New-York tribune., 1919-10-14
field prettily, and then sideslipped
neatly and sat his ship down perfect

field prettily, and then sideslipped
neatly and sat his ship down perfect
ly."
"In this race Lieutenant MAYNARD
has shown his ability and Judgment.
That is how he won the race while sll
the other Westbound co competitors o ou''v were a,s
held up by storms. Lieutenant May
nard just opened up his engine and
went through, beating the storm that
held everybody else up. They started
out with the idea of nursing their
engines for the finish of the flight and
were caught in the storm"
Lieutenant Worthington landed at
Mineola with burnt out engine. He
said he had broken his tachometer
while flying from Sacramento to San
Francisco for the race, and therefore
had no means of telling the number of
revolutions the motor had been max
ing.
Il pushed it too much,' he said, "and
four of the valves were burnt out.
will have to get a new engine for the
return fight. Between Chicago and
Cleveland l used up two propellers
while flying through the rain The lead
ing edges Of my wings were also badly
trayed and will have to be repaired
am ready to start back though as
soon as these repairs have been COM
peted."
HIS and Captain Donaldson's are the
flrst single scatter airplaines to con-
pete the transcontinental flight, and
the only type other than a De Havi-
land that has so far been successful.
Lieutenant Worth ington had a number
OF amusing experiences on the flight
over.
4 Farmer Is Awakened
AT Rock Island" he said. 81 started
out very early in the morning. The
sergeant at Che field did not have the
omclal stop watch, so he was compelled
70 go and wake up a farmer to get an
alarm clock. The clock was later cor
rected with the stop watch. and the
exact time obtained
AT most Of the Western fields the
women caring for US have been fine.
hey came TO the fields in sheep
wagons in which they had fixed up a
stove. on this they cooked oyster
stews and hot coffee for US. and it was
most welcome. They had a hard time
fields" '0'.
Lieutenant Warrington flew from
Green River, Wyoming, to Mineola
with badly blistered hand. This was
caused through cranking his engine in
the bitter cold with his bare hand.
Some kind friend at that place stole
my. gloves" he said, land l was com
PEELED to fly to Rawlns in the cold
without them. At that place cattle
man took compassion on me and gave
me his. 1t is nothing to complain
about: Some of the tovs have lost
their lives in this race.
Room Mate Killed
My room mate. Eddie Wales. lost
his life in the Wyoming mountains in
binding snowstorm. That is the
worst of flying in a snowstorm. 1t is
worse than flying in a fog. All about
you there is solid wall of white and
! it is impossible to see through it..
Poor Eddie got off his course in the
! snowstorm and ran into a mountain he
could not see.
~ skirted all the heavy storms by
flying around them, but the smaller and
local storms flew through"
The ten pilots and observers of the
! five eastbound airplanes that have com
pleted the race were entertained by
twenty-five members of the American
Flying Club last night. After being
taken to a show they were entertained
at supper in cabaret
Lieutenant J. B. Machle, the first
pilot to leave Mineola in the race or
Wednesday, was reported having
reached Rock Island, H., last night
He has been held up by stormy weathe,
at the Eastern control stations.