The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1920-02-13

tA.fter two passengers had gone up
and came down safely it was our turn
ard in less than a minute after ad
iusting cut stalwart frame in the ma
chine we had left the ground and were
high up in the air, and the objects on
the ground had become infinitesimally
small.
One might live here for thirty years
or more and traverse every inch OF
ground from one end of the county
TO the other: he might climb to the
top of the tallest building and look
down upon the scenery below and i'm
agine it quite beautiful. but for enc &c
kEow what beautiful country he live
in he must make just one trip in An
airpiane before he really sees the
beauties that surround him.
Mr.. Wfigley IS a big advertiser
and has long used the columns of our
paper, and this is the first time tha
he has received any free advertising
Had we known what delightful sen
sation it is, we would have taken the
trip if we had to mortgage the office
Leaving the ground at precisely
12:55 we were back on the field at
1:15-twenty minutes in the air, but
the sights we saw and the thrills We
enjoyed will be remembered forever
The country around Anthony, Ken.
drick, Zuber, Oak and Sparr must be
the most beautiful and picturesque in
the whole state. and off towards the
east we could plainly see Silver
Springs winding itself in and out as
il flows to the Oklawaha river and
on to the sea.
If one has visited Silver Springs and
seen all of the wonderful beauties that
it holds in the depths below and tries
to tell one less fortunate that person
could not imagine what he has to live
for. So it is with a trip in an air
plane. He must behold with his own
eyes the pretty country below him. He
could not begin to imagine the sights
the earth holds in store for him until
he has made the trip himself and sees
with his own eyes, as we have seen.
It is truly wonderful
In very few minutes we were high
UP in the air. We glided past farm
after farm, and it looked to us as If
some landscape gardener had put his
best work below us in laying out j
garden spot of particular loveliness.
In one instant we would pass over
farm that had been freshly plowed,
showing its rich. black soil, while the
next was of sandy red clay soil;
then we would pass over a field o1
oats, and to look down upon it was
like looking at an exquisite green rug
and if it were one in reality it would
be wanted by many housewife for
her parlor; then to look off in the dis.
tance at the numberless farms, pine
thickets, oaks and trees Of all kinds
and houses scattered here and there
and roads leading in all directions, the
sun shining brightly above US and be
low us just little fog, gave a touch
to the scenery which made it just /;
little more beautiful for the eyes te
rest upon. We wish that we could
describe the panoramic view just as
it appeared to US.
One might want to know how one
feels while taking his first trip in the
air, and while the pilot is doing
stunts if it makes you sick or II
you are scared That, we think, de
pends entirely upon the person AS
for US. it was one grand never-to-be
forgotten trip.
AS we were riding the pilot gave
US little punch and pointed out &c
us small object, which proved to be
buzzard. He turned the machine
quickly to the right, and for the small
est part Or minute We felt just III