The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1919-06-20
!, pLACKLER-sruNr FLYER

, u,,ckler and pictures oil Lieut. ni"cN-
~ D, and his machine
=, The flights were made in aid OF the
,n Army drive in the southern
Nv sI,r One of the papers sald OF the
CIV ,s. at Perry W. Blackler, an
ns '.or from Souther field. thrilled
" .,.S,ians Thursday morning with "A
Au ~har Of stunts which he perform
na ror the city shortly before noon"
g = 20 an account of another flight the
-, told of the young aviator drop
s sae recruiting posters over the city
r.' sop the return trip Lieutenant
~..l,ar raced with a train, and beat
- The machine hung low, just above
,hs cars, and passengers in the OBJ
...vstion car flocked to the rear plat
:, n witnes the race. The airplane
~, hack for moment, and then sud
-, '..,v leaped ahead, Col Bailey, its
.sssneer. waving triumphant good
bye
a0ld Bill" Keller, special writer
M the Atlanta Georgian gives num-
s,ous and vivid account of doing the
,.on.the-loop, nose dive and tail spin
IN Lieutenant Blackler as pilot:
aTotal prohibition of the teetotalist
,voe has no terrors for this little cit
,,sn I'VE found a jag that beats any
v,u can get from ticker, hard or soft
y assy. It's the air jag, and you take
| i plane But not straight
Thanks to Colonel Bill" Bailey, I
mt A sure-enough ride in a plane last
thursday. In addition to being my
honored friend for life. Colonel Bailey
i head Of the army recruiting station
h the transportation building here
IN that capacity he got Lieutenant
Perry W. Blackler and his plane over
from Souther Field. to fly for the Sal
ution Army, and incidentally to let
the boys know there was regular re-
crutng station around here.
This Lieutenant Blackler also is
nv friend for life. had heard of him
va clever AVIATOR and sumter, and
nobody could possibly convince me
now that he isn't perfect airman. He
can make a plane stand on its head.
lie down, roll over and call him uncle.
know this because he did all these
things-with me in the plane.
Il saw Lieutenant Blackler in his
big Curtiss plane over the city Thurs
day morning. He was stunning under
cloudy sky in mean wind He was
putting on show, too, with his part
ner dropping pecks of little Salvation
Army dodgers At once | was smitten
with admiration and ambition. I call
ed up Colonel Bailey and reminded
BIN Of promise he made me quite
long time ag0-to get me an air ride
the next time he could. I suggested
modestly that this was the time Col
onel Bailey wasn't sure about it. He
nid he'd see. At S:15 p. m. he and
Lieut. Blackler walked into the shop
and wanted to know If | was still in
the notion.
The hop off was very easy and
gradual, and we scared up and out on
1 vide turn, ready to come back and
drop at the photographer Here was
the first and only time that l felt the
belt holding me down. When he was
ready to duck he turned her nose
down 30 suddenly that she fell out
nom under me-excepting for the belt
over my lap. I was sitting on absolute
nothing for moment, and we were
sliding down, straight at the little
group OF little figures in the white
field.
We came on then awfully fast, it
seemed - me. And then he turned tie
riae upward-straight upward ap-
prently; and we went up with
mighty bound. felt the seat all right
mat time It nearly telescoped my
spine. We did this three times and
men set out for town.
fou DO feel bit lonesome, after
you get used to the business of flying.
Dhekler was taking it easy. Most of
ue tlme he drove with his left hand
aone, his right resting carelessly on
ae nm Of the cockpit. He looked
downward a good deal, meditatively.
occasionally he looked out over the
usacins poppet valves of the eight
vihaer motor ahead. looked at
usnl 700. As We were getting we'll
"er inc city 1t suddenly occurred to
Me 'nat the performance of that par
'Nu.al Curtissf engine amounted to a
sood deal in my young life. Out in the
wea doesn't matter so much if your
sae,ne dles on you-a bump in field
auout tne worst, with a trained fly
tne helm But if you are well
s0wa over city and your motor boys
s s.a' wen, you're out of luck. rather.
~ Office building or house
~ STOP you. but you will not look
ns same afterward.
WV tnis Is the way a loop feels, |
:. ~ Tue occasion of your first looping
s ao your second, third, fourth and
We did five in rapid succession.
n, naed my somewhat foggy ideas
-. "'y =. on remembering just what it
WE'LL i0'''oinoei iaiii'
n... ainiy You are moving at a ire
,..., us rate, with the motor alter
80" roaring and purring as il is cut
tam, - ana OFT. But you are moving
o ~,slsnt ahead. except that the seat
yon res you hard 1t does not seem that
sls, are turning over. 1t is everything
,ns mat Is turning over. The first
n.r .ssslon when the plane is actually
,o ,l - up to the sky is the only one
~, ill., usse OF anything but forward mo-
ths NJ. AFTER that, the city is overhead;
slv 4 me sky; then the city; then the
up r saa so on. But always you look
se,.. .aat Is very funny thing. Five
M a'e and distinct times l looked
bs., =, tne city of Atlanta, over my
iullS ~" a a ceiling. watched as care