The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-09-23
TITANIC Of THE AIR To STOP
HERE ON WAY To PACIFIC COAST
Gigantic Aeroplaue Carrying twenty-five
Passengers TO Land Near Moundsvt1le
On rrans-Conttnsntal Voyage
Ono OF The Pilots Of The Big Plano
Arrives Here to Locate Landing
Place For Machine

| The largest aeroplane in tho world.
; the Titanic Of the air. owned by the
Lawson Aeroplane Transportation COM
; pany, Of Milwaukee. Wis. will appear
over the City OF Wheeling within The
next few days with its twentE-SlX pas
sengers on board and after circling over
1 tho city for p few minutes will swoop
down like n great bird and land on the
. Johnson c. Mckinley property near
. Moundsville, the only vacant lot large
enough in m" entIre Wheeling diStriC'
for the plane TO land upon. The machine
will make the "trip from Washington
y. c., TO this city without making
stop. and will cross the highest point
~ the Laurel mountains enroutc 10 thls
city.
Aviator \ G.. pendcltoa. former lieut.
cnan, instructor in the United States
array and ono OF thf pilots Of tn" big
plane arrived in the city yesterday
afternoon and immediately went INTO
conference with Harry J.. CorcoraiL a.
the Wheeling Chamber Of Commerce ana
with his very able assistance secured
tho big field near Moundsvil!o MT
johnson c. Mckinley. the well known
coal operator ot this city. IS the owner
OF the field and he gladly consented TO
its use by tho big plane. The held Is
located between the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad tracks and the Ohio river and
Is Ave thousand yards long by three
thousand yards in width and will be
large enough to accommodate the plane.
Largest in the World
The plane has a carrying capacity or
Is, 900 hounds and measures 80 feet IN
length. 1t is equipped with two Liberty
motors developing 500 horse power, is
80 feet in height and has an enclosed
cabin with seats and an isle like Pull
man car. The aviator is seated in q
separate cabin enclosed by glass. The
plane carries IS passengers with case.
In the party who will make the trip
from Washington to this city will be
Newton D. Baker. Jr.. son Of Secretary
Of War Baker: Alfred w. Lawson de-
sisncr, owner and navigator: Charles
Cox, formerly of the Canadian Royal
Flying Corps. who is plotting the mach
inc, and his wife. TO whom he was mar
ried but yesterday and who is making
her initial flight; Vincent Burpellt as
sistant designer and chief engineer; Carl
Scharey, chief mechanic and Andrew
Surina. assistant chief mechanic. TWO
other women passengers and a number
Of newspaper and motion picture men
will be aboard.
To rake Up Local oricials
The plane will likely make one trip
over the city and will take up some OF
the city officials on a sight seeing tour.
The next stop after leaving this city
will be at Columbus, then Kansas City.
Lincoln Nebraska; Salt Lake City, Utah.
and Frisco"
! There are windows in the cabin OF the
air ship through which passengers can
look over the country enroutC. 1t was
| designed and built at Milwaukee. Wis.
| by Mr.. Lawson and he made the trip
! from that city TO Toledo. Cleveland.
Buffalo. Syracuse. New York and to
Washington. where he took Secretary Of
War Newton D. Baker and number OF
L. S. Senators and Congressman for
flight yesterday afternoon. 1t was Sec
rotary Bakers first flight.
: Wheeling on Regular Route
! II is the intention of Mr.. Lawson to
have a number of trans-continental lin
crs in operation within the next six
months and Wheeling Will be one of the
regular stopping places. providing
suitable landing place can be secured.
1t is up 10 the citizens TO secure
place" said Mr.. Pendelton. land If they
fail TO do so some other city will have
the landing place" The machine may
reach hcrc sometime tomorrow