Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-10-17
FLYING PARSON
WINS AIR RACE
Lieut.. Maynard Flies From New
York to San Francisco in
rs Hours.
SPATz and KlEL 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. 13.-First Lieut..
Belvin w. Maynard, plotting De Hav-
Hand 4 airplane, leader of the west
bound flyers in the transcontinental
air derby, flew in to the Hall of Fame
when he sped across San Francisco
bay and alighted at the Preside at
:23 :07 from Mineola, n. Y.
It was unofficially estimated that
NAynards actual flying time for the
2,7O1 miles was "a hours So minutes
551a seconds.
Lieutenant Maynard, his observer,
Master Signal Electrician w. E. Klein,
and TriXie, the German police dog who
a ceompanied them, were all consider
ably weatherbeaten and glad to get
down to earth again, but in the best
of spirits.
Maynard said weather conditions
| were 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 of
the army; Maj Gen. c. J. Menoher,
| director of the air service; Col. Fl. I'll.
Arnold, commanding officer of the
| Western department air service; rep
resentatives of Mayor Rolph, and 9th
ers.
Tells of Record Dash.
| Describing his remarkable race, May
nard said:
81 attribute the success of our flight
to the Liberty motor. 1t certainly has
proved itself We were not forced 70
change any spark plugs after we left
Chicago. We ran almost wide open
most of the way.
Although we had plenty of time at
night for sleep, Klein and I didn't
sleep much, owing to the roar of the
motor all day. We are still unable to
hear well.
"We reached 1900 feet crossing
Lake Tahoe, which was the highest al
titude we made. 1t was intensely cold
Most of the time we flew at 1000 feet
where we averaged almost 120 miles
The only piece of bad luck we had on
|
Cheyenne, which delayed US for half
a day.
Bothered by Pacific Fog.
"Crossing the Sierras was not sc
bad, although I had visions of being
stranded when we ran into the low
smoky fog covering the San francisco
district.
1--WE went south of our course in
crossing the bay, but after reaching
the peninsula we picked up the city
Immediately"
The flyers were taken to the Palace
kotel, where luncheon in their hon
or was given by the Pacific Aero club
Among those present were Lieutenant
! General Liggett, Major General Memo
her, Colonel Arnold and other army
1ignitaries.
Rival Racers Reach MineoIa, N. Y.
/ Mineola, N. Y, Oct. 13.-Dartin:
down in a thrilling finish out of a SKI
that by minutes, was changing from
gray to black, Major Carl Spatz ant
Lieut.. Emil c. Kiel, cross continenta
|
rest on Mitchell field with only sec
onds separating their arrival.
1t was 30 10 o'clock when Lieuten
n ant Kiel touched earth, and 6 :35 81
i when the De 'Haviland 4 driven by tn,
major rested scarcely 100 feet away.
There was amicable dispute at tn,
army flying fields at MineOla about th'
actual winner of second place in th'
race, and by agreement of the princi
pals and of the officers who acted a
8 Judges Major Spatz should have tn,
, honor, although he was not first t,
alight at Roosevelt field.
Not familiar with the Long Islant
0 fields, the major mistoOk Hazelhurs
field for his landing spot and dropped
here at 6 81 p. m.