New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-24
ATWOOD AL|CHTS ONLY
1874 MILES FROM GOAL
eakinu GaSOIene and BaIky
Cylinder Send Him to Earth
at CaStIetOn, N. Y.
FLIES 81 MILES IN 1872
# Biplane Is Right Aviator Plans
10 End Long Trip from st.
Louis by Landing at Sleeps
head Bay To- day.

l-tstiaton. y. 7, Aug. 23.-HarrN n
,tpood slid his biplane TO earth on the
frank Hoffman farm. a mile north OF
this village. ~ twelve minutes after 2
o,c'oc5 this morning. after a peaceful
voyage from Fort Plain. siXty-seven
-,,irss away. 10 the west and north. He
evnects 10 travel the 134 miles between
here and New York tomorrow and If
his machine is i'm good shape he plans TO
90 down the west shore Of Manhattan
Island some time during the afternoon.
ais landing i'm New York is scheduled
for Sheepshead Bay. but he adds that
10 may possibly land on Governors
Island drst. proceeding TO the Sleeps
head Bay track later.
Tonight Atwood is the guest OF Jacob
Ten Eycz at the Fort Orange club. in
Albany. over which city he scurried like
2 scared bird at two minutes after 9
o'clock this morning. Frank Lawson and
Jean la Mott. his mechanicians. are
working under acetvlene torches at the
Hoffman farm. repairing one Of the cyl
irders and getting ready for the pom
ICONS with which Atwood wants his ma
chine ftted before he risks the gusty
winds over the Hudson.
AtvoOd's call i'm Castleton was largely
7 of social nature He makes no money
hv his stop here. but he wanted 30 drop
IN ON s.. O. Parkinson. an old school
mate. who is now a resident Of Castle
ton He sent word ahead from Fort
Plain that he would stop here to-day.
and the five or six hundred persons who
1--we here were soon on the lookout for
him Frank Hoffman. whose farm At
wood selected fer landing place, was
duiv impressed with the distinction Of
being host TO the St Louis-New York
aviator. and as soon as the machine
landed hs had u surrounded by a stout
rope fence which protected il from the
crowds which came not only from this
village and surrounding country. but
from Albany. Rensselaer, and all the
nearly towns and cities.
Gasolene Leaks; Cylinder Bothsrs.
Es fight to-day. Atwood said after
landing was quiet one. In spite Of the
sviat1r's GOODNESS. however. il is a fact
that he had t%o annoyances during this
tenth dsv of his fight from St Louis
which might have discouraged many a
fier At Glen. y. 7. few miles out
from amsterdam. his gasolene tank
sprung a leak. which forced him 10 The
ground. and a few minutes after he left
Fort Plain one cylinder of his engine
worked ftflIy.
The same cylinder continued its bad
behavior throughout his days fight Of
sxtv-seven miles. and that was the chief
reason why Atwood did not end the day
in Poughkeepsie. as he had at first
planned.
His days schedule which he laid out
for himself before leaving Fort Plain.
called for a straight run to Castleton and
another jump during the afternoon TO
Ioughkeepsie where he had figured on
spending the night AIachinists who
watched Atwoods mechanicians at work
on the refractory cylinder to-day ex-
pressed doubt whether il would be in
shape before tomorrow noon. But At
wood himself left word 70 be called at ,
o'clock tomorrow morning, so he could
get an early start
Leaving Fort Plain this morning At
wood sNrted along over the Mohawk
Valley flying directly over the small
towns Of Pa.atine Bridge and Fonda
With Ar1era-r.a,,, f)l,,,i,,.. int. .f,,t,. .t,
aviator veered off 20 the south. but not
SO far as 90 deny the residents of that
CITY sight OF him. Coming along 70
schenectady Atwood again sliced away
from The New York Central tracks SO as
not 10 fv over the city. II was about
$50 o'clock. and the workmen from the
b'g factories took time off to watch the
HIer
he left Fort Plain in a gray sky that
was letting fall a few scattering drops
Of rain. but he gradually worked away
rom that and though he flew for most
Of the time through a gray haze he
seemed 90 have no difficulty whatever in
hroing his way. When he landed near
tasueton Atwood confidently expected
10 be on his soaring way again soon
after noon time. He was intensely dis
appointed as the afternoon wore along
and he realized that it would be impossi-
Ole 90 start. He pushed his mechan-
lciers to the limit, but hard as they
worked. they could not get the balky
cylinder going right, and finally, about
- "a a. Lr a q
ur and announced that he would at
least make as early a start tomorrow
morning as he possibly could.
Meanwhile he improved the time dur
Ing the middle Of the day by taking a
good sleep at the home Of his friend, Mr..
Parkinson.
Wanted 10 Break Record on Tenth Day.
Il am mighty sorry that ! couldn't get
along at least as far as Rhineclin to-
day. said Atwood, when he saw that
h. could not get away this evening. IL
had counted on going at least that far
to-day so that / might have had that
worlds distance record slowed away by
the end OF my tenth day out from 81
Louis"
Tile technical possibilities Of to-nor-
fo"'s flight were summed up IN this
manner by A. Leo stevens, his manager.
Atwood's biplane has a gasoene ca
pacity Of ten gallons, which is good Tor
about 12O miles Of flight theoretically
He won't 20. however. much more thah
one hundred miles without a stop 10 re-
lienish his tank, because there Is no
reed 90. - s ..t.f,,,, a chance of dam