The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-19
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sailing all the rest Of the way. | d'd
not think that anything else could
happen to retard me.
/ have been lost for day. nave
been delayed by Impossible Weatn-f'
and I have smashed Now with this
almost incredible accident OF my rro'"r
breaking down, l fervently hope nave
seen the last of my Woes. can thhiH
of anything else that might possipis
20 wrong, but all these things haNs
not dampened my desire to get through
in the least.
Ward Feeling Fine.
am feeling fine. The flying part OF
the trim does not weary me, Neither
does the business Of repairing impair
INV energy. Bat | do certainly get
learfully worried by the infinite Mite
details that harrass me. OUTSIDE OF
tne mechanical end / am pracaca1iy
Obliged to look after all the business
details that are taken care OF nay sPe-
cial help for Fowler and Rodgers :
have no special car, my parts anu
extras sometimes are many mics pc
hind me / have TO Keen my Hihu
on all these matters.
Rut | don't care. l am going on
{ 10 the Pacific coast II IL takes me
( three months to get there certainty
want to win Mr.. Hearts $4,000 prize
| but II | don't get through In TIME
to get the money | am going TO be tne
I first man to fly across the American
| continent.
While / flew to-day ! had ouiry
flight The new motor and the new
propeller gave me wonderful speed
There was scarcely any air stirring
It's easy to appreciate my average
! speed by the fact that l covered tins
ft.y-four miles between Owego ana
Elrnjra in ftfty-three minutes, offcla
time. The official time Is time record
ed by The dIspatchers along the hrle
They are putting me on their schedule
like train.
Beautiful Panorama.
When | jumped up from the GROUND
at Owego this mefning | ielt as ~
was bound 10 get to buffalo to- might
The sky above was brilliantly blue
the sun flooder the deep green forest
and rippled on the beautiful Susaue
hanna river, so that IL hooked 10 mi
like a stream of living gold. As
sailed along | wished that Maud. III,
wife, could enjoy the beautiful panora
ma spread for miles around me.
love to fly high, and immediate
ly shot the humming little blplane K
900 feet. The speed was so grea
like a harp. The sound Is music Il
my ears Once when l curved low
70 get my bearings IN network o
tracks, | saw startled stag look
ing at me with TWO does in his trail
/ almost lost my control wheel II
trying to follow them with my eye
as they crashed away through tn
woods Another time a flock of pig
cons came right in my path dash
ed into their midst, and TO my sur
prise they attempted to follow me
But | quickly left them behind.
/ drove my aeroplane squarely owe
Waveriy; but when / reached Elmira
which | could see miles ahead. | ros
to 5000 feet and curved wide to
wards the north. ! always like t
avoid flying over large towns. ma
in flying machine takes chance
enough without counting extra dan
gers.
Runs Into Cloud.
1t was somewhere between Elmir
and Corning that l ran into the frs
cloud. For few seconds l coui
see nothing. Then. with sudden
ness that thrilled me, the aeroplan
dashed into the dazzling sunlight.
l was still breaking the aerial spec
laws when / came in sight OF Corn
ling l did not know 1t was Corning
simply surmised 1t.
did not intend to stop. Just be
fore ! swung over the little towr
nesting among the hills on the enc
mung river, | passed into anothe
cloud 1t must have been at helgh
OF 5000 feet 1t was while was !
this cloud, white dense Vaporlng mis-
I all around me, knew my motor wa
wrong.
The engine began to wrench 80 VIC
lently that the aeroplane rocked abol
like a ship in turbulent sea.
knew Immediately that the oiling pis
ton must be wrong or the cooling de
vice was out Of order. | momen
tarily expected it TO tear loose fror
the aeroplane.
Lands in Meadow.
Luckily the pistons ceased to OF
crate instantly. I knew then that
was safe. ! drove the asroplsne T.