Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1920-12-15
YER|NCTON FOLKS
TAKE THE AIR

Sunday afternoon some pleasurable
stir was made i'll Ycrington by the
starting for public flights of Senator
Penrosc's areoplane, which has been,
for some time past, in the hangar, at
the Ierington aviation field, located
just east OF the Times Office. await
ing the receipt of new propeller, and
which arrived a few daysago.
Through arrangements made by the
Brown Auto Sales Company. Of this
city, an expert pilot, Lieutenant Wal
ter B. Hawkins. formerly in the U S.
Air Service. was brought into Yer
ington a short time ago His services
were Immediately secured by Mr.. Pen
rose, to look over the machine and set
and adjust the new propeller. After
doing this Lieutenant Hawkins and
his brother, Norman. made a test fight
over and around the immediate neigh
borhood of Icrington in the fore
noon last Sunday. and on alighting
pronounced the aeroplane entirely
alright. so shortly alter lunch. MIR. Pen
rose and the Lieutenant took a short
fight to the Thompson smelter and
return, attaining during this flight.
an altitude OF about 0,000 feet, and on
alighting, greeted the people who had
gathered at the Aviation field, with
Ladies and Gentlemen, we are now
ready to serve patrons. Satisfaction
guaranteed, or your money refunded.
either to yourselves, or your lawful
heirs. as the case may be-"
In response to this busincsslike offer.
so tersely expressed, several uf our
local young men called for seats in
the. 10Y wagon each i'll his turn
being taken on short trip at an alti-
tude of about $500 feet. thesame be-
ing the usual driving altitude for
aviators.
These trips covered about 20 miles.
up the valley and back. and included
the usual Stunts.
On landing these amateur "aviators"
were greeted by the crowd with
much 'joshing" and many questions,
IN reply to which all the flyers testi-
fled that the ride was great and
we'll worth the money
The last but one of those desiring
to take a peep over the sky line, was
Miss Vera Snyder, who in the course
OF her fight, was treated to regula-
ton loop the loop" stunt, right over
crowd present and was certainly 4
breath taking performance as seen
from the ground.
On coming down Miss Vera said
she thought her end had then came
Tor sure. and screamed accordingly.
but as nobody heard the outcry above
the noise OF the engine. she had about
decided to quit 'hollcring' and take
what might come. even death itself
NllCil lIit llldNlilHC 1lSItSu ltSclI anu
gracefully landing, came up to where
the bunch were standing, who laugh
ingly greeted her as the returned
heroine. And the only important
objection to this mode of migration
that she had to offer was that her
nose got cold She was reassured,
however, when informed by competent
authority, that the trouble with most
people was that their feet got cold
James Nugent then called sor I;
seat and was taken for short flight
and given chance to experience the
sensation caused by going through
many of the stunts used in actual war
fare. He was treated as veteran
flyer, Tor the reason we are told. that
the Pilot had learned that he had on
board man who had driven a tin
Lizzie" about million miles, and knew
that a Jew more "jolts" wouldn't
hurt him.
We are told that ii is the intention
OF Mr.. PenroSe and Lieutenant Haw-
kins to operate the plane" for public
patronage, every pleasant Sunday, and
on holidays, until further notice. all
of which will bring visitors to Yer
ington, instead OF going further and
seeing less as so often in the past.
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