The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-08-27
SCRIBE HIT HIGH SPOTS
NOW HE TELLS READERS
ALL ABOUT TRIP
Enjoyed His Ride In Airplane;
And He's Ready For the
Submarine
ROBERT PFAU III

seem?"' your friends ask you as you
step from the airplane after enjoying
your first ride. Enjoying" is the
correct word. for 1t seems that there
is not thrill in this modern world
as that obtained from the first flight
In an airplane. To the one who has
ridden many times it perhaps seems
tame" but to the novice the thrill
cannot be surpassed.
Then there is the additional thrill,
or perhaps 1t may better be termed
sensation" and that IS the decision
to take the fight When you an
nounce your intentions 10 your
friends, they smile knowingly, shake
their heads sadly and mutter some
thing about friends of theirs who
killed. Your smile fades little, also
your confidence. However, you de-
termine not to have your spirits
dampened by what you call "drepe
hanger" and you go your way, telling
your friends to go theirs. II you are
q fatalist you can get around the feel
ing nicely. by using the rule what
win happen, why 1t will happen,
that's all" You walk around, appar,..
emily unconcerned. but you yourself
know that things are different.
At last when the appointed day and
hour arrive for the flight, you go to
the aviation field, and as unconcerned
"a II you were getting into your car,
take your seat smile and possibly, il
you can raise your spirits enough, joke
while the pilot straps you into place.
Why 1t is a mystery, but your spirits
are higher at this point Of the game
than ever.
Mankato offers an interesting view
from an airplane because Of its pic
sturesQue location. Starting from the
aviation field at two o'clock yesterday
afternoon q Free Press reporter was
treated to a birdseye view Of this city
and surrounding location that couldn't
be beat.
assistant and before you know 1t you
clip. Slowly the plane takes to the
air, you are as If being lifted by I'M
seen hands-and you are on your first
airplane ride. Higher, higher, and
higher you climb and. taking your
eyes from the sky for moment you
look to the ground. The scene is so
fascinating that you cannot turn
away. Below you lies the landing
field. with the many cars looking like
cernable at all. Towns as far dis
tant as Madison Lake and Lake Crys-
tai can be easily seen.
River Looks Like Dirty String.
You are approaching the river. It
would be poetic to say "the miniature
silvery stream winding below" but
in this case even If poetic language
must be sighted, you can say moth =
ing at all concerning the muddy
Ut looks like dirty string laying on
the ground. A barn Is in the process
tof construction below You can
scarcely pick out the object.
You do not realize 1t but after
wards you found out that you were
kgofng at a speed Of eighty miles per
hhour most Of the way. 1t seems as
fn you were floating. AS you come
tpear Mankato you see the streets OF
Dukes addition looking like white
tape, about an inch in thickness
Turning your attention to the direc-
Etfon Of the railroad yards, you find
the engines and cars looking like
Emne toys. The court house looks
E1tke lump of sugar setting on a over
E&nTned saucer. Coming lower you see
kpedestrians in the streets. reminding
zone Of pins: :.
like to loop the loop. To have him
b41ear you would be out Of the ques
Etion 80 you merely make some fran
Etc gesture with your hands and he
understands you.
Suddenly you gasp, and-if you
bare the least bit excitable-grasp the
Eeidss of the car Are we turning
Eover?" you ask yourself. No, you
E1Ts merely making the loop the loop.
EJhe buildings below seem to be fail
ing under you. 1t is as If they were
kpamted on a screen, and the screen,
Eeeyeral miles away from you, was be-
Ling rolled up. You see nothing but
Eeky for q moment, and-if you think
Of such trivial matters, you wonder if
the strap will hold. The buildings re-
appear. you are going along normally
again, that is, If you call eighty miles
an hour a normal speed.
Approaching the fair grounds there
lis a racer making the rounds of the
ktrack. The aviator evidently de-
folded to give the racer a show of
bspeed, for he lines himself up with
the track and starts around, making
the stretch twice while the auto
makes 1t once. You can see the sha =
dow Of the plane going around at a
terrifying speed. If you could see the
Undoubtedly look like the advertise
ment of some gasoline or motor Oil.
showing the progress on land and in
the air. Again you gasp-he is max
ing the loop again-oh, well, you are
getting used to such matters.
Your ride is nearly over. You are
coming to the field. The plane
makes what is called bank" turn
ing to the side, and before you know
1t you have hit the ground and your
ride is over. You climb out Of the
machine more than pleased with your
FIRST ride and in response to the in
Quiries Of your friends who ask IL you
would do 1t over, and II you enjoyed
It, you answer with decision you
said it,"
Others Went Up In the Sky.
Besides the Free PresS reporter a
number of people took the flight with
Lieut. Lyle Thro at the grounds yes
terday afternoon, among them Miss
Katherine Mork, nineteen months old
niece of Lieut.. Thro, who when sta
toned on her fathers knee in the
plane, cried "see the cows, daddy"
when they passed over large herd
of the animals. Others who made
the flight were Joe Hottinger, F. A.
Row, James Stamper, Ed. Kruse, A.
=. ,Wassing, c.. R. Peck, George Sas-