Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-19
FLYING PARS0N
I WINS AIR DERBY
isi
IN QUICK Time
Arrives in MineoIa Early Sat
urday Afternoon After
Fast Flight Across
], 81 !. the Continent.
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continental flight. The single stop
will be made at Dallas. Tex, and
the lieutenant said that he expected
to make the attempt within the
coming week.
The official congratulations OF the
army were given to the victorious
aviator by Col. Archie Miller, COM
nlander of Long Island flying fields,
who awaited alphabetically until
the lieutenant could greet his family.
The most joyous member OF the
party, at least as far as demonstra-
tions went, was Trixie, the German
police dog, who accompanied the
flying parson as his mascot. Trixie's
delight at finding the solid earth I'M
der her once more knew no bounds.
and she dashed around and around
the plane joyously barking.
Maynard's Own Story.
Mineola, Oct. 1S.-"Frcm the
standpoint of. pleasure" said Lieu-
tenant Maynard, in an interview after
landing, describing his round trip,
I'VE had quite a bit out OF it, flying
over a number of states and getting
into touch with people in different
parts of the,>country.
sour hardships were scattered
over the continent. The first day
was not so bad. We were tired out
at night, very tired, in fact, when
we reached Chicago on the way to
San Francisco. The Aero club had
sleeping quarters for us on the field
They offered to take us in town, but
It would have taken us couple Of
hours to get back in the morning
SO we decided to stay on the field
We didn't get much sleep. We had
straw pillows and straw mattresses
and it was not very comfortable.
"Next morning we started out and
encountered the toughest weather
of the trip. We finally got to
Omaha and the weather got better
The wind was against US, but we
finally made Cheyenne. We were
delighted at the amount of ground
we had covered at that time.
ut was freezing cold at Cheyenne
We were ready to start before sun
up next morning. Four minutes be.
fore the sun appeared we started
our motor. We were pouring water
into the radiator, and some of it fell
into the overflow pipes and froze.
20 Degrees Above Zero.
"The temperature was about e
degrees above zero. We had to
thaw the pipes out and in so doing
we thought we had blown the radi.
ator to pieces. We took it off
brought it to town and had it re.
paired, got it back and were ready
TO leave by 1880.
''We got to Salduro that night al
sunset. The people there gave Ii.
a great reception. We got away
shortly after sunrise next morning
and made San Francisco at LIZ
The enthusia SIN was manifested by
the great number of people that
turned out, the congratulations that
were freely extended to US and the
numerous invitations to receptions
that we received.
"The ontrol stop commander:
were unprepared for our coming
Before starting the trip we thought
that the Rockies would be the worst
part for us. AS matter of fact
they were not at all bad. Over the
Rockies 500 feet above them. VIZ
found we could glide to safe land
ing place in any valley.
a Couldn't Find Field.
when we got near Reno we hae
trouble in finding the field. Smoke
hung over the city and made it diff
.ficult to see. Going out of Reno
we had to climb straight UP.
"Going from Reno to Sacramento
was the most beautiful and mos
dangerous part of the trip. Tit
mountains were covered with tree!
and snow. There was hardly room
enough to drive an oxcart through
We crossed the mountains at an al
/ titude OF about $4,000 feet.
1--WE had trouble in finding Sar
Francisco because of the heavy fot
which hung over the city and were
half way across the bay before VIZ
could see the shore. We lost abou
10 minutes trying to find the city
hut had a wonderful reception wher
once we arrived. 1t seemed Al
though the whole city was out L
welcome us. l hated to leave there
II talked in a couple of thu
churches there last Sunday and hae
ali kinds of invitations I could no
accept and was rather disappointed
to have to go away.
81 was invited to lunch by ths
king Of Belgium. He was late, ane
i did not have time to wait. ! IN,
yited him to ride, and he INFORMED
me his stay was so short he wouie
not have time.
eve had three days in San Fran
cisco, and got away about l:zo II
the afternoon on Tuesday. we
found Battle Mountain, New, abou
the most enthusiastic town in the
west. -
aBattle Mountain is the home
town of Capt. Lowell H. Smith. Iht
whole place turned out at the schoo
house that night, and they gave
dinner and dance In our honor;
did not dance. They presented III
with gold nugget and three arrow
heads. We took Trixie, the dog
along for company" :,
Sergeant Klein interrupted tns
lieutenant here to remark that dur
mo the fight "Tr;xie kept me com,
spany and helped to keep me warm;
He said the dog was unusually colo
In the mornings, but kept her most
out into the wind most of the TINT
q and seemed to enjoy the trip.
Five Reach Golden Gate.
San Francisco, Oct. le.-Five air
Names reached the Golden Gate to
dav in the first lap Of the army III
service race twice across the con
tinent IN time to qualify for the re
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