The Sentinel=record., 1911-08-23
ATWOOD AT
 FORT PLAINS
MAKES 95 MILE RUN IN TWILIGHT WITH TOTAL OF 1o65 MILES
 TO HIS CREDIT.
Delayed in Starting by High Wind He Does Not Fly Until 5 O'Clock.
 May Reach New York ki5 Tomorrow.

Fort Plain, N. Y., Aug. 22.--An- other remarkable spin through the air on his aeroplane flights from St. Louis to New York brought Harry N {. Atwood from Belle Isle. five miles east of Syracuse to Fort Plain late this afternoon and landed him 95 miles nearer his destination. He is now l,065 miles from his starting place and 200 miles from his proposed lalighting point in New York. From Belle Isle, where he ascend led at 4:55 p. m., Atwood sailed around Syracuse twelve minutes lat. CT, turned the nose of his biplane east ward and in the twilight descended into the Monawk Valley alighting in field near here at 7:05 p. m. His flying time today was two hours and ten minutes and was made without a stop.
 'The air was as dead calm as a pool" said Atwood. Most of the time l kept my hands in my pockets or read time table"
 Atwood believes he possibly may make New York tomorrow. but more probably on Thursday, because on account of the rough and wooded country from Albany down the Hud- son river ne may be compelled to descend in difficult places or effect landings on the water.
 The 27 year old aviator, who in nine days has set new pace for aer- ial navigation in America, is conf dent he soon will have a new worlds record for distance. He lacks just 99 miles of beating the international record now held in Europe. Run ming over the last lap of his flight down the Hudson after he has turned the corner at Albany ne will surpass the present record made at Rhine Cliff.
 From here Atwood has 5S miles to go to Albany. which he is capable Of making in one flight without a stop. The 142 miles from Albany to New York will require at least one stop for gasoline. If he attempts to cover the POO miles to New York tomorrow it will not be more than ne already has accomplished for in the first day of his flight he went the 286 miles from St. Louis to Chicago in one day. But Atwood is desirous of flying over New York City and fin ishing within full view of the public before dark.
 On the ninth day of his flight At. wood proceeded without mishap. al. though he flew most of the way in the twilight and all of it in a dense haze. He flew over 35 towns and cities and maintained schedule equal to fast mail train.
 Today's was the latest start he mas attempted. Delayed all day by a high wind. he had almost given ur starting when at 4:55 p. m. the wind calmed and he took advantage of It. He followed the tracks of the New York Central Railroad, making Oneida. 3l miles, in 3S minutes. Utica, which he reached in one hour and l3 minutes, had a demon stration prepared in a hurry, He was already in sight before his ap proach was generally known but or. ders were instantly issued by tele- phone that all the bells and whistles in town should be sounded. In a minute the city was soon in an uproar For twenty minutes the din continu ed.
 l It was almost dark when Atwood neared Fort Plain. He lowered awhile over the town and then, selecting 8 clear spot on the opposite bank oi the Mohawk Valley, alighted to the astonishment of farmer, a half dog en angry dogs and a barefooted boy with wheelbarrow.
 Atwood does not consider his flight as anything remarkable.
 'It's been just a lazy run all the way" he said.
 Anybody could do it. If expert Iment in aviation would be confined
 to straight ahead sailing I'm sure the problem would be more quickll and sanely solved. The people VII, look from the ground up in amaze
 ment at seeing me at q dizzy neigh