The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-08-23
'KEARNEY'S FLYING
PROMISES TO Be A
SPECIAL FEATURE
IS FLYING EVERYWHERE AND Is
DOING THINGS THAT Ut
TERLY AMAZE ALL.
My One OF Two MACHINES
Made the Flight From Henderson to
Evansville to See His Girl and
Then Blushed Without Reply When
Questioned About 1t.

Rain, shine or cyclone" is the
way the contract between the direc-
tors of the big Maury County fair
and Horace Kearney, noted aviator
reads. Kearny is to give his death
daring sky voyages as advertised no
matter what the weather. This is a
decidedly new wrinkle in the lying
game, but the directors investigated
Kearney's- record and decided there
was no reason why he should mol
make good here just as he has made
good in many parts of the world end
all over the United States. Kearny
is a high priced aviator, assuredlJ
the highest salaried flyer who eyel
appeared outside of one of the BIZ
aviation meets or state fair. Hi
price was not considered for nom
ent after he convinced the Director
that he could make his fight IN al
sorts of weather and on the dot, Jus
as advertised with no "stalling' o
waiting for the wind to die down.
The daring aviator is the one VIII
landed in a narrow street in Sa
Francisco after flying ACROSS tn
! bay. He few out Of the street agal
after delivering a letter to the mayo
. of Frisco.
Kearny uses the latest model,
horse power Curtiss racing biplan
t without anything in front OF the M
t chine. There are only two such mi
E chimes in the world. Beachey usin
: one and Kearny the other. Wit
a such a craft the flying must be oor
!, entirely by instinct. He can alta
) a speed of so miles an hour with II
s headless type.
I, The Henderson, KY, paper CIV
g the following account OF Kearne'
l. fight at the fair there:
Il Twentyfour miles In 10 minut
II was the record made by Horace
Kearney, the young aviator. who F
,r day few from the fair grounds
b. this city to Evansville and ba
" again, thereby making the first 10
y, cross-country flight in this secti
r. Of the country and making the fl
IL interstate trip attempted betwe
Kentucky and Indiana.
3: The fight to Evansville was t
We result of a nimpulse, desire to
ct and demonstrate to the people wi
n. he could do, more than for any OIL
On reason. Kearney had completed
or fight of thirty minutes at the I
ls- and had given his mechanician
re ders to take the biplane TO
be hangar. This was delayed on
count of the races, the machine II
ing to be brought across the ira
Ix- At 4:45 o'clock Kearney sent W
TO his mechanician to prepare
machine for fight to Evansvl
At 5.1O o'clock Kearney left Hem
son. after circling around the
grounds twice. He few at an
tude of 5000 feet. Although he
IN Aying against a stiff breez Kear
landed his biplane safely inside
fair grounds in the Hoosier
eleven minutes after he left her
At $3.50 Kearney again went
thee air and add by stin Dr.
headed for Henderson and arr
here eight minutes later, landins
the fair grounds.
81 few over the river most OF
p time" said Kearney to Cleaner
ttS porter, "but l could hardly see Il
IN I was way up In the air. TOOK
fmi- trip more for the fun OF 1t than
iart any other reason and l enjoyed
and When asked II the report was
the that 1t was friend in Evans'
lett and not gentleman FRIEND
Ash made him fly there, Kearney blu
Fol- and refused to answer.
ecu Kearney will fly next week at
'ney iontown, KY, and then will nj
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