The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-10-12
FLYING eIRl HAS
CAPTURED RICHMOND
MOTOR TROUBLE YESTERDAY
8ut Daring Young Lady Did Not Dis
appoint Public, Although She Was
Unable to Perform Some OF Her
Usual stunts.

All Richmond has capitulated be.
fore the daring and charm OF
Katherine Stinson. the girl who nies,
and there has never been such
willing surrender. They have been
amazed by her marvellous exploits In
the sky, and those who talk to her
md delightful, unassuming person.
In love with her work. and very much
like the average American girl. Her
daily flights at the Virginia State Fair
are without question the feature OF
the great exposition. and the thou
sands In attendance there and those
who view her feats from downtown.
stand aghast at her wonderful work.
Everybody, perhaps. who sees her
ny here, have seen similar sights be-
fore. but the fact that gGi OF nine
teen years, and mere slip OF girl
she lie. too. braves the treachery OF her
work and loops and dips without
fear Is no slight thing, and the pub
lie realizes its greatness, At the fair
yesterday Miss Stinson performed with
her biplane at 80 o'clock, and the
immense Richmond Day crowds
watched her work at dizzy heights.
she started a second flight at 4:30
O'Clock, but motor troubles prevented
her taking the loops. and she de-
scepded after encircling the grounds.
After a few repairs she again went
up. but was forced to come down.
Il was not a bit afraid to complete
the f.ght.'' she said, but the motor
was not working properly. so why
take the unnecessary chance?"
AS she stepped out of the machine.
she removed her cap. which let dark
curls fall over her shoulders, She
wore a gossamer-like coat. and with
that. too. removed she looked all the
world like she was ready for the
tennis court. Her waist was q white.
filmy affair, open at the throat. and
she wore a pink shirt, the whole be-
ing finished or with white shoes.
Not Afraid Of Her Work.
No she said, Il am not afraid OF
my work; IL was I would not do It..
You know. IL lie the simplest thing In
the world to ny. have two levers
one to go UP and one to come down.
and all YOU have TO do is TO accustom
yourself to it
Il started to fly four years ago. and
] took II up because I liked II, and I
like ii better every day Miss stinson
raid. II have only been looping in
the air for about a year. and when /
did that the first time ! surprised my
self. | was making n flight one day.
and ] dipped suddenly. and since the
next thing to do was to come up, I
did. but in addition came all the way
over. and the feat was done"
Miss Stinson looks A. fresh ana her
eyes as bright as one who did nothing
more nerve-rackin8 than attending
the movies. She never gives her
nerves a thought. and her flying has
not affected her. although she is small
weighing not more than 1l5 pounds.
Il believe I have become little bit
irritable" she said with . smile, "on
account of my work. but this only
shows itself when people crowd about
my machine and ask foolish questions
] dislike that, but I always welcome
questions from interested people. Out
side OF that, flying agrees with me. for
after every trip ] am ready for a
slice OF lemon pie, which is my
favorite.''
Miss Stinson Is a Southern girl and
her home II in Mississippi. She had
studied flying under the Wright
Brothers. also in other schools in the
country, and she now conducts one
of her own with her brother and
sister. who are aviators also. The girl
flyer expects to make a trip around the
world. beginning next Monday. giving
exhibitions
The machine used by Miss Stinson
a, the fair is OF her own design. made
according to her ideas after study and
experience, The motor however. Ia Of
the Lincoln Beachy type.
On Friday. Miss Stinson will take
her machine over to Camp Stuart and
talk to the ofacers there about flying.
both for exhibition and military pur-
poses