The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-08-29
ATWOOD SAFELY ENDS
LONC-DISTANCE FLIGHT
FLIES 1865 MILES FROM ST. LOUIS
TO NEW YORK.
Actual FLYING Time Is Hours, 81 Mir
uteS. Using Same Machine For
Entire Trip.

Entire Trip.
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Summary CT the finish Of At
woods St I.ouis-N@w York flight:
Distance covered in air line l.
= 265 miles.
Total distance, including de-
tours around New York and other
places, 1866 miles.
Started from St. Louis sos a. m.
August Il.
* Finish at Governors Island 23S
p. n, August 25.
Flying time for entire trip, %
* hours, 81 minutes.
Number Of flights en- route, 20.
* Average distance Of each flight, ;
63 IA miles.
Beats previous worlds record
by 1O1 miles, not crediting him
with the extra 100 miles, which he
4 claims for detours.
x Fridays trip began at Nyack, n.
Y, 25 miles north Of 42d street,
New York at 1.53 p. M; finished >
at Governor Island at 2.3S p. m.
Flying time for Fridays trip 46 "
minutes.
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New York, Aug. 26.-Sailing serene
ly over New York's myriad water craft
Harry n. Atwood, the Boston aviator,
arrived here in his aeroplane today,
the first man in history to travel l.
265 miles in a heavier than air ma
chine.
Atwood's safe landing on Governor s
Island, after flying down from Nyack,
N. Y, above the Hudson river, through
a fog which made him only dimly Wis
ible to the million eyes that watched
him, was z, notable incident in the an
mails of aeronautics. He not only
broke the worlds record, covering L.
265 miles in an airline, or perhaps
100 more miles with his detours, but
he flew all the way in the same BIZ
plane and with no important mishaps.
Rivals Fast Trains.
Atwood's flight is comparable only
to that made by fast trains, for he
covered the distance in an actual fly
ing time of 2S hours and 81 minutes.
Atwood's final lap in his long jour-
ney was a glide of twenty-five miles,
from Nyack, n. Y, where he had
stopped overnight. He landed, dapper
and smiling, hatless and hungry, in
the arms of handful of United States
army officers and men who hailed him
as Americas greatest aviator.
*'Well Pm glad it's ended,' said At
wood as he hoped from his machine.
Il guess the next long distance fight
for me will be from. San Francisco or
Los Angeles to the Atlantic coast"
Atwood's coming was unexpected on
Governors Island, as it had been her
aided that he would land at the
Sheepshead Bay race track, where
thousands lined vantage points look
ing skyward. Atwood expressed re-
gret at their disappointment.
Ea:~- Entry Into Metropolis.
Atwood left Nyack at 1.53 o'clock
this afternoon, after freeing his ma
chine from a position where start
would have been difficult and perilous.
He followed the Hudson at low elti-
tude the entire distance. At Yonkers,
as he leaned forward to wave silent
reply to the cheer, the wind clipped
his cap from his head. Thousands,
clustered around Grants tomb and
along Riverside Drive shore, roared
their enthusiasm when Atwood passed.
AS he approached the recreation pier
at 5Oth street, where another crowd
clustered, he turned his machine so
that it swept in a complete circle from
<one side of the river to the other and
then started down stream once more.
There was a repetition of this outburst
at the Battery as he passed and grace
fully circled Governors Island. An
hour after he landed, Atwood was on
his way uptown.
Cross-Continent Trip Next
''I expect to 80 to Boston tomorrow -
he said eve will take nv machine