The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1911-09-21
n. X. ROBINSON NAMED TO MAKE
VOYAGE FROM MINNEAPOLIS
DOWN RIVER.
START WILL MADE OCTOBER II
Craft to Rise From Lake Calhoun, Min,
neapoiis, Soar Over the City
and Fly to New
Orleans.

hson, aviator, has been nominated by
the Trans-Mississippi River Flight as
ISOLATION to make the Minneapolis to
New Orleans hydro-aeroplane flight of
l,917 miles, which, when accomplished,
will set a new worlds record for
cross-country flying.
Robinson will start from the surface
of Lake Calhoun, in the heart of the
residence district of Minneapolis, on
Wednesday morning, October II. He
will fly for a purse Of $4,000, raised
by the river cities, in which the driv-
er is to give exhibitions. His course
down the river will be in easy stages
and the start timed for the OPENING
of the deep waterways convention in
Chicago. Every effort will he made
to make the flight the maximum bene-
fit to science as we'll as to call atten-
ton to the length and the possibilities
of the Mississippi river and the i'm
p%ortance of the cities located on it.
Robinson was selected from more than
forty applicants.
The Curtiss Company, builders of
Robinson's hydro-aeroplane, furnished
his guarantee, and he will fly a plane
of the type adopted and bought by the
United States government.
Fl. A. futile, head of the Mime
apolis Commercial club. and president
Of the flight association. will make the
trip down the river by train, picking
up representatives of each town in the
association.
Join Auto Pathfinder.
The Business Mems club and the
Delta Improvement league of Memphis
have invited this party to join a path
finding automobile tour to New Or.
Jeans, leaving Memphis simultaneous.
ly with the aviator, and follow the
river to the gulf, where they are to
be received by the progressive league
of New Orleans.
Cities cooperating in arranging the
flight by subscriptions include Mime
apolis and Hastings, Mimi; Prairie
du Chen. Wis; Dubuque. Ia; Rock
Island. ILL.,; Burlington, Bellevue and
Keokuk, Ia; Quicy. ILL.,; St. Louis
Mo-; Cairo, ILL.,; New Madrid, Mo.
Hickman, KY; Memphis, Tenn; Vicks
burg and Natchez, Miss, and Bator
Rouge and New Orleans. La.
All river cities have been invited tc
Join the association.
Third Aviator Starts Across Continent
Middletown, N. Y.-After an initia
flight of about eighty miles in his pro
posed aerial voyage from New Yorl
to the Pacific coast, C. P. Rodgers
third aviator to start on the trans
continental flight for the $4,000 prize
reached this city. He had covered
the distance from the Sheepshead Ba.
race track in 1 hour and SO minutes
He resumed his fight westward.
Rodgers mistook the Erie & Jerse,
line at Grey Court for that of tn,
Erie and followed the tracks of tn,
former road for some distance. Whe1
he discovered that he was off hi
: route, he turned his biplane to the lief
and followed the Ontario G Western
tracks from Crystal Run to this city
Despite his detour, Rodgers beat int
> the city by two minutes a specia
> train which had followed him.
: The aviator carried messages fror
> Mayor Gaynor to the mayor of Sa
Francisco, and from the commander
of the eastern division of the army an
: navy to the commanders of the P;
;, cifc coast. Before his start the m;
: chine was christened by Miss Ameli
Swift of Memphis.