The Holbrook news., 1916-11-03
Harvey Hikes
 HeavenWard
AVIATOR CRAWFORD BRINGS HIS PASSENGER CARRYING 5l-
 PLANE TO FAIR.

Harvey Crawford, who with the Wright Bros. and Curtis can claim distinction as one of Americas pio- neer aViators, arrived in Phoenix from the coast October 17th.
 It seems that Crawford is not only going to fly and carry passengers at the Arizona State Fair November 13 to IS, but that he is thinking seriously of making Arizona his future home and Phoenix his new place of business.
 In an interview MT. Crawford said: 'Yes it is my intention of remaining in Phoenix and, if plans now afoot materIalize, to open a school of ayla- ton. l have contemplated this step Ior some time and recently have been advised by a number of Phoenix busi- ness men that they were desirous of taking up the sport of aviation-that is why l am here so much in advance of the fair. l have been out to the fair grounds and consider them ideal for the purpose of a school Your climatic conditions are also all that one could wish for and there seems to be no reason why the school will not open at once.1
 Crawford, like the Wrights, had no teacher. He comes from a long line of aeronauts and his drift from the balloon to the dirigible, then to the glider and finally to the aeroplane vas but natural.
 Every step of the way he worked by himself, building his own gltders, mak- ing his own motors and learning Dy each mistake he made, he flnaIIy put together a plane that would rise from the ground and in this crude, home made affair he trusted himself in 1908
 ru0noccfr11 flfOnf at Tacoma, Washington.
 He has only had one serious acci- dent-and that was no fault of his own but rather an event that should have won him a medal-for he turned his machine into what seemed certain death for himself to save a crowd of have won him a medal-for he turned women and children who had been pushed forward onto the track before his machine by the pressure of the crowd in the rear. In this accident Crawford had his skull crushed all of the ribs on his left side broken and his neck dislocated.
 There is none of the bravado about this slight, blue eyed young man. His notto ib Safety first" and he is not ashamed of it either. While looking over the grounds at the fair some one remarked, This, surely. is room enough for you to rise in" Crawford answered Yes, could rise in 300 feet, but if l had four miles I would use every bit of it."
 There will be no Hoop the looping done at this fair for the big passenger carrying machine that Crawford brought with him is not made for that stunt. It is made too bulky and has not the reenforcing absolutely neces- sary to the terrible strain placed on a machine by what Crawford calls The Maniac Stunt" Here again the absolute honesty Of the man cropped out as he said, 'I use the small ma chine for looping and am not a bit sorry that l haven't it with me. Looping has killed more avaitors than all other causes put together and l know the danger a great deal better than most people. I have done the loop perhaps a thousand times but cannot say that ever enjoyed it. It is flirting with death and I know 1t, and I am always glad to get out of doing 1t. My greatest aim is to carry passengers. To give people a full realization of what pleasure flying really is. To make it a sport one can enjoy in safety instead of a flirta- ton with death. Yes, I did have a little accident once with a passenger aboard. broke propeller and had to descend into the bay. Got him wet but neither he or I were scratched"
 With the exception of the Wrights and Glenn Curtiss. Crawford is the oldest manufacturer of aeroplanes in this country and has been flying long CT than any other. now living, avaitor.
 His big machine has arrived end will be put up at the fair grounds where his school will be located.