Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1919-10-17
FLYING PARSON
WINS AIR RACE
Lieut.. Maynard Flies From New
York to San Francisco in
rs Hours.
SPATz AND KEEL IN new YORK
"Sky Pilot" Says He Attributes His
Success to the Liberty Motor
Didn't Change Spark Plug At
ter Leaving Chicago.

San Francisco, Oct. 14-First Lieut.
selvin w. Maynard, plotting De Hav-
iland airpIane. leader of the west
bound flyers In the transcontinensal
air derby, flew in to the Hall of Fame
when he sped across San Francisco
bay and alighted ut the Preside at
i::23 :0T from Mineola, N. Y.
II was unoificialIy estimated that
Maynard's actual dying time for the
2T0l miles was - hours IS minutes
55ia seconds.
Lieutenant Maynard. his observer.
Master Signal Electrician w. l.. Klein.
and TriNie. the German police dog who
accompanied them. were all consider
ably weatherbeaten and glad to get
down TO earth again. but In the best
of spirits.
Maynard said weather conditions
We're perfect west OF Salduro and that
the climb over the Sierra Nevada
mountains was easy
The flyers were greeted by Lieut..
General Hunter Liggett, commanding
general of the Western department Or
the army; Maj. Gen. G. J.. Menohssr,
director of the air service; Col. II. FL
Arnold. commanding officer OF the
Western department air service; rep
resentatives Of Mayor Rolph. and 9TH
ers.
Describing his remarkable race. May
nard said;
Il attribute the success of our flight
70 the Liberty motor. II certainly has
proved itself We were not forced "
change any spark plugs after we left
Chicago. We ran almost wide open
iaost Of the way
Although we had plenty OF time Mt
night for sleep Klein and didn't
sleep much. owing 10 the roar OF the
motor all day. We are still unable 10
hear we'll
I'VE reached 10000 feet crossing
Lake Tahoe, which was the highest al
titude we made TLwas intensely cold.
Most OF the time we flew at 1.500 fect.
where we averaged almost 100 miles.
The only piece of bad luck we had on
tn trip was breaking the radiator at
Cheyenne. which delayed us for half
day.
"Crossing the Slerras was not 50
bad, although / had visions of being
stranded when we ran into the low,
smoky fog covering the San Francisco
district
I'VE went south of our course I'm
crossing the bay, but after reaching
the peninsula we picked tp the city
Immediately"
The flyers were taken TO the Palace
hotel, where q luncheon in their Ron
or was given by the Pacific Aero club.
Among those present were Lieutenant
General Liggett. Major General Memo
her. Colonel Arnold and other army
dignltaries.
MineoIa. ~ y. Oct. f3.-Darting
down ia n thrilling finish out of a sky
that b.. minutes was changing from
gray to black, Major Carl Spatz and
Lieut. Emil G. Kiel. cross continental
flyers from San Francisco. came to
rest on Mitchell field with only sec.
onds separating their arrival.
It was 6 :35 10 o'clock when Lieuten.
ant Kiel touched earth, and 6:35 &c
when the DE Hayiand 4 driven by the
major rested scarcely 100 leet away
There was amicable dispute at the
army flying fields at Mlneoia about the
actual winner of second place In the
race. and by agreement Of the princi-
pals and Of the officers who acted as
judges Major spatz should have the
honor although he was not FIRST to
alight az Roosevelt field.
Not familiar with the Long Island
fields. the major mistook Hazeihurst
field for his landing spot and dropped
there at 81 D. m.
Five transcontlnenfal aviators have
met their deaths in the great air race.
Maj. II. p. Crissy and his observer,
Sergt Virgil Thomas, were instantly
killed when their plane was wrecked
Wednesday at Salt Lake City Utah.
Sergt W. H. hewitt observer for
Col. G. Brandt, died Of injuries at De
post. n. Y.
Lieut. z. " Wales, flying west,
crashed into mountain near Chey-
enne, Wyo., in a binding snowstorm
Thursday and oied later.
Worth D. Mcclure, passenger in Maj.
A. L. Sneed's machine, died after the
plane was wrecked yesterday at Cur
tiss field. Buffalo, n. Y