White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-18

place on the proposed atrplaue mail |
route between Salt Lake and Los An
geles and that If the hangar is in.
stalled at the Pittman field and suff-
cient interest shown on the part of
residents of this district II will be
so designated, is the word brought
back by Deputy Sheriff Bud Bodell.
who returned Friday from visit TO
the Utah capital, where the inter-
viewed several officials connected
with The airplane service.
That tie Salt Lake-Los Angeles
route Will be permanently estab-
lished seems 10 be an assured fact.
and that the route should be Sail
Lake to Ely. Ely to Pioche and Cali
ente. then To Las Vegas and on to
Los Angeles is the view expressed by
those in position TO know.
Pilot Scott is willing to wager that
he can make the trip from Salt Lake
10 Ely in any kind OF weather in one
hour and thirty minutes, which would
mean that If Ely is officially desig-
mated as one OF the stopping stations
ON the proposed route mail Will be
transmitted between here and Salt
Lake city. with daily service each
way. almost like n flash
This is matter of such great Inn
portanee thai IL cannot be overlooked
and the good work accomplished by
the citizens committee. of which II. |
". Edwards is chairman, should be
continued and vigorously backed up
by such organizations as the Cham |
ber OF Commerce and the citizens in
general
AT the request of the county COM
missioners Deputy Sheriff Bodell took
up with Manager Nelson of the Salt
Lake field the matter OF procuring a !
hangar. and received the assurance |
that n hangar could be obtained, and |
the Utah official has promised TO wire |
the commissioners here definite In. |
formation within the next few days |
Leaving Fly, Bodell made the trip
10 Elko with Pilot Boonsta In one |
hour and thirty minutes. and from |
Elko TO Salt Lake with Pilot Unger, |
going I'm on tail wind In one hour |
and thirty-six minutes. He described |
the trip by airship over the Ruby |
range of mountains and the Great /
Salt Lake as one OF the most beauti-
ful in the world.
According TO the information OBJ
tanned by Bodell while in Salt Lake
Manager Nelson and Pilot Scott in
tend 10 make trip directly into Ely |
some time this week. bringing in q
Curtis ship with Liberty motor,
which can he left here as n reserve
ship when the hangar is Installed.
When the next government ap |
preparation Is made for the air mail
service. which should be in the neae
future. Manager Nelson Is strongly
in favor of having Ely placed on the
Salt Lake-l,os Angeles route.
At the Salt Lake field they now
have twelve ships and two additional
ones are nearly completed One OF
these Is TO be driven by Monte Mutton,
who achieved distinction In the trans
continental air deby and who is now
driving between Salt Lake and Reno. |
Upon the arrival of pilot Scott in
Salt Lake Thursday he telephoned |
Bodell. who was waiting at the Salt |
Lake Commercial Club. and requested |
that the White Pine county aviator
proceed 10 the field and accompany |
him on a trip over Salt Lake. where
the pair were to do some stunts in /
the air by way of advertising the /
show. Name II. and which will be |
staged under the auspices of the |
American Legion of Salt Lake to-
morrow and Tuesday nights. Bodell |
accepted the invitation and with a |
large canvas banner bearing the |
words Name II" attached TO the un-
dergear OF the plane the pair started |
on their flight over the city. Afte- |
leaving the ground the banner tore |
loose at one end and started whipping |
the control wires, breaking one wire
and one horn on the left-hand eleva-
tor. The canvas banner was torn to |
strings and as whipped by the big |
propeller these strings wound around
the control wires. so fouling them
that the rudder could not be opeI ated
Bodell was riding in the front cock
pit and Scott motioned to him To step
out en- one of the wings while the
latter unstrapped himself in the rear
cockpit. The two aviators were then
flying In circle with the rudder
bound and the left elevator out of
control. Scott motioned TO Bodell to
hang tight" as he nosed the plane
downward and throttled his motor.
BY this method the plane could be
dropped for certain distance when
Scott could again open the throttle
and glide out
After this operation had been re-
peated several times and when the
plane was about 100 feet from tho
ground Pilot Scott resolved to give
her one final kick This he did. and
the plane coming TO the ground.
struck with terrific force. causing II
10 bounce like an india rubber ball
when the two aviators freed them
selves from their perlous positions
scott remarked to Bodell, Are you
All together, kid?" and when the lat
eer replied that he was still there
scott remarked. II was sure we were
gong right down to see the old man
mo more banners for me-the next
.,me they can paint their signs on
the wings"
eodell had hoped to procure a
sp'ane Tor himself. as he had been in
,prmed by Superintendent Barber of
ene Elko field that either Curtis
UT Standard. the latter equipped
m'h lbO horsepower Hispano Suiza
mo'or, could be procured from one