The Elk Mountain pilot., 1920-03-25

Your wages spent-the last red cent,
In debt, and there you are.
Man tolls and slaves but never saves;
He just MUST keep a car.
e. D. Foster, in Weld County News.
A. Asroplsas Trip
The following letter. received by
Mrs. ]. H. White Of Salida, from her
son Ted, who will be remembered by
number Of 9th grade pupils, will bs
read with much interest.
Monitor, Wash, Oct Z, 1919.
Dear Mother:
This ia the first time have had 4
chance to tell you in detail Of my 175
mile ride thru the sky. 1 WINS at
Wenachee watching him take up pas
sengers, and, IS knew little about
asroplanes, helped him land. turn
his machine around. fill up with gas.
run errands, keep tho people back,
and help him start.
That evening he took me up for u
minutes for helping him; looped-ths-
loop. nose dives. hung. side slipped.
tail dived. and several othsr stunts
with me. When We landed he asked
mo how high We wore, our speed, cen
tsgnde heat Of tha engine. end ths
props r. p. N. (Ths gauges and dials
arc In the rear seat only.) I told hin,
we were 1890 feet at our ceiling. z.
G. 1853 c-g. and the engine making
400 R P, NJ. 1t surprised him to
find that could read tho gauges. and
knew quite . bit about ths plane. A
few days after when saw him again
he told mo his mechanic hnd gone to
California and asked me how would
like to go with him on . cross coun-
try race.
Believe me he didn't have to ask me
twice, 20 Sunday morning took the
train to WenAcbee and at 1915 we
left for Spokane. 80 mIlsa We landed
thsrs at 12:45, covering the so nailes
in 80 minutes. We few at about 5000
feet, most Of ths way. I slept with
the machine Sunday night and
watched it. At 10 o'clock sharp in
the morning four Of US left, our Cur
tiss, . Do Haviland, . Mairant Mono
plane. and Dayton Wright. \.
We didn't atop for altitude. but
climbed on the way and reached LeAv-
enworth at 5000 feet. We were the
first to land 1t our goal, Leavenworth,
covering the l25 miles In exactly 70
minutes, winning by II seconds.
A. ~.>~kSo>, fc><An<1 IN
land at Waterville on account OF en-
gine trouble. About 2 O'clock we cir
cled over LeAvenworth several times
SC could get some pictures. and than
we beat 1T for Wenachee.
He banked over Wonachee SO I
could get tlie town but he banlaed too
steep and we went down at about 160
miles per hour for about TOO feet be.
fore he got the machine righted. RI
send you some Of my pictures as soon
as they are finished, If they arc any
good. g.4 !eeg 4
That aviator, Lieutenant Hoyt, said
If would take lessons from him for
one hour . day for ten days I could
fly the machine myself and could 60
thru California this winter and help
him with the machine, and draw high
wages. wish 1t WAS 80 could take
lessons from him but It costs money.
The ground surs looks beantiful
from 4 or 5000 fest IN the air. All
in squares and checkers and all colors
of the rainbow. I could see clear to
the bottom Of all the rivers and lakes.
1--WE. didn't have = iAnAink place' for
rs miles over tlSe Cxsesdes, but our
engine mide 1900 most Of tho way.
II it hadn't, Good Night, Nurse!
would like to 90 70 an Aviation
school rs soon rs got money enough
II don't get in the service. I would
like to take . Correspondence Courss
in the technical part Of Aeronaatics
this winter, and then 60 to q school
In tle spring. n3NAia
Well, I'm awful sleepy 80 will close.
With love.
'--1ilsF' TED.
Just as the robins and blue bind
came, and all thought spring had n.