Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-02-11

Aviator When Motor
]: Stops
New York, Feb. 1O.-Charles f
Niles, a young aviator, who nished
second in the aerial derby around
Manhattan Island last October, tried
VI "l0op-the-lo0p" in an aer0plane
Wednesday, at Garden City, and fall
ed, But he accomplished q greater
aerial feat than the loop would have
been; in fact, those familiar with
the perils OF aviation who saw hit
amazing performance said that orpb
ably no other airman had passed
ahfougf1 such q dangerous adventure
!, and had lfyedto tell about it.
Niles -ascended for 5000 feet IL
iong.. spiral curves, and then tried
the loop. All went we'll until the aero
plane was pointed straight up In the
air. Then the gasoline drained
away. from the engine and 1t stalled
Deaths Shadow.
Il The aerDplane, bereft of its power
shot toward the earth for 1000 feet
tail foremost. Then it turned ovel
and plunged downward another thou
sand feet with it, tail pointing
straight upward. Il.
From this peril Niles saved himself
By. manipulating his levers rapidly,
but the momentum OF the aerOlane
was 90 great that the machine skid.
ded to one side, and experienced avi.
at0rs watching on the ground ran for
the protection Of tie hangers, expect.
ing the machine to plunge to the
earth.
No one on the ground who saw his
plight believed that Niles would
emerge alive from 1t. Allan r. Haw.
shE. president Of the Aero club of AM
erica; Mortimer DelanO, secretary of
the 'c1ub, and Mi. sMO1sant; owner of
the. mon0plane which Niles was driv.
ms cried out almost as one: Hes
gomez" They ran with the other
watchers from the aviation grounds,
as 1t seemed only. a@question of asec-
ondHor two before Niles would crash,
'downfon the place where they stood.
- cooinesS Saves Him.
The m0nOplane fell SO rapidly that
twas hard to follow its COURSE 1t
seemed to catch the air after q long
skid to the left, only to. shoot of OH.
another slide to the right. Then,
twheniit swung gracefully upward and
the even throbbing of, the motor YVES
heard again, showing that Niles had
the'#aerOPlane under. control though
ne. was flying upside down.
Vi Niles: wa so near to the earth lin
his terrible fall that the tan straps
fastened over his shoulders to llold
lim3tn his seat could be seen plainly.
and he waved one hand to reassure
the frightened spectators, notwith.
standing hit: reyersed, position.
slsHe sailed away toward the east,
where he climbed upward until he
Drought his mOnOplane back into its
normal ] position. Then he .circled
paeka.until:h he was over the place from
which he started 4and came to the
ground. President Hawley of the
Aero Club was the first to greet him.
II want to congratulate YOU. oun
man." he said. upon convincing 4
number Of us ''old.timers' that We
don't know Z thing about the aero.
plane. ! have seen a good deal of
Lying and have had many thrills from
y, but you have given me more thrills
N the last three minutes than / have
mad IN all my life before
safety IN Wire Cable
Niles. did not seen disturbed IN the
least by hts adventure. Il alwavs
knew could catcher up when /
wanted TO-" he SAID I knew It was
oniy'a question Of building q machine
strong enough to stand the strain.
since 2 year ago when / had a head.
downward flight on . Curtiss ma
cfiae. NY plane cant crumple up.
because every plano wire has been
replaced by a woven wire cable and
every wooden brace has been so Arm.
fastened with woven wire cables
that any break win he local and viii
'eaye .enposh plane space independ.
ent OF 1t to reach the ground on"
i, An assistant hurried up to explain
TO- Niles what had happened to the
.OtOr. He said. that he had planned
the. gasoline needed for the few
moments the machine would o~ccupy
2 making tllesloop by q special spir.
= tube feeder.
MT thought this feeder would hold
enough to last" he said, "but it be.
came exhausted evidently right at the
summit of the turning movement"
! Niles said he would not depend
eesain on the spiral gasoline feed, but
would experiment at once with a pres.
sure feed system.
Does Fancy Flying.
! Niles motor stopped aud started
swice In his wild drop from the 5000.
pot yevel to the sOV-foot level, be-.
cause the aerOplane assumed posi.
lions e IN which the gasoline was cut
81 from the engine. The fact that
Re had not done what he had promis.
q TO. do seemed to ne much more Inn
portant to Niles than the, fact that he
Bad