New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-28

Industry udu SOlc iiilo VIC hiShi"e W
one city antlike industry. 1t was
such patient labor, this marking up the
earth with dwellings and spires and odd
shaped heaps of stones and mortar.
Tremendous!
However, at this moment Captain X
saw cloud not too far above us and
he started climbing again. am not
sure just how much that one particular
cloud had TO do with our sudden new
ascent, but we went up there, just 1000
feet above the city of London, and We
jumped that cloud.
When we started l don't know what
| thought we were going to do, but this
is what we did-we bore down on that
cloud, and when it was just before us,
small, round, Opaque, my pilot throttled
his motor. We dropped We dropped
precipitately. 1t was rather sensation,
this sliding off down toward earth. And
| missed the pleasant loud roar of the
engine. We were driving bit fast.
Then Captain X threw on the motor
to full power and brought her back to
an even keel. THEY'VE sailed up and
hurdled the cloud. 1t was very well
DONE
After this we seemed to gather speed,
for reasons unexplained; that is, when
put my hand out the wind drove harder
against it, pushing it back. Below, sud-
denly, big strip of green appeared IN
the heart of London. With that curious
loss of a sense of distance and of motion
which is legitimate enough in flying, |
did not know what this green square
was. | had been watching the roofs,
which seemed to have darkened as we
progressed in some places they seemed
even to have wholly disappeared. There
were whole blocks of roofless houses
they were like uncompleted cells in
hive.
But Captain X explained about the
bit of green, with its little white paths,
which was interrupting the gray streets
of the city. First, he hammered on the
iron casing of the fusilage; | turned
around. He made quick gesture,
reaching out toward me. | didn't know
what he wanted.
Then saw that the captain was hand
ing me a scrap of white paper folded,
about the size of a stamp.
It was a letter It was not, however,
q long letter. And there was, on one
side of it, printing of somewhat mis-
celaneous character. This, by error, l
read first and could not understand 1t all.
Then | turned the paper over. Writ
ten on the other side of it, in pencil,
were two sentences:
eve are over Hyde Park. would you
like to loop over London"
I turned so that could see him, and
nodded.
Would I like to loop over LONDON.
Did I want to loop over London, IN
one of the finest of England's war
planes? Did want to loop over Hyde
Park at a height of 1000 feet? Yes, |
did.
The machine plunged headlong tow
ard the earth. The motor was running
full blast. The world rushed up to meet
us. | found myself staring at the nose
of the machine, which was straight
above me. Her piston rods, row oil
them on either side. were dancing up
and down briskly. | saw them, and
saw the roof of the sky-yet | Lad not
moved | was still sitting, staring
straight ahead Only | was staring at
the sky, instead Of the earth.
Everything was moving. Hyde Park
wasn't where it ought to have been. The
sky was not right. The nose of the ma,
chine was over my head. All wrong.
Then a slice of the earth dislodged it.
self and, making circles, stood on end
And another section of earth rushed into
it. saw this myself. There were some
trees mixed up in it. don't know when
this was. But saw it ALL
Afterward the nose of the machine