The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-03
Completes Flight, Landing on
Governors Island at Sass.
Forced to Make Two Stops, Sec
Ond at HammOndsport, N. Y.
COVERS DISTANCE OF 975 MI.
Reached Destination 35 Hin
utes Ahead of Schedule.
Carries First Aero Mail Be-
tween the Two Cities.

New York, Nov. 3.-Victor Carl
strom swooped down from the sky to-
day, landed on Governors Island and
closed his lightning-like journey from
Chicago. He had hung up a new
American nonstop record yesterday
and had made his journey at an aver
age speed of more than 110 miles an
hour.
Little more than a speck, he scared
overland just before a. M, after
quitting Hammondsport, N. Y, 315
miles away, at 6:35 a. m. He circled,
going beyond the island, while New
Workers from the skyscraper galleries
watched. Then he swept down from
the air, glided gracefully across the
parade ground and came to an easy
stop.
975 Miles in 8 Hours, 81 Minutes.
His total journey of about 975 miles
was made in eight hours and thirty
seven minutes. Yesterday he made
Erie, Pa, 425 miles from Chicago,
and then had to come down because
just one little loose nut made further
journeying impracticable.
This shattered his hope of a Chi
| cago to New York nonstop trip But
he swept on to Hammondsport, put
up his monstrous 200 horsepower BIZ
plane for the night and then arising
early did his 315 miles here in two
hours and twenty minutes.
| In breaking his own American nom
stop record, he was about $50 miles
behind the European record, approx
imately 500 miles. a journey from the
French lines to Chelm. Poland, by a
French military aviator.
New York. Nov 3-vfctor Carl
strcm. who left Chicago yesterday fol
New York in a New York Times mail
carrying airplane, descended on Gov
ernor's Island today, ending his flight
at S:55 n a. m. His journey was in
terrupted by stops yesterday at Erie,
Pa, and Hammondsport, n. Y.
The distance covered was approxi-
mately 975 miles, which gives him au
average of 110 miles an hour.
| Flyer Delivers Mail Pouch.
The flight from Hammonsport
! where the aviator resumed his triT
at 6:35 a. m. today, was without in
| cident. Carlstrom flew at a height
| of 1000 feet aided by a good wind. A
letter from Mayor Thompson of Chi
eago addressed to President Wilson
was placed in the hands of a special
/ Long Branch, N. ]. A representative
of the New York postoffice met Carl
strom at Governors Island and re-
ceived the bag of mail brought by air.
| post.
The aviator was greeted upon his
descent by Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood
/ N. S. A, and Augustus Post and Alan
r. Hawley of the Areo Club OF
America.
Started Early This Morning.
Hamiuondsport, N. Y, Nov. 3.-vic-
| tor Carlstrom, who descended here late
F, yesterday in his flight from Chicago
to New York in a New York Times
mail-carrying aeroplane, resumed his
journey at 6:35 a. m. today. He passed
| Elmira at 6:57 o'clock, Waverly al
1903 and Owego, 7:14. Carlstrom ex-
pected to reach his destination on Gov
ernor's Island about $50 O'Clock this
morning.
| Breaks World Speed Record.
On his flight from Hammondsport
today Carlstrom broke another rec
ord, covering the distance-315 miles
/ at an average speed of 1877 miles ar
hour. or eleven miles an hour bette;
than the record held by Jules We'd
rines, French aviator.
He passed Port Jarvis, N. Y, al
S:13.
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