The Glenwood post., 1919-08-23
Quartette Of Big Ships Land in Glen.
wood and Remain Here -Four Days
While Men Enjoy Rest
EXHIBIT BEFORE MANY PEOPLE

Glenwood has been greatly honored
the past week by visit of the federal
flying circus, consisting of four NAM
mouth DeHaviland bombing planes,
manned by eight men, or four ieuten-
ants and four enlisted men who are
expert mechanics, and these as we'll
as the officers are all capable fliers.
These aerial visitors are known as
the Transcontinental Aerial squadron,
and they come from the Ellington
field at Houston, Texas.
The coming of these strange visitors
has been ntic.pated for several
months, and the people of Glenwood
as well as those of the surrounding
country have been looking anxiously
for them ever since August Z, the date
first announced for their arrival in
this city.
The uncertainty of the exact time
of their coming detracted considerable
from the interest in the much herald
ed event and, because of this unfortu-
nate condition, the attendance was
much less than it would otherwise
have been.
When it was learned Friday night
that the filters would reach Glenwood
about 4:3O Saturday afternoon, the
news was passed rapidly from one cit
izen to another and also phoned to all
nearby towns and communities with
the result that at the time fixed for
their arrival Saturday the land ng
field at the polo grounds south Of
town was we'll filled with home folks
and visitors, and cars were parked on
both sides of the lane from the city
limits to the Wilson ranch. g.
About Sis announcement was made
that the fliers had just left Grand
Junction and would arrive in Glenwood
in about an hour from that time. TIL =
discouraging news caused many to
leave the field, but nevertheless when
tho first plane arrived from the direc-
tion of Carbondale, large crowd was
present on the grounds to greet it.
The people rushed up to the strange
bird in. such manner that Lieutenant
Anderson was obliged to ask them to
keep back, and finally it was found
necessary to enclose the ship with ropes
in order to prevent damage to the ma
chimes through the curiosity of the
people.
The second machine to land was that
driven by Lieutenant Killgore, who
handled the ship with perfect skill
and made q beautiful landing. Lieu
tenant Rugh was the next to land, but
he was not quite SO successful and
was not able to check his machine
until it had passed beyond the bounds
of the landing field and into the al
falfa field on the Wilson ranch. How
ever, it was soon brought into place
BY the side Of the other planes, and
then it was that it was made known
to the officers that the fourth plane,
in charge Of Lieutenant Mutt, had
landed in q pasture on the Big -Four
ranch at Carbonate.
This premature landing was due 10
the fact that the drivers all lost them
selves between Grand Junction and
Glenwood, due to Their failure to take
instrument bearings, and some Of thcm
flew as far as Aspen and then followed
down the river to Glenwood. Mutt
was not 1t all sure of his location and
preferred to land and identity the
country. He came to Glenwood Sat-
nrday evening and returned Sunday
morning Aad flew down here without
any difficulty making splendid
landing ON the field.
Efforts were made Sunday to have
the boys give . flying exhibition fer
the benefit Of the large crowd present,