The Washington times., 1919-10-23
D. c. ACE TELLS HOW
HE WON ARMY RACE.
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plateau at an elevation of 5000 feet.
While I was there, Lieutenant Web
ster took of in a De Haviland. The
air at this altitude is so thin that II
takes a long time for heavy air
plane to get sufficient speed to fly
Lieutenant webster's machine could
not get the requi red speed, and
rolled of the table line into the can
yon of the Green river, the bed of
which lies 1S7 feet below. We all
rap to the edge of the cliff expecting
TO see the plane lying at the bottom
a wreck. Much to our astonishment,
It appeared that strong wind was
blowing through the canyon The up
rush of air caught the wings of
webster's machine and enabled him
to regain control of his ship, so that
almost Immediately he began climb
ing and circling about and was soon
on his way.
Field Dangerous.
The control stop commander told
me the field was so peculiar that
several fliers merely touched their
wheels, and. seeing they were about
to roll off the cliff. as Webster did.
gave their ships the gun and went
on their way.
. The S. E.-5, although a light ma
chine. has the, advantage of being
high powered. Flying low, 1 sought
the protection of every hill, in the trip
on to Sal Lake. 1 followed the passes
through the mountains, frequently
skimming through at an elevation Of
only twenty-five to fifty feet.
i stopped for a short while at Salt
Lake, and in the afternoon hoped of
for Salduro. Utah, whre L spent the
might. It was here that that my ma
chine was damaging in landing. The
right leg of the under carriage was
broken and one of the center section
wires was broken Luckily, Salduro
was a control station. and as the next
day was Sunday, calling for no flight,
I experienced no delay. On Monday
morning. bright and early, I took off
for Battle Mountain. New. Battle
Mountain. BY the way, is a rip-roaring
Western town. The people came in
from miles around to see the air.
plane.
Horse Bows Before SF1iyver-
The only difference that 1 could
see between Battle Mountain of today
and the old frontier towns we read
about, was that most Of the peo1e
travelled in 'flivvers' instead of horse
back. However, every "flivyer" had
and in every pocket there was a load
ed rifle. Many of the ranchefs were
curious as to the commercial use of
airplanes- While was there, a COM
psny of Indians came down from the
- reservation.
They were greatly impressed, but
the squaws were more courageous
than the braves They came closer.
and one old hunch-backed woman had
the timerity to reach out and touch
the tip of a wing. She gave a scream.
and jumped back as though she had
been hurt.
The trip INTO San Francisco that
day was not marked by any extraor-
dinary occurances. After two days in
san Francisco, where all the aviators
wereroy ally entertained, jumped on
on the return jaunt. 1 had started
little late and made a forced land
ing near Sacramento, without delay
jumped on to Sacramento.
- ysst Dsdges Death Peak.
The next day I made 71o miles to
RAwiins, Wyo., and 1t was on this hop
that had the narrow escape from
humping into Lookout mountain, one
of the highest peaks in the Elk Range
Of Utah. rising to an altitude OF IL, 900
feet Lieutenant Wales came to his
death when his plane -collided with
this same mountain and Lieutenant
Maynards plane likewise narrowly
escaped destruction at this point.
The following day 1 madee s44
miles to Rock Island, Ill, and in the
trip passed through two severe snow
storms. A total Of s3S miles to Bing-
hampton was the next days fight.
bringing me within a short distance
of the final objective-Mineola Field.
l spent the neght at Binghampton,
and on the following day jumped off
for New York. The rain was blind,
there was a dense fog, and the
weather was biting cold.
Last Lap Hardest.
This. curiously enough, was the
hardest trip of the entire voyage. I
had had no breakfast, and the nery-
Gus strain arising out OF the exertion
in trying to follow my course was
very exhausting. To say that was
happy bird when / sighted MineoIa
il putting il mildly.
The one outstanding feature OF nv
trip, ] believe, is the fact that flew
very low the entire distance May
nsrd. on the other hand, using a
heavy plane. ewvhigh. 1t just goes
"a show the contrast between the two
types, and the advantages of each.
DEAD, HORSE SLEEPS.
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