The Monroe journal., 1919-11-07

The aviator and the governor blew up
al an altitude OF about two thousand
feel Maynard eireled the school
numerous times. dropping a few
hundred feet al each circumference.
When h came low down and the
figures 81" lOOmed up. the crowd
yelled and began TO make for the
landing field a mile away on the golf
links.
Pilot Maynard sailed above the viii
lags and then turned TO the lOwlands
near the creek. A thousand vehicles,
buggies. baby carriages. automobiles
and fOrds. appeared To be standing
on the hill. Sergeant Wilson. of the
college. also OF the air service. and
trainer of Trixie. was out there with
the crowd and interested in the land
ing. which did not look good TO him.
Down the machine dropped. the gas
oline was cut OF. and in the arcade
along the creek the De Havland
sailed without power. IL came below
the lallest trees. and then Maynard
pulled the throttle open. Up il shot
like a rocket. and the air party was
again sailing high. The pilot flew
back To the spot chosen for the
landing. and came lower still. Bick-
EFT leaned out, waved his hands. ana
Maynard. now within few feet OF
the earth. shook his head The sign
spelled no landing TO those near
enough 10 see the nod. But the
plane was almost on its feet. May
nard pushed the lever and again the
engine jerked the plane above the
trees.
WitIings lost glorious opportunity
here. They drew a picture OF May
nard leading Beckett. an apostate
Baptist into the creek and baptizing
him new. But the flier skinned the
water and rose to one thousand feet
In no time. Cutting the machine TO
right and heading toward Raleigh the
college boys and newspaper fellows
who had seen the signals knew that
there would be no landing. Beckett
and Maynard sailed over Forestville,
looked the ground over and tried to
find a landing place between Raleigh
and Wake Forest, but nothing looked
better than the golf links and they
never caught Maynard's eye.
They returned to Raleigh and
( landed on the field which Lieutenant
/ Runser chose last week when a
farmer booted him OFF the sacred
acres of the rustic. The governor had
I been i'm the air more than half an
I hour and had ridden about seventy
4 five miles. Immediately after finding
the earth they set out TO Wake Forest
in an automobile. but meeting the
/ governors machine coming back. MI.
MAYNARD returned to the college ana
Z Governor Beckett 10 his work To-
night he went back and participated
7 in the exercises.
4 This was Governor Bickett's first
air ride. II was not the time thal
/ Collector Bailey. supervisor Waits
| Senator Simmons and others of the
I Guard have suspected him OF being
/ in the air, but that's another story.
1 Sampson county preacher VINO was
breaking a flight with two or three
/ days of lionization here. gave 10 the
/ North Carolina executive his most
thrilling experience. The governor
] com FSSeu Il lew ulpHiNiiAS VI
He knew how near the ground May
nard carried him twice and the hop
of had its peculiar sensations. On
the whole the ride was delightful and
the governor would keep it in ms
book.
Lieutenant Maynard's great eau
tion and therefore his success as a
pilot showed itself throughout the
trim" Governor Beckett said, i
kenw before we left that in all proba-
bility we should not land. Lleutenan,
Maynard said atmospheric conditions
would have much TO do with the
lighting and the wind was eXacu!
wrong today. He takes no chances
with his machine or his companions
But hope that he will quit ny
ing soon. He is in business when
has too many hazards to miss If one
stays in it long. And his career has
been full of glory"