The Lake County times., 1919-08-02
Reporter
Becomes
Skylark
His Knees Wobbled a Bit,
But After They Belted 1.
Him in the Plane He
Was o. X.
by Ia J. PARRY
(Tues Reporter.)

Ihis here sky-larking is e great little
game
Everybody in Gary IS trying it,
It's just like golf. football. swimming
and other outdoor sports and one might
even say love. it gets you or it don't
1t got me like a lot of other Garsites
and 1 can't get over it, Now they all
want airships instead of automobiles.
II you don't know what sky-larklng is
all YOU have got TO do is to get out to
the landing field at 5lst street and So
Broadway in Gary. inquire for Pilots
G. W. Parmley and Paul Minor Of the
Interstate Airline company Of Chicago
jump into the front seat of a bi-plane
and they will do the rest
Anyone with any sporting blood who
wouldn't spend s15 for ride like I got
is in a class by himself It's worth a
hundred per. or course reporter
couldn't give that much as ne never gets
that much per
Well. I consider myself 10 be one Of
the fortunate. I went out 10 the field
Thursday but It rained and I was dis
appointed. The airships did not go up
Again I went out TO the field yesterday
and happened in at a lucky hour.
Want to take a rider" said Pilot
Parmley and some how or other 7
couldn't say no after coming out for
that purpose
Sure. you bet your life I want 70 60
and helped me to his machine. Ny knees
wobbled somewhat. I'll admit. when I
climbed into the front seat. had just
got settled when the pilots mechanic ad-
tusted wide belt around my body and
said. "Oh. that's all right just want TO
TX you UP so you won't fall out" and ]
thought to myself. Gee. what's this
bird going to do to me-" At that he
adjusted leather cap over my head and
ears, gave me pair OF goggles and
began to Teel like a real aviator. Heav-
en- knows how I looked.
Soon the roar of the propeller and en-
gine drowned all other sounds and an
instant later I felt the plane picking its
way along the field and when I loked
down again We wer in the air I noticed
my pilot heading off towards the north
east which he explained to me later. that
he did that to avoid running into air
pocket over the woods north of the land
ing field.
We were now headed north towards
Gary in the face IA strong north wind.
The plane rose higher and higher TO a
height OF 1000 feet where a noticeable
difference was found in the air. The
pilots course took us over Broadway to
the mills and the lake. The perspective
cf Gary at that heighth and position
was nothing short of wonderful.
AS we dipped and turned south I felt
the wind at our back and we raced at a
100 mile an hour clip. On Utmost no time
to the landing field where after a pretty
spiral Pilot Parmely made a perfect
landing He proved himself a master Of
the machine every minute of the inter
esting trip. The only trouble was that
the time and trip ended too quickly.
While 1 was gone DIR. H Stephens.
got the fever and went up with Pilot
Wilnor." Give her all you got" said
Doc and the Pilot did. Mr. Milnor made
the plane do everything but the Shin
my. I'm going 10 trade that old bus
Of mine in and buy one Of those birds" :"
said Doc What do they cost? I'm
going UP again tomorrow and put on a
show"
As Sunday IS the last day scheduled
for passenger flights. a large crowd Is
expected at the field tomorrow and tho
popular young pilots expect 10 be IN
the air nearly all day because so many
have spoken in advance for rides.
Gary had her picture taken from the
dizzy heights Of an air-plane today.
Yesterday Photographer Harry Bortz
Of Gary. made arrangements with Pill
OTIS Parmerly and Milner to get a large
number of views OF the city. He will
use a fast Grahex camera of the press
type They will be placed on exhibition
and sale in the very near future.
Pilots Parmley and Miner found
themselves two busy men today and
from the landing site at 51st street and
South Broadway were besieged with
passengers wanting flights
This afternoon Parmley and Milner
gave a stunt exhibition at Gleason Park.
They were assisted by Mechanic Oswald
known as the human hy." He thrilled
thousands of sky gazers by crawling
about the wings of the plane.
The following Gary people have TAX
en- rides with the two popular young
flyers. AL Forsberg. Mr.. and Mrs. Potts
and family. ]. Seckerson. Miss Gordon.
r c. Hanson, Jacob LaGura- Mr.. McHie.
of Dave and Macks. Dds. William j.
White, H stephens and Dalby. L. J.
Parry of the Gary Evening Times. G. Q.
Overmeyer. Harry Bortz. V. w Young.
Ed Kleinsmidt. J. Q. Gunderson. Mrs.
Ethel Scheuman. Charles Gieger Mrs.
A. Carnduff and f. H Bowlby.