The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-09-05

% unffI tomorrDw. walsh turned
the nose o. the big canvas bird up-
wsrd and skimDsd over the beads Of
The spectators while cheer sftsr
cheer followed IN his vhirliBg wake.
The aviator carried ost his promises
before going up By remaining close
70 The ground and giving the people
IN imitation OF the famous Dutch
Roll a. put on by aerial performers.
The BID machine was sfeered around
and around the grounds. describing
arcs and circles. At the end Of the
second lap Aviator Walsh took n d.
rect course across the field from the
lower end OF the track and then cut
the figure eight. The feat ended with
glide and dip at the lover rsrn. The
fourth lap vas . hummer. starting
with that sensational Ocean Roll"
and ending with dive In front OF the
spectsfors- The aviator from q height
OF about 400 feet shot straight for the
ground ana passed within ffty feet
Of the people standing In front of the
grand stand. Some thought that the
machine had gotten beyond control Of
its operator and Their was quite a re-
lief for several when he again shot
upward. He then started climbing By
easy s;ases and proceeded 20 execute
iefthand figure eight. circling
around the tower on Exposition hall.
Two more laps around the grounds
brought Walsh to q height OF about
$500 feet and the nose OF the craft
was still turned upward. The aviator
men added speed and shot toward
Wheeling and In less time than II
takes 10 tell II he was soaring over
Wheeling Park. Greggsvilie and other
out-the-p pike places. When calling over
the park Mr.. Walsh was riding the
air az 1000 feet and on his way back
70 the grounds climbed higher. After
twenty-three r,,sltes of flying Mr.
walsh reached point over the
grounds separated from the earth by
$500 feet and the machine looked like
n speck In the smoky mist above the
city. At times Il seemed that the
bird was resting. but In reality II was
moving at a ffty-mIie an hour gait
osath-oefyins spIrsIs.
After twenty-five minutes of nyiug.
the barometer In Mr.. walsh's pocket
reached the 5000 mark with the ma
chine over tho upper end OF the
grounds. Aviator Walsh then started
his famous right-hand spirals which
have brought death to so many of the
American birdmen. He came down
In swoops with the engine running
full speed. the deafening noise being
plainly heard by the thousands be-
low.
After completing seven spirals. In
which the machine Seemed to be
standing on ends. the aviator stecred
the bird into a glide and then exc
cuted the left hand spirals. A dive
towards the earth. ending In a grace.
full dip. brought the machine within
500 feet OF the earth. The engine was
missing on the downward dive and
Mrs. Walsh was the first to notice Il.
but the trouble did not seem to bother
the operator. The machine was
brought TO a beautiful landing. and
cold and stin Mr.. Walsh alighted from
his small seat. He had trouble stand
Ing, his limbs being stiff. while his
fingers were numb. A well dressed
lady crawled under the wire stretched
across the field and made a rush 10
shake his hand. He was in the act
OF extending his hand to the woman
when a policeman spied her and back
she went. The daring birdman was
cheered TO the echo ana responded by
bowling politely to the thotrands sur
rounding the aviation field.