Evening star., 1919-10-17
MAYNARD REPAIRS
PLANE, FLIES ON
Parson and Mechanics Work
All Night on Broken
Machine.
SMITH AGAIN IN RACE

ROCK ISLAND, ILL.,, October IT,
Lieut.. Belvfn w. Maynard was
given nm ovation by IN enormous
crowd. ON his arrival here at 1918
from Des Moines, having made
the l5S-mile trip In S3 min
utes, breaking his record for the
same leg ON his trip west.
By the Associated Press.
OMAHA. Neb.. October 17.-Undaunt-
ed by q broken crank shaft, which
caused him to make forced landing
in a cornfield near Wahoo. Neb.. forty
miles west of Omaha. yesterday, Lieut..
Belvin w. Maynard and a crew OF
mechanics from Ak-Sar-Ben Field.
Omaha, worked all night installing a
new motor in order that the flying
parson" might continue his fight to-
day. The new motor was taken from
the Martin bomber. pfloted by Capt.
Roy N. Francis. which was wrecked
in a fog near Yutan, Neb., ten miles
from the scene of the Maynard wreck.
1t was s o'clock this morning when
Maynard hoped off from Wahoo. ar
irving at Omaha in quick time, and
resumed his fight eastward at 8:48:33
am. His machine was working per-
fectly when he left the ground at
landed at Herring Field. at Des Moines.
at 1918, leaving for Rock Island at
1852:
On learning at Wahoo that it was
possible for him to obtain another
motor, Lieut.. Maynard jubilantly said:
'I am still in the race and will make
up for lost time when l again take
the air." He Immediately began TAX
ing. his motor from the plane while
mechanics in a motor truck from Fort
Omaha rushed the new motor to him.
Farmers Helped the Parson.
The plane was circled by motor
trucks and automobiles of farmers in
the vicinity of the wreck last night
furnishing light for making the re-
pairs. Capt. Francis hurried to the
scene of the wreck to assist in making
the repairs and allow Maynard to OBJ
tain a short rest before beginning his
fight today.
Maynard was making a record
breaking fight yesterday until his
motor failed him.
Smith Takes Spatz's Plane.
BUFFALO, October 1Z-Capt. Low
ell H. Smith. flying in the airplane
than half the course of the trans
continental contest, left here at
12:2s:3o for Cleveland.
Mai. Spatz, who reached Buffalo this
morning on his return flight to San
Francisco, informed the Army. OFF,
cials at Mineola by long-distance
telephone today that he desired to
withdraw from the race. He ex-
pressed a wish to turn his machine
over to Capt. Smith, whose airplane
was burned at Buffalo while being
repaired, to enable him to continue
his return trip westward from that
city.
Kiel and Queens Hop Of.
M1NEoLA, N. Y, October IT,
Heid up all day yesterday by un-
70 vorahIe weather conditions, Lieuts.
n r. Kiel and B. S. Worthington were
I'M early this morning to take the air
in the wake Of Maj. Carl Spatz and
Can't. L. H. Smith, who have preceded
them on the return fight to San Fran
cisco. Kiel reached Binghamton at
l1:2S o'clock.
Lieut.. H. E. Queens. whose plane
was badly buffeted on the trip east,
started for San Francisco at 11:22:54
am. Maj. ]. c. Bartholf. the only
other San Francisco entrant to reach
Mineola. will not start the return
trip until Monday.
Movements in West.
SAN FRANCISCO, October 1.-Two
more of the thirteen contestants who
have reached the Golden Gate from
Mineola, N. Y. in the Army trans
continental air race were reported
ready to begin their 2,7Ol-mtIe flight
back to their starting point. They
were Capt. H. c. Drayton and Lieut..
III. w. Sheridan.
Capt. J; Q. Donaldson, No. SO in the
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