Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-10-19
1t. B. w. Maynard is First in
Field of Fliers to Reach
MinneOla.
MAKES TWO MILES PER
MINUTE AT FINISH
Wife and Children First to Greet
Triumphant Aviator Who Gives
All Credit to His "Non-
Com" Aide.

age of nearly two miles a minute, s.
400 miles across the continent and
return, through snow, fog, clouds and
rain, Lieutenant Belvin w. Maynard
landed on Roosevelt field here at 1 80
O'clock this afternoon, the first avia-
tor to finish in the army's great
trans-continental air race and relia-
bility test. He carried as passen-
gers Master Electrician William E.
Klein of Harrisburg, Pa, whom he
described as observing the greatest
credit" and "Trixie," a Belgian police
dog.
Unofficial figures compiled here
tonight by the American flying club
show that Lieutenant Maynard's ac-
tual flying time on the return trip
was "a hours, as minutes and eight
seconds, only few minutes less than
his unofficial flying time on his
westbound trip.
Under the rules of the contest,
however, time spent between control
stations must be counted in the &C.
tual flying time as computed by the
race. This means that the 10 hours
Lieutenant Maynard spent changing
motors in a corn field in Wahoo,
Neb., where he was forced down be-
cause of broken crank shaft, will be
added to his official flying time. The
unofficial total elapsed time on the
return trip was 90 hours, 80 minutes
and 48 seconds. Including three
days spent in San Francisco. the
round trip was made in approximate
ly 10 days and five hours.
Undaunted by the fact that 10
lives have been lost directly and in
directly as a result of the race, Lieut.
Maynard announced within an hour
after he had landed that within
few weeks he would attempt a one
stop flight from Mineola to San
Diego, CAL, with Dallas, Tex, the
only stopping point.
Start Soon Again.
A modified type of De Haviland
plane, somewhat similar to that he
used in the cross-country race, has
been fitted up for him here and the
start will be made as soon as he has
had an opportunity to make few
trial flights and become familiar
with the new machine. Lieut.. L.
p. Bradshaw, who has been flying
since 1912, and entered the army as
an enlisted man, will be his compan-
ION on his attemptd one-stop flight.
Lieutenant Maynard flew the 142
miles Of the last stage in his great
Tight from ocean to ocean and re-
turn, at speed of nearly two miles
3, minute. Several minutes before
the landed his plane was visible flash
ing across the cloudless sky in the
brilliant sunshine of perfect au"
tumn day.
The first persons to greet him as
ne stepped from his machine at the
conclusion of his historic flight were
his wife and two little girls, who
rushed acros sthe field amid the
frantic cheering of the hundreds Of
spectators who were marshalled at a
SAFE distance by special details of
The first words uttered by Lieu
tenant Maynard when he put his
root on Mother Earth again were a
generous tribute to Sergeant n. p.
Klein, his companion on the flight.
Sergeant Klein deserves the
greatest credit" said the lieutenant.
1T is all up to the lieutenant
promptly retorted the sergeant. HE
IS the greatest pilot on EARTH"
Between Lieutenant Maynard and
ms Wife, however, it was not ques-
ion OF words. Mrs. Maynard was at
me side of the. airplane almost before
y mad come to rest, and her husband
,eaned from his seat and embraced
ner silently, His two little girls
8 were then lifted up one after the 9TH
er 70 KISS their triumphant father.
:; Lieutenant Maynard's second pub
hc announcement following his tri-
uu1e to his companion in the great
h: was a signal proof that neither
.ls courage nor nerve had been af-
t tscted by the gruelling test to which
, M,; mad been subjected. He declared
"l'h smile that he would be off
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