The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-11-03
His Aeropane Was Swooping Downward Terrific Rate

deliberately turned his back the aviation field and
was yT yaTn1ousLy scanning the country back of
around think Notion E uSt about to aS
watch him then, - answered Craig. ''Tell me
when fn.+ he sLSs gets Jo-t in the air,
eIo heIo wd va shout of applause came from the people
this and apparently fated machine It was sue M
ceeded by breathless, deathly calm if after the
Tsaliaed the danger of the intrepid aviator Would
2aS sGd TO tine fatalities tall Of the mest
there the road back Of usat the GId old
tt beaten barn ] mean the one next to that
Nothing except that the peak of the roof
there is pile that looks like the short stub of
VII win that barn boy who has read book wireless
Maybe, said Kennedy. But is thar all vou see,
Look mp in the little window Of the gable the one
with the closed shutter
gleam of something bright the top of the shutter
craig, tg- Sa | yentHred n "A spark or flash.
can remember when | used to get behind such
window and shine glass into the darEened room % of
had really said that half in raiIlerv for was a,
loss to account in any other way for the light but
Perhaps You are right in a way he asscnted 81
guess 1t ism spark after all Yes it must be the
Just about right for it, AnyhdW rb@o5t angie
eye. Still, believe that barn will bear watching
self. and descended At the same time Norton gently
Gsoppsd back to earth in front Of his hangar.
was deafcnng the machine was again wheeled INTO
Kennedy and | pushed through the crowd n Pho
wireless operator.
How she worIing9'' inquired Craig
. Rotten ~ replied tho operator suIlcniy ..It was
worse than ever about five minutes ago lis nucb
better now almost normal again
Just then the messenger bov. who had bccn huutina
through the crowd for US handed Kcnncdy note,
II WAS merely scrnwl from Norton
-. EyerNbIng seems fine. Am going to trv her next
with the gyroscope. Norton = " "'N'
9 Boy, = exclaimed Craig. ''has Nh Norton tcIe-
No. sir only that hangar at ,hc end has a tcIc
"wel, YOU ruo across he dcd as fast as vorr loo.
can carry YOU aud tell him if hc values his life not To-
=. Not to do what sir?''
70 a. Don ,@Gd ,E there young,aer Run Toll him not
if you got over there before he .,arfs E''' u" u
Even as be spoke Tho Norton acron'aue va, wheeled
his seat and wss testing ii q levers ''''''' mp '"'o
o"d The boy roach him in me' lIc was half
nsreutly Norton aud his men vcrc too cngro,,ci in
Good hcavcust' cyeIsimcd Craig ..Uc'- ,oir~
20 trv r. Run bov mn he cried aIthou,L ,b Ing
N"ros, the field We could hear now the quicE .fac.
cato ehugrhug Of TIC engine SlovIv Nor,on.
a"roplanc. this time -c,lv cduirrcd with tho gyro
cone rose from 'hc field and circles over toward ms
raS frantic"llr sgualcd 10 him 70 conc down, bnt
oi ccurs" norton could not havc seen him i'm ,hc
,-'vd. ~ for the crowd ihcv looked g.lance ~
koH""dv a il be had taken leave Of his sens 80
heard The wireless operator cursiug tho way his
Higher and hirhcr Norton wen. in ,rc ,;r.i ,,
made famous. '" '''''ul
ihc man with tho mecaphonc IN front Of tho
.ld-o stand announced in hollow tones that Mr.
norton had gwen notice that he would try for tho
brooks pri1c for stationary equilibrium.
kennedy and stood spcochless, helpless apnaIled
SEio~cr and slower wcnt the aeroplsne I, seemed
2" mover ust Ike the BIG mechanical bird that II was
hennedF was nnHiouslv watching the judges with
'n" cvc ard Norton with the other , fow in 81,
r"Nd could no ionger restrain their applause I rc
nenber mat thc wireless back II us was sprttering
md ergcklinc like mad
An ot sudden eroan swept over the crowd
'omeihiug was wrong with Norton. HIS acropIare
vas swooping downward a terrific rate Wopid bc
- able 70 control H' held nv breath and pribped
HenncnN ~ inc arm Down down came Norton fran.
leai'N hghting by main strength. il seemed 70 me