Tombstone epitaph., 1916-11-05
Harvey Hikes
 Heavenward
AVIATOR cRAWFcRp BRINGS HIS PASSENGER CARRYING sI-
 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 l7th.
 It seems that Crawford is not only going 10 fly and carry passengers at the Arlzona State Far November lS to IS, but that he is thinking seriously of making Arizona his future home and Phoenix hls new place Of business.
 In an interview Mir. Crawford said: Yes II is my intention of remaining in Phoenix and. II plans now afoot mAterIaiize, to open school or ava ton. l have contemplated this step Dcr some time and recently have been advised by a number of Phoenix busi- Ress men that they were desirous of taking up the sport oi ayiation-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 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 al once.
 Crawford, like the Wrights, had no teacher. lie comes from long line of aeronauts and his drift from the balloon to the dirIgible, then 10 the glider and finally to the aeroplane has but natural.
 Every step of the way he worked by himself. budding his own gli1ers, max. ing his own motors and learning py each mistake he made, he tInaIiy put tCKether a plane that would rise from the ground and in this crude, home made affair he trusted himself in 1908 making his first successful flight 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 bis machine into what seemed certain death for himself to save 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 bis neck dislocated.
 There is none Of the brayado abouI this slight, blue eyed young man. His notto is 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, l could rise in 300 feet, but If had four miles I would use every bit of 1t"
 There win 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 '.Tne Maniac Stunt" Here again -lhe absolute honesty of the man cSopped out as he said, T use the small ma chine for looping and l am not bit sorry that l haven't 1t with me. Looping has killed more avaitors than all other causes put together and I know the danger a great deal better than most people. 1 have done the loop perhaps a thousand times but cannot say that l ever enjoyed it. It is flirting with death and l know It.. and 1 am always glad to get out of doing it . My greatest aim. is to carry messengers. 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- tion with death Yes. I did have little accident once with a passenger aboard. broke a propeller and had to descend into the bay. Got him wet but neither he or l were scratched"
 With the exception Of the Wrights and Glenn Curtiss, Crawford is the oldest manufacturer of aeroplanes in tl91s country and has been flying long CT than any other, now living, avaitor
 His big machine has arrived and will be put up at the fair grounds where his school will be located.