Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-20

NEW YORK. Nov. 2O.-Ruth Law. a
smiling little American. took her place as
,be premler woman aviator Of the world
today. when she eaualed the American
record for cross-country flying.
She landed at Governors leland at 9:as
M. having flown $40 miles from Chi
.avo IN an old-style exhibition aeroplane.
she made but two stops, the first at Hor-
reu N. Y, and the second at Binghamton,
vhs-e she spent the night. She was forced
20 allght because she had run out OF
gasoline.
Fully exposed to the wind and cold. owing
,o the fact that the type OF machine she
drove forced her to sit out in front of her
motor without any shield for protection,
tho plucky young woman outstrpped Victor
carlstrom's record for continuous cross
country flight made on November In the
ysTy latest type Of machine, and then con-
tinued her journey and flew further than
any woman before In history.
Miss Laws nonstop record stands as the
second longest fight that has ever been
mnde. Her flight OF 500 miles is exceeded
only by that OF Sublieutenant Marchal.
OF the French army who flew from Nancy
10 Chelm. Poland. in June of this year.
The distance OF this flight was sl2.5 miles
RESUMES HER VOYAGE
Miss Law left Chicago at 7:25 central
tne) Sunday. She reached Hornell-5s0
miles away-at 1924. continued 100 miles
further to Binghamton, reaching there at
I:2O. and resumed her flight early this
morning
Her flying time for the entire trip was
eight hours and hfty.nine minutes
Numb with cold Miss Law was helped
from her aeroplane at Governors Island by
Major General Wood. Henry woodhouse
pI
ernors OF the Aero Club OF America. She
was Immediately hustled into an automo-
bile and driven TO an army officers house
eto "thaw out"
The last leg Of the hight-27O miles
was made through a dense fog Miss Law
said the fog was go heavy that she was
forced to fly very low. barely topping the
hills along the Hudson in order to be able
10 see the ground TO keep her bearings
The fog dense, in fact that her
flight was followed with difficulty after
she left BnghamtOn.
I'm awfully well pleased that I've been
able to beat tho American record" Miss
Law said. But I could have done better.
believe I could have made the flight all
the way through II things had turned out
the way | expected them to. And I'm
going to try 1t again.
when l made up my mind to try this
flight from Chicago to New York" she said.
81 got into communication with the Curtiss
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 couldn't
handle the powerful machinery and manip-
ulate their big machine in that long trip.
When they kept on putting me off, I
just decided to hop into that little machine
and make one great effort.
1t didn't hardly seem possible that
could make the trip through to New York
without stop My machine will not carry
enough gasoline. But I'm going to have
that big machine and I'm going to try II
all over again."
pointed laughingly across the field to where
her biplane nestled in the shadow of the
huge aeroDlane Victor carstrom used when
no attempted the flight between Chicago
and New York. The sturdy old-fashioned
machine with which Miss Law shattered
Carstrom's record was not half as large
rs the Curtss monster that Carlstrom had
left on the aviation field. The small ma
chine is barely 100-horsepower. while that
or Carlstrom is capable OF 200.
On the cuff OF one of the aviatrixs gloves
was tiny map. She had drawn II herself
and II outlined almost a perfect course
from Chicago. She had jotted down on a
slip OF paper pasted alongside IL the names
OF the towns over which she passed to-
1ether with other data for the records OF
the Aero Club
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 America,
which sanctioned the flights, were enthusi.
astic over Miss Laws feat She paid all
the expenses OF the flight but asked an
official sanction for the trip so It might be
made record