The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-08-15
ATWOOD REACHES
|GHIGAG0 IN SAFETY.
Aviator Covers 2se Miles Of Flight
From ST. Louis to New York
without Mishap.

CHICAGO, Ill. Aug. 15.--Harry At
wood, who left st. Louis, Mo-. Mon
day morning on fight TO Boston
ia q blplane, reached here at $3.50 p.
M. making the 2s6 miles in five hours
and As minutes actual dying time
He alighted here IN front OF the
judges stand at Grant park, where
inc International aviation meet Is be.
ing held The multitude gave him
great reception.
At 1850 o'clock this afternoon.
weather permitting. Atwood will
wing his way into the air from the
aviation field, circle over the sky
ecrapers OF Chicago, and then head
south and east for Elkhart Ind, fol-
+ lowing the Lake shore railroad tracks
and passing over LaPorte and South
Bend. Today's flight will be iOl
miles.
Atwood declared today that II he
made the st. Louis-New York, Boston
flight In safety, he would soon essay
flight from San Francisco to New
York. for which prize OF $4,000 has
been offered.
Atwood will receive many thousand
dollars for the trip, In addition to the
/ original offer of $4,000. He was given
$4,000 by the st, Louis Post-Dispatch
for circling st. Louis, and will receive
about $4,000 for starting from the aer-
odrome In Chicago. Springfield paid
him for stopping there, and scores OF
other cities will pay him well for In
ending them In his journey.
Atwood appears to have broken
the American record for a single day
fight The best previous American
record was made by Atwood himself,
when he flew 148 miles from Atlantic
City to Baltimore on July 10, 1911.
The best international cross-country
record Is held by Andre Beaumont,
who IN the Paris-Rome contest cover
ed 401 miles in single day, but in
this instance he made three landings,
while Atwood today landed only
twice between start and finish
Atwood's flight was almost devoid
Of incident. He had no hairbreadth
escapes, did not even break wire
OF his machine. He left Forest park.
ST. Louis, at sos a. m, circled the
city, made double loop In the bus
iness district and arrived at Spring
field Ill, at 1880 a. m, leaving there
at LOS d. m, he went to Pontiac,
4 Ill, where he landed at 3:05 p. m.
Starting again two hours later he
drove to Chicago, arriving at $3.50 p.
m. He had covered the 2S6 miles
In i've hours and AZ minutes actual
flying time.
The machine Is not fast one. 1t
ii q touring plane which runs at
from As to so miles an hour. but fast
er when the wind helps. In spite
OF this his running time between
points was always faster than the
swiftest express trains, while his
time from down town St Louis, In
Guiding his two long stops on the
woy. was only one and one-half hours
slower than the fastest train.
Without goggles, gloves or overalls.
but dressed neatly In q Norfolk trav-
al in Chicago that the trip had been
Travellers to Chicago by train today
found the trip hot and dusty. When
he climbed into his seat at Spring.
4 M1ius no SAUL \ Will W III SuiCo6o
at $50 p. m" He arrived exactly
on time.
Atwood received $500 for alightins
1t Grant Park aviation course. This
II the sum that II allowed to all av-
iators who take part In the meet.
The association would offer no 9TH
or inducement to Atwood TO land
there. In various prizes along the
route. Atwood viii receive $4,000, II
he arrives at Coney Island by Aug.
rs.
A series of1accidents, any Of which
might easily have proven fatal. kept
lthe audience at the third day Of tho
international aviation meet here on
tip-toe OF excitement all the after
noon.
Two machines swooped into Lake
Michigan, whence their drivers, Rene
Simon and Lee Hammond, were res
cued by motorboats. calm and collect
cd. but mourning the loss OF their
\ machines.
Earl ovington. driving new BIZ
plane, grazed too close to one OF the
pylons marking the end Of the course,
one plane OF his machine was
( wrecked, and the plane started to fall
BY sticking to the car, however, Owing
ton managed 70 force the engine into
action and the biplane giided to the
ground. Oyington was uninjured. but
X was necessary to add a new plane
TO his machine
J. A McCurdy, flying near the
ground, approached too near the club
house Of the Chicago Yacht club. The