The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-04

designated spot, landing as gently as a
feather on the grass. The drop was
made from 100 feet.
Wrapped in oil cloth container, the
parachute makes a pack only fifty inches
in length and four inches thick and
weighs bat fourteen pounds. The con-
tainer was attached to the under part
of the airplane by ropes, with cord
running from the under part OF the para
chute holder to the pilot seat and fas-
tened to Lieut. Ors's harness.
Lieut.. Ors won the $500 special prize
for aerial life preservers and may win
the $500 prize offered by Mrs. Louis
Bennett of New York for the best aerial
life preserver, the contest for which Will
last during the entire month. The prize
was paid in Liberty bonds by the con-
test committee.
Woman as Passenger.
Stinson got the crowd on its toes
during the day in passenger flying
stunts over the air port. First to fly
with him was Miss Mabel Cheyney OF
Cheyney, Pa, school teacher. Stinson
shot UP to thousand feet and then
proceeded to release his bag Of bricks.
He looped the loop, took wing slips,
spun the plane ON its nose let 1t go
into tail spins, fiuttered into failing
! leaves and then ended the trip with
the bumpy Dutch rolf which gives
all the sensations Of ocean sailing on
a decidedly "spiffy" sea.
ut was great I'd like to sit right
here all day." asserted Miss Cheyney
when the machine came to perfect
landing. She was as cool and collected
as Stinson himself.
Another feature OF the days air events
was the formal opening Of the Traymore
passenger service, Edward V. Gardner, a
former army aviator and mail flyer. and
Robert Shank. who was in the same SER
vices, making a run here from Philadel-
phia in fifty minutes. and they were
the first aviators to land on the beach
here. They alighted on the sand in front
of the hotel after delighting promenaders
along the boardwalk with stunts over
head.
]. 2. Davies, flying a Curtiss "Oriole"
brought down A. Livingston Allen from
Roosevelt Field, L. l.. this afternoon.
They started at / :05 and arrived at 80.
Beckwith Wins Seaplane Race.
s. Raymond Beckwith, University OF
| Pennsylvania water polo star. captured
| the first of a series OF intercollegiate
| seaplane races that were late after
noon feature over a three mile circular
ocean course off the upper beach with
the Steel Pier, headquarters of the aero
convention, as the central point. The
| college boys covered ~ total distance OF
| thirty miles The contest was particu-
larly interesting by reason of the fact
| that there was keen rivalry for the
family honors between Beckwith and his
brother Ensign Alfred A. Beckwith, rep.
resenting Yale. who finished third. The
| University OF Pennsylvania time was .;
minutes and &c seconds. which CAV,
! Raymond Beckwith the first prize o
$3.50 and also becomes the first holder
Of the annual intercollegiate trophy.
The second prize. $3.50. was won b,
Ensign NJ. s. Martin, with Lieut.. r. NJ
Craig as passenger. representing Column
bia University. Ensign Martins tim,
was 25 minutes and l3 seconds EnsigI
/ Beckwith who landed Yale's colors third
won the 500 prize with a time of q
minutes and 81 seconds, while the fourth
prize of $50. was won by Augusta
| Post. representing Amherst College. Hi
time was 20 minutes and seconds
In the contest for the intercollegiate
| trophy for land airplanes, which wer
held at the Atlantic City air port, Co
lumbia. represented by Lieut. A. /
Smith. covered the ten laps in 10 minute
and 80 seconds. winning the first Tex
pense money" prize of $3.50 and the frs
claim on the $4,000 trophy.