The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-11
FOWLER To START
TODAY ON FLIGHT
EXPECTS TO CROSS CONTINENT
IN TWENTY DAYS AND WIN
BIG PRIZE.
ALL IS IN READINESS
SAYS MOI NrrArN RANGES ARE No
MORE MOTHER TO HIM THAN
THE PLAINs--FRIsCo TO
NEW YORK.
ALL IS IN READINESS
BY FREDERICK MOORE.

SAN FRANCISCO. Sept To-
Leave San Francisco. Stadium terni-
nal Goldea Gate Park. 20 A NJ, Mon
day September H. 1911
Due ia Sacramento at IL noon. Leave
Sacramento. ] +. NJ.
Due Reno, Nev.. 5 p, NJ, same day
Duo In New York. October 7. Number
Of dying days. 20. Total number or
days. 20
That Is the schedule for aviator
Robert q, Fowler, who sets his course
across the continent to morrow from
san Francisco. determined to break the
worlds records in a flying machine,
and claim the Hearst $50 900 prize, fer
the FIRST man going from ocean 10
ocean within thirty days.
Before dawn Tomorrow morning the
big Wright bplane. good as new, will
be in the stadium. and in one nour
ana ii half Fowler is sure that ii can
be made ready for the voyage. Then
IL ia his intention TO make two or three
nights 10 whip the engine into shape,
and by 10 O'Clock he viii soar into the
blue. headed East.
When he pulls the lever that will
swing him IN a wide loop he will be
over the Pacific and from there he will
take his last departure" and skim
the city, over Market street, across
the bay and 1900 feet over the line
Of the Southern Pacific, with Sacra-
nento his first stop,
The aviation special with steam up
at the Oakland mole, will seud away
1 the instant he Is sighted over the city,
running free,
Aviator 10 Confident.
Fowler spent the day in the freight
yards Of the Santa Fe with his biplane
strewn over The floor. | found him sit
Ting In the middle Of the mess, boring
his way through Il crescent of water
melon, and he grinned silent ana
moist greeting.
Everything Is fine and dandy" he
said displaying more emotion than was
expected, This isn't nearly as bad az
1t looks. Everything that was dam
aged has been repaired, and now II
rs simply question or getting IL to-
gether again"
Il can make the mountain Fowler
sald i might as we'll be $500 feet up
as ouo, and the Sierras and Rockies
don't worry me in the least. I've got
II all figured out, and l would rather
face the mountains with the data
nave than 10 start from Los Angeles
over level country"
Just before Fowler gives the word
to let 20, Frank Brown. of the Panama
President G. c Moore. will hand the
aviator a letter addressed to Mr.
f1eafst expressing the appreciation o.
the committee, and the people or nar
Francisco, for the start being made or
the ground whore President Taft In 3
rev days will break ground for tht
worlds fair
Carries Message.
ne army and the navy Will be rem.
1t d |4a 7,,4.
speed Fowler on his way. ana tht
Wbhc IS invited to witness the depar.
tare OF the air racer in contes
when has never been riValed In MS
tory 1leutenant Julian L. Dodge
, AIDE 10 Brigadier General DAME
J bFush commander Of the department
: or California, viii give Fowler Il sea,
90 message 10 Major General Frederic,
= - Grant, commanding the division o
'he East with Headquarters at Gov
ernor's Island. y. Y.
, James Rolph, candidate for mavs,
) Will represent San Francisco. He 5ssp
christen the big Wright biplane wit
water from the Pacific, and prasen
, Fowler with Il miniature of the flag a
the California republic, which VIII fl
/ from a haiyard between the plane
. with the stars and stripes.
befofe dawn tomorrow morninf
Fowler expects to have the bipIan
! In the stadium, and IN an hour afte
/ It's arrival it will be ready for startln
lie expects 10 be ready to begin n,
e tlal Nights by o'clock The ma
ehince VIII be put through evolution
/ Ia test every ndssfbte contingency thu
3, he expects to encounter on the wa
, East
4 The motor will be whipped int
+ shape. the warping levers tried GU
the wing tips, vertical and horizontf
rudders tried out in ascending and do
scending and every muscle and sine,
and nerve of the machine win h
given their hardest Jobs.