The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1916-11-30
THOUSANDS CHEER
RUTHLaW'S FEAT
Woman Filler Broke American
H0ISi9p Record.
FLEW III An OLD MACHINE

Chicago New York Flight Accomplish
ed In Nine Hours-Greeted by Gen.
eraI Leonard Wood as She Alights,
Numb with Cold, on Governors Is
land.
Congratulations from all over the
country are pouring in upon Ruth Ban
croft Law, who finished her record
smashing Chicago to New York aero
plane flight, in which she broke the
American cross country nonstop avia-
ton record by flying from Chicago to
Hornell, N. Y, distance of 500 miles
Miss Law landed on Governors is
land. New York, where she was greet
ed by Major General Leonard Wood
and other United States army officers.
Thousands cheered the intrepid wom-
an aviator as she flew along the shores
of the Hudson toward her goal.
MISS La W WHtll SLt dII1Ntu Ut NON-
errors island was suffering intensely
from cold. She was so numb that she
had to be lifted from the seat in which
she was strapped by the army mechani-
clans who had gathered to watch her
arrival.
Miss Laws flying time for the en-
tire trip was estimated unofiicially at
s hours and 50 minutes.
Gets Early Start.
The woman aviator left Binghamton
under almost perfect weather condi-
tons, and she got a good start in her
machine. She rose to a height Of about
LOCO feet, got her direction and then
whirred quickly out of sight
Before leaving Binghamton Miss
Law announced that within a few
weeks she would attempt to make Il
nonstop fight between Chicago and
New York over the same course. She
hopes at that time to make the trip
without landing between the two
cities. Only a shortage of gasoline
halted the record breaking fight from
Chicago to New York.
Besides making a new cross country
nonstop record Miss Law broke the
worlds record for continuous fight for
women pilots She made a continuous
fight Of $50 miles, from Chicago to
Horncu, breaking the record of Victor
Carlstrom. who on Nov > made a non.
stop fight of 4J2 miles from Chicago
to Erie, Pa. After landing in Hornet
for fuel she rose again and attempted
to finish her fight to New York. She
was forced by darkness to descend at
Binghamton for the night She was
in the air seven hours and thirteen
minutes. Her average speed an hour
was 1856 miles. but at times, with a
strong wind behind the machine
swept along at rate of three miles a
minute
Miss Law is a slender, almost frail
looking young woman of twenty-eight.
She weighs only about 100 pounds and
is not at all athletic. She made the
fight purely as a sporting proposition,
flying for no prize and paying the ex-
penses of the flight herself.
Old Type Army Machine.
The machine in which she made the
fight was a small army scout Curtiss
biplane of now obsolete type. which
had been used constantly for two
years. The tank carried only sixteen
gallons of gasoline. but an additional
tank was fitted in the frame, which
brought the gasoline supply up to fifty
three gallons The machine has a wing
spread Of only twenty-eight feet and
motor that develops 40 horsepower.
The biplane is known as q ''pusher"
model-that is. the propeller is behind
the driver. who sits out in front I'M
protected. Tho extra tank crowded
the aeroplane so that the only extra
clothing Miss Law could carry was ii
skirt. She had no room even for food.