The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-04-02
FLIES OVER CITY
IN TEN MINUTES
Worlds Girl Reporter Aids
Liberty Bond Campaign;
Drops Handbills.
SEES A GREAT POSSIBILITY
New Mode of Travel Quick,
Affords Pleasure and Is
Safe AS Amy.
WILL TRAIN STUDENTS HERE
Lieutenant Campbell Tells of
Purpose Here-Many Oil
Men Are Interested.
SEES A GREAT POSSIBILITY
WILL TRAIN STUDENTS HERE
Hy SOFIA sUpPEs

''IualnE bcIOTe ADJUSTING NY cog
glts TO see that my powder puff was
safely tucked away. without which
never attempted an air flight, the
signal was given, the emergency
strap was fastened and the high
powered engines began roaring
away like demons unIcashcd We
were all get to make our flight over
Tulsa to scatter the handbills an
nourr.nE the Victory Liberty loan.
glanced at my wrist watch; II
was exactly 23O o'clock. The en-
glucv Increased their din. and with
steadily increasing rnecd we drove
of across the brown turf. smoothly
lifted into the air. over the long
road that skirts Tulsa on the east
AS straiEhty drawn as the lines Of
map over the little cottages to
the west We sailed. nose pointed sky
ward and without the slightest vi
hraiiUn I'm the well padded car,
across acres and acres of fiat coun-
trysldc marked out IN checkered
squares across small peach orchards.
fields Of dark green alfalfa, tiny
crooked streams and struggling cot
tAgcS. over the dark red buildings
Ot Kendall college we glided and
then planning lightly to the right we
started on "A wide circle OF the sub
urbs.
Climbing to the upper levels we
soon saw the dark wooded hills OF
the Usage 10 the north. dipping and
ewcrving, we circled, across the
,hickly huilt residence district TO
The northwest and then straight
into the afternoon sun. already be-
ginning TO send it's rays obliqucly to
the earth. Planning steadily west
ward we made for the Arkansas.
CliStcninE and shmmcrinE in the
spring sunshine, crossed II at about
1000 feet; over West Tulsa, came
ln sight of Red Fork. swcrved sharp
N 'o the right and was headed
'nu'h Across the river. where the
two white rcfineries send their col
umus II densely black smoke and
SicImy white vHpor to the clouds.
Like n Grcnt Bird.
Ever rising and then with slow
dips Ike great bird contentcdly
making rs way homeward, we ever
crclrl and at intervals threw down
htnd'uls W Liberty loan handbills
,
along smoothly at what seemed to
b" rather slow,.yzeycn gaia We
ur"Irl s.4rrr rud ffearer the clump
ot skyECrapcrs that make up the
hear, of the city. Reaching the
business section, a sudden gust. OF
nigh wind made us seek higher
levels and carried all our fluttcr-
lne propaganda like n snow cloud to
'h" south Dipping and climbing,
"" CrClcd again in widening cir
r."s Ike those made by pebble in
4 silent pool. until the eastern out
ttlriS ~ the city were reached.
Then, after a short climb, we grace
tu,.y yolplaned to the red, white and
blu" hangar In the center OF the
aviation field The plane slid to n
s'op within five feet from where we
started, and while waiting TO be un-
strapped | glanced at my wrist
watch again.
u was exactly 2s40,
Ten minutes time from the he
gnuNg 10 the end OF that wonder
~! laurncyi II seemed inCrediblel
Even In this day Of modern inven-
lion and rapid transit, it did not
scent possible TO cover that distance
IN such short time, but the thing
''' ''lllI lIllNu'ut anu ~ bul ONO VI
'hr lrnrvels OF modern alrplaning.
Practical Use Of Alrplnncs.
Tho lnnumerable possibilities OF
'hN wonderful mode OF travel raced
through my excited brain and Wis
Ions ot tho near future In which air
pIanlnR is surely destined to become
The popular mode OF locomotlon
cam" TO me. Enthusiastically I
preached the subject to Lieutenant
'Anpbell, the instructor OF the new
aerial school Just started at the
tc'1 east Of the city
es indeed he quietly replied,
many - the Tulsa oil operators in
particular are seeing the future Of
''Flal travel and have signified their
intention OF buying planes"
a moments conversation with
local oil man showed how wide
spread tho idea is among the oil
'orniiy. Among the Tulsa OH
men who nre now purchasing planes
t which they may bo able 20 visit
"''r holdings in the new Texas
''",ds- almost inaccessible through
"'' mo winter because OF the i'm
tHNhh'" muddy rpads-the Pine
''hu district now out OF the 6,ucs-
'ah 70 visit in legs than three or
,u"r Gays because OF the roads and
TLn service, the Kansas fields. and
.,,r points In the mid continent
,.''' are Mr. Van der Gracht Of the
'"Ninh Petroleum company. who
.'N already made one or more trial
"'i. 10 leases al Yale. and back.