The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-06-27
Capt. Worden Comes from Dallas
to Prepare for His Flights on
Fourth Flew for Fed
erals in Mexico
DALLAS ENTRY In
THE WORLD RACE
Loop the Loop" First at Texarka-
ma Has No Fear Of Trip
Across Atlantic Ocean
in Airship

Capt j. Hector Worden one time
military aviator for the federal army
in Mexico, the first to enter the
around the world race and all around
birdman who will be seen here on
.hly 3-4, Is Ia the city with his man
aeer. r. r Graves and his mechani-
clan. G. ]. Anderson The party will
remain here until after the flights on
the Gee-lorious Fourth.
Worden carries credentials that
grove beyond doubt that he is by no
means a novice at the flying game A
letter from the Dallas Chamber Of
Commerce authorizes him to enter the
aronnd-the-worId race as the Dallas
entry in an airship named Dallas"
and posting 5000 as bonus to him
tor the attempt. This letter was
prompted BY his sensational and con
sistent work at the Dallas corn exposi-
tldM when he made flights every day
Ior Is days through all kinds Of bad
Weather, far outstripplng all other
aviators there who refused TO face the
dangers attendant with the uncertain,
stormy weather
He also has papers from the aviation
committee Of the Panama-Pacific ex-
position certifying that he was the
first man 10 enter the race. Worden
sxpecls 50 avlators &c start in the big
event next May. Practically million
dollars in prizes viii be offered to
ayiators taking part and Worden Is
stalking his an "a the enterprise. "lf
vim. / win have something n lose
good night, said the flier today
Ne Is far from an impetuous youth
that one might expect to see IN a dare
deyil demon Of the air" He Is y
wears old and In point OF service i
probably the oldest exhibition fliei
h the United States today. Capt
Worden first looped-the-loop'' IN hii
Moissant monoplane at Texarkana
few ncnths ago He is booked to turi
Ire trick daily at the Oklahoma stat
fair next fall He learned 70 fly
AIaisant monoplane In France befor'
there was an aviation school in N
United states
feel that / shall be successful y
nv hight around the world, sal
cant Worden. II will have a specia
machine buiit for the trip and VII
carry no passengers. The longest "a
wlll be across the Atlantic
have been at sea many times an
believe that flight owe rthe ocea
would be no more fraught with per
than is a trip over the land, with tn
possible exception of the sudde
storms that arise at sea"
or his service as an aerial war scol
with the Mexican army. Cart. Worde
said. u was generally accompanied b
III officer. who took photographs
the opposing forces, their position
rortifications. meanwhile estimatir
thair Numbers. We operated fro
Chihuahua, which is between Mexi'
civ and FL Paso From short q
lance north of Chihuahua to ElPa
the railroad was in the possession
,be rebels. The distance 10 ri Pa
was about SO miles, but previous
nv comias it was necessary to Sc
d,spatches via the coast line, Q
tance Of about 1000 miles. BY ascen
inc IN the monoplane to distance
$500 feet IIcould. without danger pa
over the rebel lines and reach
Paso in about two hours.
qThc rebels often saw us and fir
on us. but we only saw the puffs
white smoke, The bullets neS
reached us"
The bird man has several interc
ing photographs !he took while flyl
over Dallas and Fort Worth. In ad
lion he has pictures OF some q
flights in Mexico, one In particu
showing him sailing $1,000 feet abb
sea level. The picture shows him =
Ing serenely over range Of mo
tains, some thousands Of feet ap'
them. Also one photograph sn'