Arizona republican., 1919-06-07
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 JUST FLEW IN
Young Woman Secretary of Prescott Chamber of Com merce Makes Call on The
 Republican by Airplane

Lieut.. | C. Baker of the air service, flying a plane in the Arizona recruit ing campaign. brought an unexpected passenger 10 Phoenix last night in the person of Miss Grace M. Sparks, sec retary of the YaVapai county chamber of commerce at Prescott
 Lieut.. Baker. with Captain L. E Appleby, in charge or the aerial re cruitinG squadron in this state. flew to Prescott yesterday morning to make government aerial pictures of Nhipple Barracks. On the return journey, Miss Sparks was substituted Flor the captain and made the flight back 10 Phoenix. The captain returned by motor car late last night
 Captain Appleby and Lieut.. Eaker, who have been launching their re- Icruiting campaign here since last Tuesday, took off in the Curtiss two scatter soon after 10 o'clock yesterday morning, after receiving several re- cruits for the air service at their of flee on the War Work building lot at First avenue and Monroe street. In addition to their photographing, one Of the objects of the trip was to pave the way for a later recruiting cam paign at Prescott
 Take Photos From hirplane
 Owing to the mountains the north ward trip was made at an altitude general ranging around 5000 feet The landing at Prescott was made at noon on the target field selected for that purpose by Capt. Appleby in an air visit several weeks ago. The two army tliers were met on the field by Colonel Bliss. commandant at Whipple Bar racks, F. $. Viele, president of the Ch bpt. Of f.nr71y,an,-no aD5 T ,-fO AJl1+. of the Prescott Journal Miner.
 Luncheon was taken at the barracks after which Captain Appleby and Lieut.. Baker. the former as the pho tographer. flew aloft for the picture work. Photographs were taken of the new barracks from the air on all sides and several stills later snapped from the ground.
 Woman Is Passenger
 The return flight was started at }: 3C o'clock, Miss Sparks taking the for ward seat of the plane instead of Cap tain Appleby. The captain, with Maj FC. F. Coffin of the barracks and Ton FBate of Prescott, immediately started flor the trip to Phoenix by land, travel ing by motor car. The motorists die not arrive until late hour.
 A comparatively uneventful fligh was experienced by the army Dlrum3I and his woman companion. The plane (which was not equipped for eros: country work. ran short of gas, how. ever, before the flight could be ended and a forced landing was made a Glendale in a cotton field. No diff culty was met, fortunately, and aftel replenishing their supply of fuel anC waving farewells to the large crowo which had immediately gathered, Lieut. Baker and Miss Sparks resumed thu flight. A perfect landing was mad, at the state fair grounds field soo1 after o'clock
 More Planes Coming
 Miss Sparks, who has the honor t be the second woman ever to make cross country airplane flight in Ari zona, went to the home of MT. an, Mrs. P. k. Mines, where she will sta. during her visit here. Lieut.. Fake went to his quarters at the Arizoni club, where he was joined by Captain Appleby on the latter's arrival.
 Captain Appleby, or a part of hi squadron will later visit Prescott | open the recruiting drive there for tn air service. Lieut.. Baker will prob ably delay his departure for the coas until tomorrow mOrE;ng. Captain Alp pleby probably will be joined today b two more planes, one of which wi come directly from Rockwell Field.