Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-01-20
|LINCOLh BEAtHEY
ESCAPES Death
by SMALL MARGIN
Wrecks Machine to Save Life
of Barney 0ldfleld - Avia-
tor to Get Large Figure for a
Series of Flights and Lee
lures in Japan

Lincoln Beachey failed to arrive in
Honolulu last evening on the Sonoma
as had been expected, owing TO a
serious accident at Emeryville track
January 10, in which the daring ayi,
ator narrowly escaped with his life,
which he risked TO save Barney Old
field, king OF autospeed demons, from
death. Regarding the accident. in
which Beachey's aeroplane was smash
ed to pieces. the Chronicle of Jan.
uary IL says, .~
J "Thoughtlessness on the part Of Lin,
coin Beachey. the intrepid bfrdman.
nearly cost his own life and that OF
Barney Oldheld, the . famous racing
autoist. during an autoaeronlane field
day meet yesterday afternoon at the
Emeryyille track. In making quick
| landing Beachey saw. too late that
Oldfield was directly in his path, and
to. save Oldfield, Beachey turned his.
machine straight, downward and fell
beneath it from q height of about 50
feet, escaping serious injury almost by,
/ a miracle. ,,,-s.s 4, -" . J.
The accident was one of the most
unique in, aviation annals. 1t was
caused primarily by the fact that in
preparing for his famous death dive
from the clouds, Beachey forgot to
strap himself into his machine. The
omission was noticed when he had as
cended to q height of about zoe feet.
and warned by shouts of the crowd
that something was wrong. Beaehel
turned about to descend. u
Oldfeid in Danger. 90 ..--.a
-Oldffeld's part in the program was
over and he was rtakingya final squirt
about the track. In warning Beachey
of his peril no one noticed 0ldfield,
who had cireled the course and was
approaching the. grandstand, toward
which the aviator was coming down.
by a coincidence the speed of the.
aircraft and the auto were so, timed
that Beaehey would have alighted on
top Of oldfield's head had he eontin.g
ued in his course. =. At the last mo-.
ment Beachey saw 0idtield pass be-.
meath him, going in the same diree,
ton, and turning his rudders sharply.
downward, brought his machine at
almost right angles to the earth. The
machine crumpled into q heap lust a.
few inches behind Qldfeld's car.
For a few moments Beachey waa
PROSTATE and the crowd that filed the
Ebleaehers, and grandstand thought he,
was killed, But he soon scrambled TO
his feet and. walked with but little
assistance to his own automobile.
which took him home Later his ply;
stefan ordered him to walk on crutch.
es for a few days on account of a.
badly bruised leg" .
That Beachey will, be a Honolulu
visitor within, the next few weeks ia
certain. He has made arrangements
to, fly before the Haikado of Japan.
He has been engaged by a Japanese
newspaper syndicate, which it Is TN.
derstood has the backing of the i'm
perial government. to give five flying
exhibitions in March in the large
cities. of the. japanese, empire, and
with his manager. William Piekens,
his mechanieian and his, own private
photographer he, VIII sail from San
Francisco for the Orient about Feb
ruary l. ....,
$1oe,ooo TO- His Pay.
For these five exhibitions he Is to
receive 100000, which is to be de.
posted in a San Francisco bank be.
fore his departure, and which eenstt.
tutes the largest guarantee ever offer.
ed an aviator. He is Rledged to de.
liver six. lectures, for each of which
he will receive $1,000.
Several weeks ago Beachey made
a proposal to the war department OF
the United States, to devote three
months of, his time at his own ex.
pense to aiding the government in
solving its aviation problems. The of.
fer, was rejected. Japan will now re-
ceiVe his help along the same lines
through the medium of his lectures.
Beachey may establish a school OF
aviation in Japan, and If sufficient
announcement Is given will build a
factory for the manufacture IF oaro