Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-05-30
NEW AIR RECORD BY
KATHERINE ST|NS0N
Aviatrix Covers 7S3 Miles Be-
tween Chicago and Bingham.
ton, N. Y, in Ten Hours
OUTFLIES RUTH LAW
And Beats Bounds's Nonstop Flight
Record by 81 Mlles-Her Machine
Turns Turtle Mt the Finish

Binghamton. N. Y, May 23-Katherine
Stinson, the aviatrix, en- route from Chi
cago to New York carrying government
mail. met with an accident while at
tempting landing two miles north of this
city at GAO this afternoon. The machine
turned turtle just as it reached the
ground. smashing the propeller and dam
aging one of the wings. Miss Stinson was
uninjured.
Having covered the 7S3 miles from Chi
cago to this city in 10 hours Miss Stinson
bettored the distance made by Ruth Law
in her record-breaking fight in the fall
of 1916 by about nine miles. She circled
the city in search Of a suitable landing
place, and finally picked out q small pla-
teau on n high hill north of the city. A
strong wind added to the difficulties of
the landing.
Hundreds of automobiles raced to the
landing place and help was at hand soon
after the plane came to q stop. Miss
Stinson directed the work of righting
the machine, apparently none the worse
Tor her mishup
Although keenly disappointed because
Of her failure to reach the metropolis,
Miss Stinson was elated at having smashed
two American records, one for distance
and another. held by herself, for en-
durance.
After being brought by automobiles to
O hotel here she stated the repairs will
be made to her plane during the night
and that she will be ready to resume
her journey to New York at eight o'clock
in the morning. A new propeller will
be forwarded from Elmira and the slight
damage to the machine will be repaired
by local machinsts.
The previous distance record, Miss Stin-
son stated, was held by Bounds, an
American aviator. This was for 100 miles
without n stop. She bettered this record
by SO miles to-day. The endurance record
established by Miss Stinson in her fight
from San Diego to San Francisco, De-
cember II Of last year, was bettered by
her performance of to-day by one hour
and five minutes. Ruth Laws flight over
the same route two years ago. Miss Stin-
son pointed out. was not a nonstop flight
Miss Law having landed at two other
places before reaching this city.
Lack of gas forced her to land here.
Miss Stinson explained. She circled the
city several times and finally decided
upon the side hill because It had level
appearance, and she thought that the
drainage would be sufficient to remove
any danger of mud. In this she mis-
calculated for the muddy soil proved her
undoing. The wheels Of the plane became
embedded and this caused it to topple
over.
you may tell the mothers of any
young man in the flying service for me
that there is no necessity for them to
worry about their boys" Miss Stinson
stated. my flight to-day proves that
long distances may be covered with lit
tie danger"
1nterviewers were forced to shout their
questions to the aviatrix because the
roar of the motor during her long period
in the air had rendered her almost deaf.
Miss Stinson carried among other let
tiers, sealed statement from the man.
ager of the Chicago Red Cross campaign
to Secretary McAdoo together with a
letter from the Chicago to the New York
postmaster.