The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-09-06
TWO WONDERFUL FLIGHTS
MADE BY AVIATOR WALSH

600 feet Of the earth. ana with a
s1ceiai right hand turn and glide
walsh rushed down onto the runway
with sweep. Owing 10 the speed he
had attained on the glide downward
the machine was not brought IN a
stop until within a few feet Of the
lower fence. A crowd swarmed arouns
the machine and Mr.. Walsh was liter.
ally carried Up the field People were
Wild with enthusiasm. and each one
wanted 10 clasp his hands. lie ac.
commodated as many as possible. and
stood the strain until the officers In
charge drove the onrushing and .xcit.
ed crowd back OF the ropes. A smile
which Walsh tried to hold hack
spread over his face IS he walked an
10 the party surrounding his wife
Followed by biz crowd. the aviator
and his wife pushed their way
through the crowd. seeking refuge in
Exposition hall.
Second Flight.
IL Was just eight minutes 10 )
when Aviator Walsh had his machine
tuned up for the second flight of the
AFTERNOON Before starting on his
aerial voyage. which took him thirty
three minutes 10 complete. Walsh an
nounced that he intended flying TO A
small white cloud which hovered In
me skies just above the river and he
oio- His start was successful. II that
word properly explains IL and after
oeing In The air about two minutes he
started climbing on his first half
lap he was hidden behind the willows
on the river shore and the machine
was not over $50 feet from the
sround He wendell his way around
the dome on the Exposition Hail and
II seemed at one time that he would
crash into IL. He swept just over the
river on the second lap and added a
couple OF hundred feet TO his heighth
on the third circuit Of the grounds.
Each lap saw the machine a few hum
dred feet higher and II required about
twenty minutes for the aviator 10
reach his highest mark.
Jaunt Down River.
After circhng the field FIVE or six
times. Walsh Set out for a haunt
down the river. which consumed four
minutes. At one time he was almost
out OF sight. as the machine looked
Just Ike speck in the sky. With
graceful turn. followed by a slieh,
dip. Walsh started on the return trip
with the nose OF the machine turned
up. Higher and higher he climbed.
and when the machine passed over
the grounds towards the Ohio side.
the aviator was over 1000 feet in the
air. Mr.. Walsh few about three
miles out into Ohio and found the
air rather choppy at such a high
point. He came back TO the grounds
and for about two minutes turned al
most straight up. Upon reaching the
5000 mark he commenced his left
hand spirals. dropping hundreds of
feet on each turn. When he finished
the eighth turn he uprighted the ma
chine and tilted the nose downward. !
Rushing through space at a mile a !
minute clip the aviator brought the
machine within q few hundred feet
OF the earth ana then, after banking
the bird for a left turn, he shot 10. |
wards the runway. skimming over !
the tree-tops. With a rush the big |
crowd was through the ropes in a !
minute and completely surrounded |
the birdman. Every one wanted to l
greet him at the same time. and |
after giving the reporters the desired !
information he. with his wife. made !
their way of the field. Before going /
up the second time. Mr.. Walsh I
was handed a small thermometer by |
A. VI. Schenk. which he tied on his |
coat. Upon leaving the earth the |
thermometer stood at 90 degrees. and !
when Mr.. Walsh reached his highest |
point II had fallen just twelve de- |
grees. local photographer attached !
a quick action camera on the lower !
plane also, and when Mr.. Walsh was |
over the city he took a pic !
ture Of the surroundings. Mr.. Walsh I
will make his usual flights today and |
will most likely give the people some !