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ga, Capt. Trail. who was flying with
him, were merely shaken up.
- Capt. De LAvefgne's experience was
even more thrilling. He new with Lieut.
ID. b. Gish. one OF the most experienced
Of American pilots. who wears steel
braces on his legs. broken In eighteen
places In n crash during the war In
France. Gish. too. reached Binghamtcn
IN safety, but after taking or his DH-i
plane burst into flames over Canadice.
N. T., when the engine back1red into
the carburetor. Gish's skill and un-
breskable nerve enabled him to get the
plane down 10 the ground and both men
escaped -.---'--
-is Tho Lackawanna and Erie Railroad
tracks on the air line between New York
and Binghamton were responsible for
leading astray several Of the contee-
stants. Instead OF following the winning
nErie road several fiers picked out the
hIackawanna and as a result found them
selves In Pennsylvania, many miles south
Of the first control station. Three niers
at least were led astray in this man.
ner. including Second Lieut.. Willis r
. Taylor. who piloted the only italian MAJ
chine In the race. an s. ". A. He
LANDED at Nicholson, Pa. but Ia APP
parently stiii In the race. .... s..t.
4 Lieut.. q. C. Mcdonald. In a De Hav-
hand plane. was the seventh to start
from Mineola, but experienced difficulty
with his engine over the Oranges. He
managed to reach the field at Minsoia
,and again started cut This time he
INVENT of his course and crashed at Ply
3nouth. Pa.
The start at Mineola of a mysterious
de Haviiand plane bearing the number
IS, number which was not included
among those distributed by the ufficisis
OF the American Flying Club, who man
aged the race. was n mysterious phase
Of the race. Col. Archie Miller. thinking
1.-THE ship" had checked out In the usual
manner, waved the machine to go ahead
Just as It touched wheels at Roosevelt
Field. The pilot took him at his word
end shot away to Binghamton, where 1t
was reported having landed and again
taken on Nothing more was heard OF
n. -..-: 49, -,-'s
iaeai Day Tor Race.
Z The day for the big race OWNED
crystal clear ana with more than a tinge
of autumn In the air. A moderate
though chilling breeze came sweeping
across the broad Hempstead plains from
the north. swinging a few points now
<a1 and now west. but In the main from
the north. which meant a auartering
wind on the first Ian OF the raca
To Brie. Cen. William Mitchell and
Col Archie Miller. comma ndant of fly
fn9 fields on Long Island. the cloudless
DIV came AZ n great relief, for mist,
heavy clouds or rain might have meant
a far greater number OF crashes and
sdesths The vav 70 Binghamton Is dan
Sserous for airplanes because of the
hfIlx wooded factions and rocky ground
over which they must pass. A heavy
airp,nne blunderinr down through a fog
q suist ont OF her course or with a dead
ssrst~ liz ar hnur mr. m in such terri
ltsry without injury or death for her
spfloe and passenger.
I The pilots Of the planes which did
,coms down on the dash had some oppor-
itunity during the downward glide to
pick and steer for q smooth place, and
lthis explains why only one fatality &C.
CURED in this section and incidentally
smerrency landing iieids.
The piIots, clad in their leather flying
clothes. pronounced 1t great flying
weather yesterday morning and added
another sweater or shirt to their OUTFIT
when thsy felt the snap in the air. They
knew thew would fiy hiGh over that bad
country ahead of them, and they knew
~ numb,nr pover Of the lev fingers Of
ths north wind In the heixhts above the
hllltops. Al 1000 feet the breeze was
ssSsoy,ur ae.eer. niles an hour from tho
north-northeaH "a balloon tests At
Nineoia shoved. while at 1000 II fresh
ened TO twenty-e.rht miles and at 1000
:" txsn,v..exsn mile. an hour stiil from
fns rorth A. 400. a beirht which
n.osaSIv fsv II any SCARED to- for they
800 ont Tor sneed NOT heipht, the wind
lshtftsS 10 the northvest- directly ahead
81 the,r' and biew At thirty-six miles an
seur
Ne CereAeny at START