Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-10-18
FLYING PARSON'
AND ASSISTANTS
LABOR At NIGHT
To REPAIR PLANE
Lieut.. B, w. Maynard Tells
Story of How They ToiIed
In a Nebraska CornfieId to
Fix Damaged Machine,
OLD ENGINE REMOVED;
NEW ONE Is INSTALLED
Rig Up a Chain Over the Limb
of a Tree and Use This In
provised Hoist to Exchange
These Heavy Parts,
tsr MORNING JousnAL cpse'sl LEASED wrHsl


Chicago, Oct 17.--The story of how
they repaired their damaged airplane
in a Nebraska corn field, was obtain
ed from the "Flying Parson," Lieuten-
ant 3. w. Maynard and his observer
when they passed through Chicago to-
day. Except for the breaking of a
crank shaft in Nebraska yesterday,
they believed they were making bet
ter time going east than they ala
westward Lieutenant Maynard was
rather cryptic, merely saying ne tleW
better than he talked.
All last night while the pilot slept
w. +. Kline, Maynard's S observer, with
a farmer mechaniclan, and attaches OF
the Nebraska good roads service, VINO
happened to be near Wahoo, Neb.'
when Maynard pumped into corn
field, toiled to install the big liberty
motor from the wreck of Captain Roy
Francis bombing plane into number
81. These two did the skilled work
alone.
I'VE trusted to luck and went to
work" Kline explained.
They rugged up chain over the
limb of big tree and with 1t lllted
out the broken motor and hoisted IN
the new engine.
Machine Ready at Dawn.
Dawn was breaking when the last
nut fastening the propeller was
frightened, and the engine ready.
80. X, warm her up said Ldeuteh-
ant Maynard.
Kline climbed into the cockpit and
manipulated switch and throttle uhti'
satisfied that the big power plant was
1, aI,f fnf 10
led into the rear cockpit and dozed
beside Trixie. the German police dog,
while Maynard took up his share OF
the race. fighting the bumps in the
air and worrying about the route.
One reason why they are breakins
records is that Maynard does lot oi
things not taught or countenancei III
the FLYING schools. Coming into Grant
mark he had too much altitude, otti-
cials said and according to the Hoyle
OF flying, should have gone around
the field again.
Instead Maynard did n dangerous
looking skid one way, then the other
way and set his plane down. rms
doesn't take so long.
When time came for Maynard To
leave, he didn't run down to the other
end of the field and take off in'o
the wind. He simply gave 'er the
gun" and took off from that part OF
the field where he happened TO DC
sauarely across the wind. II was
more dangerous, but quicker He hela
the ship close to the ground Tor IVY
wards, zoomed it a couple OF hundred
feet--that Is, shot his plane almost
straight up--turned the nose south-
east and was on his way to Bryan
Ohio.
Questions Flung at Pilot.
Dozens of questions We're tiuhs al
the timid pilot by the crowd.
Don't YOU get awfully tired ??
asked one.
mo | don't get as tired as some OF
them One aviator whom | met on
the way to the coast looked like a
corpse, This country is all right 10
flv over. but those mountains he
stopped as il description were impos-
sible.
(Which side of the country would
YOU recommend to cross country
fliers?" ;.
"Well. Id recommend the west u
they want to see pretty country" ne
said.
lieutenant Maynard said that he
rarely went up more than 2,0OO tee'
or at most 5000 feet above the ter
rain over which he is flying and he
didn't run his motor to the limit OF
it's possibilities
When motion picture men CROWDED
about him as he clambered out of the
seat the "flying parson smlilnsB
tried to obige them all as they leVeleo
their cameras at him.
"Iieutenant. would you mind PICK
ing up your dog again? Now holc
that minute" they pleaded, ana tne
hero of the air race good naturedS
turned this way and that.
Takes Good Care of Trixie.
Trixie enjoyed it, too. and let on'
photographer get a snap shot or hel
as she aimed a caress at Mayharo
nose with her long, active tongue
Before Lieutenant Maynai acceptee
lunch from Red Cross workers h'
carefully lifted the dog out or IN.
plane. He let Kline worry about th'
engine but he took care OF the oos
himself. !,
Trixie sleeps most of the time u
the air and saves her energy for tn'
stirring receptions she meets on th'
ground.