The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1919-10-24
FLYING PREACHER"
FIRST IN AIR DERBY
Covers 5,4O2 Miles In SO
Hours-Average 10S
Miles.


Baivin W. Maynard, the flying par
son" landed on Roosevelt Field at
1:bO:O5 this afternoon, having COM
pI.ted the round trip from coast to
coast in the transcontinental air der
BY. a distance of approximately 5,4O2
miles. in little more than fifty hours
actual flying time.
81 believe we could have made 1t
in two and q half days IL we did not
have 10 stop at certain points under
the rules governing this race" said
the postor-aviator shortly after he
landed. 1T won't be long before 9TH
ars win he making it in three days.
I'd like 10 make the attempt and take
my wife and children along, If that
were possible.
Possibilities Great.
1.-The most significant result of the
flight is that it has shown that 1t
wonld be possible to shift fleet in
two and a half or three days"
The first TO greet Lieutenant May
nard ns ne stepped from his machine
were his wife and two children, Eve
lyu and Rosalie. The aviator handed
his wife large boquet of American
Beauty roses he had brought from
Cleveland. He said he was tired, but
haDpv to have completed the trip sue
ceSsfully.
He said the credit for the success
OF the trip should go to Sergeant
KIiue. his mechanician, who super
vjsesl the installation of the new mo-
tor after the breakdown at Wahoo,
Neb Maynard's pet and mascot, the
police dog "Trixie" was the first out
OF Ghe plane to greet Mrs. Maynard
and the two little girls.
PITCHER Tail-Ender.
Lieut.. Paul Ritcher landed at
Roosevelt Field at 4:05 p. M, COM
pSs1ing The first leg of the flight from
San Francisco His first act was to
congratulate Lieutenant Maynard on
his victory
Altogether" said Maynard in dis
eusxjng his experiences, "the trip was
q very pleasant one. | was scared
Just once, and that was in crossing
the Rockies. AS matter of fact
they are not nearly as bad as the ST.
erras, but suppose the name Rock
les" got my goat.
''The Reno landing field is bad
spot. 1t lies in a valley and the
smoke of the city partly hides it and
makss landing difficult. The jump
lrnns Reno 10 Sacramento takes one
over what consider the most beau
tiful part of the United States, but
it rs the most dangerous too-just
continuous row of mountains, one af-
ter the other, with not a solitary spot
to land.
Preached Six Sermons.
I'VE were treated royalty all along
the nte. especially in San Francisco.
we raqg the King and Queen of Bel
giuE4 ghere and were invited to
luncheon with them, but could not
sps.se che time that day. | hated to
leave San Francisco. Do you know, I
was invited 10 preach in nearly every
rhuytb in town, but l was able to
Ee31h only six of them-some record,
eh?
at Battle Mountain, on the return
trip we were presented with gold
nusyeis ana an arrowhead, the SYM
bol Of lhe pathfinder. Then at Green
RvlI We had 10 circle heavy snow
sturya. and between Rawlings and
CyBqy eHne we had to find our way
arUaud tha edges Of five snowstorms
wAlrb IA times looked like two great
wt5te blankets hung up with us fly
rig between them. wyoming did her
bert ~ The way Of entertaining wealth
or.
"At Nulth Platte the next day we
rset ,leyeu other flyers from the East
who nad been delayed by bad wealth
CT Then near Omaha engine tTou-
bie G0lted us to land. When we got
that fixed mp by installing a new mo-
tor, working through the night by
tbc hYhZ Of a bonfire, we started for
Chica 20 ana ran into the toughest
weather OF the trip. From there east
Wc had lutle trouble.
''T'he trip has proved that the Lib
Erty MOTOR can not be beaten but |
wuu}4 suggest that in future long
FiigHts The ayiators should carry spare
nruip- parts so that repairs may be
mani while flying. II that were done
fl9ins across the country would be
jur. aS1at as safe as riding across the
ByuGElyD bridge in a trolley car"
"Do YOU think it possible to make
p 0ae-Stop flight across the contin-
eEte' Maynard was asked.
- can uOt- answer yes To that ques-
tIar lust now, because the machine
ugel in this flight can not carry gas
ensuqh for such trip. Aside from