The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-03-08

Marcus came out with a shoe bo1
full of lunch, and asked me 20 bring
her husband back safe. The luEoE
was returned. as we did not have 10
land--also the husband, as we hat
no accident. Started at Gag a. n,
and stayed over the field. climbing
and making sure that everything
was working well, until 6:56 AM
when at 2000 feet. passed over The
hangar. and waved good-by TO the
men below. Reached CaprIstrano
IT 1856. having made SO miles in The
first hour. Our course had been nv
and the wind from the east was
blowing about ten miles per hour
at 5000 feet, thus helping us son.e
3 Or 4 miles per hour. Passed Santa
Ana about $50; and the newspaper
men there phoned San Diego about
us. The Associated Press found cat
who we were and kept tab upon Us
the rest of the way, so that the ag-
iation school received frequent nc.
tees as to where we were. When |
passed over Santa Ana on the &C.
turn, think that every maa,
woman, child. horse, dog, cat, and
greaser in the city was out upon tie
streets My crew started betting
upon the time that | would return,
and on account OF the rivalry with
other crews several bets were made.
Ny crow finally agreed upon TIE
time that would touch ground, and
decided that it would be at 11:1i.
Wheels touched at HIS. They
won by several minutes over the
other crews, which of course made
my crow happy. About Is miles
from the field, one cylinder started
missing, and speed dropped fron
1880 TO 1850, at $500 feet. This
machine will fly at 1900, SO | kept
on, letting her fall 100 feet or so
each :aile to increase the safety, as
the higher the speed, the greater
the safety. AT 1000 feet was just
across the bay from the field, so
killed the motors and volplaned past
the hangar turned so as to face the
wind, and touched about ten feet
from where started. the
field was covered with mob of peo-
pie, and their applause and congrat-
ulation3 were enough to turn a
mans head, The last Is miles with
the cylinder missing were heart
breaking for the old girl has so won
my affections that it was like whip
ping a child to drive her with only
z cylinders firing. ! thought that
a piston ring had snapped, but when
took the motor apart found that
one OF the cylinders had blown out
a portion of the cylinder wall large
enough to put my thumb through.
The only credit for the flight is due
for the thorough preparations made,
and for the last fifteen minutes
drive, and with any other passenger
than Marcus | would have landed
when the engine started missing. 4
alone, would have driven her in, for
with one person 1860 r. P. NJ. would
be safe enough. The machine at
the start weighed with us, very
close TO 2100 pounds. Had almost a
barrel of gasoline, as the tanks hold
4S.2 gallons. | had timed her over Il
measured course, and she made So
miles per hour. The gasoline used
for a measured hours test was s.
gals, | figured on using S.3 gals. Of
gas per hour, and 59.7 miles. The
| actual averages for the trip were S, :
gals. gas, and 59.93 miles per hour.
| | have been told that | broke six
records, although have not re-
ceived official notice of the fact vel
Passenger Army Distance, Passen
ger Army Endurance, American
Passenger Distance, American Pass
enger Endurance, Worlds Passengei
Distance. Worlds Passenger Endur
ance. My average height was 350'
feet maximum 1850 feet over Lo
Angeles. Some of the air was 81
| rough that | had Marcus holding oil
with both hands, in addition to III
belt about him. | was strapped in
but knew the puffs were coming be
fore they had time to toss the ma
1 chine. SO was able to take them cas-
Ter, the way that the driver of al
automobile can ease himself whe
running over rough roads. TIL
was intended to be my last fligh
for some time, as have a great dea
of engineering work ahead of mc
and about all the flying that | vi
do for some limo will be in testin
out new engines and machines, bt
} fore letting tho newer men fly then
have reached a place where non
of tho Wright type of machine
leave the ground until ! have O. X
the motors and usually take the,