Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-11-20
MISS LAW TELLS OF
. CH|CAGO-NEW YORK
AER0PLANE { TRIP
Made the Trip In Eight Hours
and SO Minutes, or "a
Miles An Hour
PRIMITIVE MACHINE
BEHAVED SPLENDIDLY
Strong Head Wind and Dense
Fog Made Trip Thrilling
One

| thing Miss Ruth Law asked for today
when she finished the record breaking
aeroplane flight on Governor Island
was face powder. Her nose was shiny.
She was hustled into a waiting auto
mobile at the army aviation field,
whisked away to the home of Major
William Hartmann, of the army signal
corps, and the travel washed off her
rosy face. Then this daring maid of the
air, who had out-Carlstromed Victor
Carlstrom in her flight from Chicago
to New York, placidly asked of Mrs.
Hartmann: "May l borrow some of
your face powder9"
Having powdered her nose, she talked
to the United Press of her flight.
Sitting in an automobile and rosy
checked from contact with the frigid air
of the upper regions, swathed in sheep
skin and oiled garments, she graphical
ly described her thrilling voyage.
"I'm awfully well pleased that I've
been able to beat the American record, I"
Miss Law began. "But 1 could have
done better. 1 believe l could have
made the flight all the way through
lif things had turned out the way ex-
pected them to. And I'm going to try
it again.
"When made up my mind to try this
flight from Chicago to New York," she
said, "I got into communication with
the Curttiss aeroplane factory and tried
to buy big battle plane, one OF the
most powerful / could get. But they
wouldn't let me have it. They were
afraid that woman could not handle
the powerful machinery and manipulate
their big machine in that long trip
Tackled Old Machine.
"When they kept on putting me off,
i just decided to hop into that little ma.
chine and make one great effort.
~ didn't think it hardly possible
that could make the trip through to
New York without stop. Ny machine
will not carry enough gasoline. But now
IN going to have that big machine and
IN going to try it all over again"
Speaking of her machine Miss Law
pointed lsuPhingly across the field to
where her biplane rested in the shadow
Of the huge aeroplane Victor Carlstrom
used when he attempted the flight be.
tween Chicago and New York.
/ The sturdy old.fashioned machine
with which Miss Law shattered Carl
strom 3 record was not half as large as
the Curtiss monster that Carlstrom had
left on the aviation field. The small
machine is barely one hundred horse.
power, while that OF Carlstrom is cap.
able Of two hundred.
Speaking Of her flight from Bingham.
I 40, - IL. T a
il was about as risky an undertaking as
she had ever faced.
at was so foggy,' she declared, ait
was almost impossible for me to see
where / was going There were times
when l skinned over the New York
houses only 100 feet up. 1t certainly
gave me plenty of thrills"
On the cuff OF one of the aviatrice Is
gloves was tiny map. She had drawn
it herself and outlined almost q perfect
course from Chicago. She had iotted
down on slip Of paper pasted along
side, the names Of the towns over which
she passed, together with other data for
the records of the Aero club.
Holds American Record.
at was awfully hard making head.
hhgy pht oolds iuNlt was u hAIOHk
head wind blowing against me. hadn 7
taken on any gasoline at Binghamton.
The strength of the wind slowed me up
quite bit, and when finally located
Governors Island through the haze / dis
covered there was not another drop Of
gasoline in my tank. With my engine
shut off, volplaned to landing. If
there had been another mile for more
travel, / would have been in bad
way"
Miss Law declared she had absolutely
no trouble with her machine. 1t behaved
nicely all the way for her.
Officials of the Aero club of Am.
erica, which sanctioned the flight, were
enthusiastic over Miss Laws flight.
She paid all the expenses Of the flight,
but asked an official sanction for the
trip 50 it might be made record.
Miss Laws feat was achieved on the
anniversary of the day she received her
pilots license, November 20, 1912. Be.
ing a sister Of Rodman Law, the para.
chute jumper, she had plenty Of family
nerve to help her when she decided to
do stunts with flying machine,
This is the first distance fight she
ever attempted, but she has been max.