Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1920-08-03
AEROPLANE IS
AN ATTRACTION
,0cAL PEOPLE TAKE ADVANTAGE
OF OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE
AIR FLIGHTS
EXHIBITION SUNDAY AFTERNOON
1ieut. Tatterfield One of Best Aviators
of the United States.

Lieutenant Tatterfield, of the u. S
Aircraft corporation of Spokane. re-
mrned to Spokane yesterday after
noon after having spent several days
IN Bonners Ferry making passenger
flights He states that the u. S.
Aircraft Corporation has just received
six new Liberty Six aircraft motors
which develop 200 horsepower each
and which will be installed at once
He had planned to go to Libby and
Kalispell, Mont, from here but the
arrival of the new motors caused him
to change his plans and to defer the
trip to Montana for a few weeks.
Lieut. Tatterfield states he will stop
in Bonners Ferry on his way to Mon
tana.
Lieut. Tatterfield arrived here last
Wednesday from Standpoint where he
had spent several days making passen-
ger flights He was. brought here
through the efforts of d. c. Mcdonald
who was chairman of the Fourth of
July celebration committee, Mr.. Nc
Donald hoping that the exhibition here
would in a way appease the disap-
pointment of the Fourth in a non-ar-
rival of an aeroplane that had been
engaged and contracted for.
Several exhibitions were made dur
ing the stay of Lieut. Tatterfield and
his assistant, Mr.. Aldrich. Sunday
morning the two were engaged by
Photographer Ferguson to take photos
of the town and surrounding country
and some very fine views were Sc
cured Photographer Ferguson will
have these views on exhibition shortly
Sunday afternoon the aviatOrs gave
an exhibition of stunt flying. This as
well as all the passenger flying was
done directly over Bonners Ferry
Lieut. Tatterfield is considered one of
the best aviators of the United States
He is one Of the aviators who took
first prize at an aviation meet in the
east and he is one of the few men who
have attempted giving performances
on the wings of an aeroplane.
Lieut. Tatterfield is known as the
human spider" among the aviators of
the United States and is the only avia-
tor in the country who performs ath-
letic stunts from the wings of the
plane while it is in the air He goes
all over the wings, under the plane
and makes a complete circuit top and
bottom; descends to earth with para
chutes drops from one plane to an
other. Arrangements may be made
to have Lieut. Tatterfield come here
this fall to put on an exhibition during
the holding of the county fair.
W. W. Ferbrache was the first
Boundary county man to take trip in
the plane here last week and his re-
ports of the delightfulness of the trip
caused many others to try an air
flight. The landing field was located
just south of the M Bruce home.
All the flights of the week were
made without mishaps of any kind
until Sunday night when in attempt
ing to return from the exhibition flight
Aviator Tatterfield and his mecha-
nician landed in the Bruce oat field
adjoining the usual landing place and
the aeroplane was tipped over when
1t tangled up in the oats. No damage
was done to the machine with the ex-
ception of starting leak in the radia-
tor which was quickly repaired.
Some 2S passenger flights were