The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1920-07-14
Airplane
Attached
To the People of Big Stone
Gap, Norton and Surround
ing Towns.

square and within the law, and
never before IN all of our trav-
els have we been bothered and
accused Of breaking the law.
Monday morning we were no
tilted that our nirplane had been
attached because we had been
selling photographs Of All cxhi-
hilton which no one else in the
world has ever attempted on
these photographs, which is
plainly stated, there ism mum
Der which entities the holder To
Il free chance To draw the air
plane when the photographs
are all sold This photograph
cost us hundreds OF dollars to-
get and the chance of losing
our lives, but we are out To
help develop uviution aud wc
find il necessary to take some
very hazardous risks IN order ca
keep the game pushing for
ward.
We thought we were doing
the people of this part OF Nir
gina favor by bringing our
Iairplane in here, as many bf
them had never seen an air
plane. True enough we were
paid for our first day hrrc, but
Wc stall have 10 pay orr eNpru-
SOS the balanceof the time. If
we crack mp our plane as we did
IN Jonesville last fall, no one
has To pay the bill 5ut us, aud
IN order TO prepare for these
kind OF days, we have To think
of many ways TO raise mon
to Keep in busluoss aud at tile
same time we try always to
stay within the law. In n fcw
years il will be much easier 10
remain III the flying game, be.
cause people viii understand it
better, but unless we aviators
undertake To 90 where people
know nothing of airplanes, how
Will they ever understand aud
how can we ever expect to adj
vance IN aviation with other
countries of the words
Those photographs with a
free chance on tho plane ara
being sold becnusc 1T stimulates
further interest IN aviation. Is
1t because we ARE strangers In
here that some one trys 10 block
every move wu make. sun.
pose # we should break our
necks white up ia the noun
tans here demonstrating thar
aviation is coming business
no one would object to that
But we are game, we do NOT
mud coming into a country
where no landing fields exist,
If we think there is a half
chance To get out alive. BON
of our exhibitions NJ Big stone
Gap and Norton were very
hazardous ana both times III
things did not work perfectly it
meant complete destruction of
our Investment and perhaps our.
lives. oar Hight ont Of Norton,
we both thought wc were gonn.
because of the dead air which
would not let our ship climb.
We missed the telephone wires
only one foot.
When we take chances like
that To make our expenses SO
we can bring something in this
part of the country where no
other airship will attempt to
come, can it be possible that the
people here will not let us con
time the same work we have
done III twenty other sfntes:
If this be so, all the people who
have bought photographs vii
kindly return same to Winston
Salem, North Carolina. and wc
will return the money to them.
We wish To thank all the
people who gave us thrlr hearty
cooperation during our stay
here. Signed
HARRY j, RuNsER
Roscoe TuKNEg AViators
7. S. = We think that we
should have been notified that
it WAS not the wishes of the
people for us TO sell our photos
here, in place OF attaching our
plane while we we're in bed
asleep
Mrs r. II OnlL hos r.tnI