
squirt Of thirty miles from Pomona. and
dropped from AN altitude OF several thou
sand feet to a graceful landing at Tour
namcnt park. He Will fly 10 The coast
tomorrow. landing at the edge Of the
Pacific ocean,
In a flying machine that held together
only through good will OF providence,
Rodgers caught his FIRST glimpse OF the
Pacific ocean as he scared on n level Wiz
the gray top of Mount Wilson and set
lied down in Tournament park amidst
q clamorOus multitude waiting To Wcl-
come him AT what was practically the
finish OF his flight from Shccpshced Bay,
y. Y.
Rodgers landed al 40 o'clock this
afternoon. Tomorrow ne expects 10 fly
ont over tho Pacific II the motor that
has lifted and pushed him and his aero
plane through the air for distance OF
nearly 5000 miles, continues 10 do lis
duty and thus make the epoch marking
feat OF aviation really an occan-to-o ocean
flight
Rodgers appeared on the skyline Short
Is after o'clock, few moments after
he had risen from Pomona. twenty miles
down the San Gabriel valley. He WAS
from the solar observatory on Mount
Wilson, aud word flashed down the
mountain by telephone brought swarm
OF 20 600 people 10 Tournament park.
FLYING at a height OF about 5000 foot.
Rodgers lowered over the city for few
minutes. thcn warping the planes that
previously had been as motionlcss as TN"
spreading pinions Of soaring eagle. he
circlcd i'm wide spiral down TO the mid
die Of tho Tournament park.
His landing was a signal for rush
that overbore every restraint. Rodgers
literally was niobbcd. lie was borne
hithcr and thither by the sUrGnE crowd.
Eager hands clutched and scratched him.
but his leather clothing was strong
enough TO resist attack. although after.
ward the aviator declared his ribs would
surely show black and blue marks as n
result of the greeting.
Took the Air at Noon.
Rodgers started on the last dash 81
his flight from Banning, a little town out
in the desert where his arrival had inter-
rupted the only diversion of the year
the funeral dance of the Mojave Indians.
The aviator saw a squaw, aged l0l. who
had danced all night and day. fall in Il
swoon. Then he took the air at noon,
Rodgers ascended gracefully in the face
Of n twenty wind until lie had
reached an altitude of 400 feet Then he
set his course directly west and spanked
his motor up To n thirtvmilc gait.
Rodgers's wife and mother, who have
been following him on a special train ALI
the way from New York, left Banning
Immediately aftcrward
The aviator arrived over Cotton at l0.3I
p. III. BY this time he had increased his
altitude to 1000 feet and he kept this
height Jntil he neared Pomona. twenty
ono miles from Pasadena lie remained
at 1ff ~
his supply Of gasoline. and rc6llinG the
tank OF the lcaky radiator. which brought
him 10 the verge Of disaster yesterday.
After leaving Pomona. Rodgers kept his
biplane pointing upward until he had
climbed over the feecy sheets Of yapor
floating near the tops of the highest
peaks OF the Sierra Madre mountains
AS he sped on to tho finish at Tourna-
ment park he was on a level with the
Mount Wilson observatory and nying
close to the ragged sides OF the noun
tain.
Used Baby Wright Machine.
His machine. a baby Wright that
has only an eighteen foot spread OF wing.
aviator carcencd it into the perilous,
though spectacular spiral glide At this
time lie was directly over the park. but
as he came down toward the Garth his
flyer described ever widening curves un-
iii he was within a few hundred feet of
the ground. Then Rodgers performed one
OF tne GlpS S1Cn 1ioSSeN was perform l.
ing when he was killed at Dorninguez
field. within sight OF Mount Wilson. last
December.
Eodgers's first word after he had finally
been rescued from the clouds was.
well. one thing Is certain. YOU can
not do a transcontinental flight I'm thirty
days"
Rodgers also declared that his own
flight, begun September II and hnshrd /
today. forty-nlnc days later. would not
be duplicated for a year or more
Thirty day trips across the contiu- !
ent by aeroplane will be out OF the ques
ton" Rodgers declared. until there arc |
radical changes both in flying machines
and motors"
Based on Experience.
Rodgers statement was based OH an
experience which embraced. he said, !
nearly score of narrow escapes from
deNterity in managing flying machine |
cncumbcred with dead engine alone |
saved him on at least two occasions
Once at Imperial Junction he volplaned !
1000 feet with one hand on the controll- (
Ing lever OF the aeroplane and the other !
parts OF the machinery 10 pre- |
vent the broken motor and propeilers
ric to pieces.
According to official figures given ont
by Rodgers at o'clock tonight. the |
aviator covered a total distance OF 1921 |
miles in 1924 minutes. or three days, ten |
hours and four minutes actual nying |
time, He covered the S6 miles from .
Banning In III minutes flying time
During the final stages OF the flight /
today and at the finish there were sep
aral minor accidents and accidents |
Six miles after he started from Ban
ming Rodgers was forced TO come down
At stewart ranch where Aviator Rob- /
rrt 9. Fowler WAS stalled for two nsy,
going eastward. A broken gasoline con-
nectiou caused n slight delay. Al Pom
Ona the Piplane swooping down to 4
anulnE "a no of !
eager and reckless spectators only by
a few inches.
Slight Accident.
~ Tournament park four women.
standing In an automobile leaned too far
)ack while watching Rodgers circIing di-
rcctly overhead and all fell out OF the
machine. Another woman caught In IN.
rush That surged upon the aviator when
ne landed, fe'l In faint. but was soon
revived.