Norwich bulletin., 1911-08-16
Atwood Arrives
At E|khart, Ind.
MAKES 1U1 MILES IN TWO HOURS
SIXTEEN MINUTES,
TO REACH SANDUsKY TODAY
Expects to Spend Night in Ohio City
Now Confident That He Can Com
pIete Trip to Boston in Ten Days.

Ell1hart, Ind, Aug 15.-Skimming
over the southwest corner of Lake
Michigan and then over the sandy hills
of northern Indiana, Harry n. Atwood
of Boston in his aeroplane this after
noon flew the 101 miles from Chicago
in two hours and sixteen minutes
without stop, thus completing 3S7
miles of his 1,460 mile cross country
flight from st. Louis to New York and
Boston.
Fl Minutes Over Fastest Train Rec
ord
At wood made the 101 miles from
Chicago in Just p minutes more time
than the fastest train service in the
United States, which covers the dis
tance between Chicago and Elkhart
in one hour and fifty five minutes The
Boston aviator, arising in his Burgess
Wright biplane on the lake front in
Chicago, circled over the thousands
gathered there at the aviation meet
and at 3.31 shot out on his journey
eastward. He arrived here at 5.47 o.
M, calmly settling down in a bayfield,
Reached Height of 1000 Feet
His highest altitude today was 1000
Keet, reached over South Bend, Ind,
but generally he kept low in order TO
follow the Lake Shore and Michigan
Southern railroad tracks, which fixed
his course. 1t was while he was out
on Lake Michigan, viewed by thou
sands of people, lined up along the
shore, and sometimes hailed by the
whistles of distant tugboats, that At
wood made his most spectacular ap-
pearance today.
Cut Across Corner of Lake.
Once away from Chicago, he attain
eda high speed against a head-on wind
and cut across the corner of the lake
to save a few extra miles which he
would have had to make had he re-
manned over the land all the way. Sew
eral times sailboats in their course
up a race with the man in the air,
but they were soon lost in the rear.
Sailed Close to Water.
For half an hour Atwood sailed over
the lake, keeping not more than 300
feet high at times, he said. To test the
variations of the air currents he
swooped low enough as almost to 10 :
able to scoop. up the water. Once
over land again, at point near Pine,
Ind, % miles from Chicago, he head
ed directly eastward.
Landed in HayfeId.
At Elkhart, where Atwood prepared
to remain for the night, all faces were
turned toward the west. The aviator
was unable to locate the grounds ar
ranged for his reception, so he landed
in the l1ayf1eld, but later rose again
Hopes to Reach Sandusky Tonight.
By his performance today Atwood is
more confident that his fight, begun
by his 2S6 mile trip from ST. Louis
to Chicago on Monday, will be ended
in Boston easily within the ten days
fixed by him as the maximum time.
He will resume his flight tomorrow
morning, going to Toledo, which he
hopes to reach by 2 p. M, and to
Sandusky, o., where ne expects to land
for the night.
Schedule Calls for Fourteen Stops.
'I could make much better time were
it not that my arrangement calls for
my making fourteen stops on the en-
tire trip" Atwood said. IF I had my
way, I would go right through, stop
ping only wherever night overlook
me-"
May Garry Passengers To Toledo.
Atwood said tonight he proba bly,
would carry a passenger from here to
Toledo.