The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1912-11-15
Janus Flies From Omaha.

to New Orleans, aligIted on a oar IN
the Missouri river, opposite White
Cloud, Kansas. Thursday evening last +,
having ilomn from Phelps City, sixty
miles distant. He encountered a
strong wind and had difficulty IN max.
ing a landing. fle was Obliged 10 lay
by opposite White Cloud on account
Of getting out of gasoline, and waited
till the following. Friday morning
before he could get supplied. phoning
to the Keeves.Cook agency and he
was supplied by this firm.
The news soon spread that a real.
live flying machine va, near us and
IN a short time large delegation of
our citizens got together and went
over To see the bigses, show their
eyes ever gazed upon. lie left the
point opposite White Cloud about
1914 a. M. Friday morning. Nov. S,h.
and made ihc trip from Phelps city
Ia 81. Joseph In abou, 80 minutes
flying time. This time the aviator
claims wa~ largely due To the strong
wind that was IN liis favor; his normal
speed IN 81 I'LL air. l. about ~ miles an
hour.
There were perhaps 2OO people on
this side of the river, and the kansas
side was lined with people TO see the
machine make H. start southwark
When all things we're ready the ma.
chine started hugging the bar. and
then shot upward into the air. hun.
drchS OF feet, and IN an almost incun.
crivably short time wa, out Of sight.
!, starts with a heavy racking buzz,
the engine having - horse power.
which can be heard for many miles.
and many at White Cloud and those
ing Of the machine long before 1t was
sighted. cap" Cunning saw the
machine coming and lac thought lac
saw tl,e darnrdcs, biggest duck u, ing
hr ever saw, and hc hurried into the
house 10 get his yum, To get tia,
duck. hut 10y the time lac returned.
lac duck" was out of sight.
Al first the hydro.arrop,anr appear.
ed 10 bc bird. A. II ncarpd the bar
II vas turned against the wind until
thr speed was checked. then II
descended Ia the water and glidrd
along ihc surface until II ran upon
tie bar. our reporter gathered the
following statement from Mr.. Janus:
~ encountered a high aud rcachrr.
Gus " ind all the way and vas forced
To alielIl twice, once at Brownsville.
Ncb.. and again al White Cloud. !
ran into a whirling gust Of wind out
OF White Cloud and the planes we're
terribly strained. reached out and
braced the support>wi,h wooden bars.
but that did tile good. 81 descended.
! ran the machine upon what appeared
To he dry sand, hut found II To he
quirksand, and the plane began to
sink. There was nobody within hail.
Ing distance, hut ! managed TO push
oil into the water and was saved.
vas socNhausic I'd after that experience
HAT ! was practically helpless for a
while.
"My worst experience was ~ APPOINT
near Nebraska city where ! came
down 10 reinforce q strut and got
stuck In the quick sand. When I
would pull one foot out the other
would sink and there wasn't u man,
woman or CHILD within several miles.
was stuck fast for fort y.iiyc minutes
and thought, several times my time
had arrived.
"rhc stretch between Omaha aud
Kansas Guy l. the most dil,cull para
of the trip 10 New Orleans. After |
leave Kansas city the river will he
wider and the temperature probably
warmer. am following the river for
the information of both myself and
my company, To ascertain the effect $
and requirements for travelling over
the water. viii again make the trip
next year and will try To make only
two stops on the way. Next year
shall try 10 make 1t without any stops.
II | succeed | will attempt TO cross
the Atlantic
From Kansas city he started for 81.
Louis flying above the Missouri river
and there follow the Mississippi river
TO New Orleans. lf he Is successful
In the proposed hight of llm miles h,
will have established new record fol
hyd!oaeroplane flying, Janus Is az
companied by Tom W, Benoisl build
or Of the type Of biplane Janus iiies
When Janus approached the bal
opposite White Cloud, he was skipping
/ lightly over the water and with IL
yellow wings his Graf, appeared liz,
a huge mallard duck,
The body of the craft is slender an,
delicate, like that of the petrol, 1t L
/ equipped with a 6-cylinder motor can