The Glenwood post. (Glenwood Springs, Colo.) 1897-current, 1920-11-27
LOCAL FLYER IN
WONDERFUL TRIP

While Lieut.. Walter Ainslie has haA
splendid success with the flying machine
owned by local company, of which he
is member and which he has operated
the past summer, perhaps the acme of
his experiences came last Sunday, when
he carried Art River, a ranchman, and
Felix E. Read, a forest ranger, from
Glenwood to their homes at Riland and
landed them in a field covered with
snow and 5000 feet in altitude. So
far as known, and SO far as Mr.. Ainslie
has been able to learn. this is the high
est successful landing ever made by
flying machine in this or any other
country.
hessrs. River and Read came down
from the Sweetwater Lake country on
Wednesday of last week, bringing to
the sheriff's office prisoner, who, IN
charge of threats to kill was remand
ed to Jail in the absence of bond to
keep the peace.
Al soon a. they had given their svi.
dence in the aforesaid case River and
Read were anxious to return to their
homes and their daily duties, but they
decided that the customary means of
travel, tri-weekly stage coach from
Gypsum to Riland, was little too an
tiquated, and that they would discard
railroad tracks and bumpy wagon roads
and adopt the very latest mode Of
travel, that by aeroplane.
Accordingly they arranged with Mr..
Ainslie to take them to their homss,
and the trip was to have been made last
Saturday, but as the weather was not
propitious it was thought best to de-
lay the journey till another day.
Sunday forenoon start was made,
Mr.. Ainslie pilting the machine up the
Grand River, intending to take some
what direct course toward Sweet water
Lake. But the air above the Grand
River canon was found to be very
possible to make sufficient gains in al
titude to allow the machine to pass
over the divides which it was neces-
sary to cross. Therefore Mr. Ainslie
turned TIE machine and headed back
to -Glenwood and~Wenx axonAA-hv-sA1l
Of Cottonwood Pass, reaching an alti-
tuIn - 4
The landing was made in a field
about mile above Sweetwater Lake
at an altitude of 5000 feet above sea
level, the field being covered with IA
inches of snow. The flying time from
Glenwood to the landing spot by the cir
cuitous route was an hour and twenty
minutes.
In making the return trip Mr.. Aims
lie had a little difficulty in taking off
and getting started, the snow being
somewhat crusted, but not sufficiently
hard TO entirely bear up the machine.
1t was with considerable difficulty that
efficient momentum was gained to al
low the machine to take to the air.
The return trip to Glenwood was al
most in a direct line, although an alti-
tude of II 500 feet was attained. The
homeward journey was made in just II
minutes, and Mr.. Ainslie is very much
pleased with the success of this jour
ney, as it is unlike any other he has
ever made, and also because of the
performance of the machine in starting
in over a foot q snow; an experience
which Mr.. Ainslic had never tried be-
fore.
Messrs River and Read expressed
themselves az highly pleased with the
trip. both Declaring that the oppor-
tunity for viewing the scenery was
grand beyond compare, and the sensa-
ton of riding the air currents was de-
lightful. and much appreciated by both.