The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-11-23

SuD-LlcGfenant y, +haIChdii iiplh
Nancy, France, to Chelm, Poland, via
Berlin, ST. miles.
Ruth Law, Chicago TO Hornell, n.
Y, 800 miles.
NJ. Deroye, 1867 miles, Italy
Victor Carlstrom, Chicago TO Erie,
Pa, 4J2 miles.
Captain De Beauchamp, Nancy TO
st. bona di Piaye, Italy, 431 miles.
New York, Nov. 2l.--Ruth law, a
smiling little American, took her place
as the premier woman aviator of the
world, when she equuled the American
record for cross-country flying.
She landed AT Governors island at
8 :3S Il. m. having flown $40 miles from
Chicago in an old-style exhibition air
plane at AN average speed of % miles
an hour.
Miss Laws record stands as the sec
ond longest flight that has ever been
made. Her flight of $50 miles without
stop is exceeded only by that of Sub
Lieutenant Marchal Of the French
army, who flew from Nanacy to CheIm,
Poland, in June of this year. The dis
lance of this flight was Sl2.J miles.
Miss Law made but two stops. These
were at BinghamptOn, \. Y, last night
aud earlier at Iiornell, y. Y, when she
was forced to alight because she had
run out of gasoline
Exposed to Wind and Cold.
Fully exposed to the wind and cold
owing to the fact that the type of ma
chine she drove forced her to sit out
in front of her motor without any
shield for protection, the plucky young
woman outStripped Victor CarlStrom' 5
record for continuous crOSS-coun;ry
flight made on November in the very
latest type Of machine and then con
tinucd her journey and flew farther
than has any woman before in history.
Miss Law left Chicago at Z % (cen-
trail timc) Sunday morning. She
reached Hornell-J9O miles away-at
3:24 p. m. and continuing 100 miles
more, resumed her flight yesterday.
The very first thing Miss Law asked
for when she finished the recOrd-break-
ing flight was face powder. Her nose
was shiny
Talks of Her Flight.
Having powdered her nose, she
talked of her flight.
Sitting in an automobile and rosy
checked from contact with the frigid
air of the upper regions, swathed in
Sheep-Skin ana oiled garments, she
graphically described her thrilling
voyage.
I'm awfully well pleased that I've
been able TO beat the American rec
ord Miss Law began. But | could
have done better. | believe | could
have made the flight all the way
through if things had turned out the
way | expected them to. And I'm 60
ug to try it again"
Her flying time for The entire trip
was nine hours and 81 minutes
Numb with cold, Miss Law was
helped from her airplane M Governors
island by Major General Wood, Henry
WOodhousc and Augustus Post, the lat
ter two governors Of the Aero Club of
America. The pIucky little woman
was Immediately hustled into an au-
tomobilc and rushed to IN army Of
ticrr's house TO "thnw out"
The last leg of the hight-27O miles
was made through n dense fog.
Miss Law was given rOuSing recep-
ton when she landed ON Governors
island A band ut the head of n de-
taChment of soldiers on parade was
playing rs she was sighted and imme-
diately their music was turned into n
bIare of greeting.
Miss Laws only disappointment was
that the 80 gallons of gasoline gave
out too soon, for she felt only this
fact prohibited her from making the
flight to New York without stop.