Arizona republican., 1921-05-30

-9o a NonoeFtuily good pilot would run into Sn airbank like uTas Hillside and then the machine 1ald drop. some times more than D feet-~
 hr1Eadier General Mitchell, assist cnlef Of the army air service, who cornpanied the Eagle to Langley Id and who had a battle with inc srzn during his return, said Lieu rAnt Ames. plotting the Eagle. was nssdered very good pilot.
 We felt no concern for his safety.' said. and when the Eagle circled CT the field a couple of times be- re starting for Washington. it was ming perfectly. We waved good Te. expecting that the big ship would in Washington before we were aty to leave"
 The Eagle left Langely field at eout t.Se D. m yesterday. The time the wreck is placed at 6:25 D. m, hour at which Mir. ConnoIiy's afch stopped. Naval officers at at1n Head. who saw the plane go srn- declare Pilot Arnes tried to nR his machine down before the " force of the storm struck, but M he was prevented from, landing he first attempt by trees. The rstnip crossed the trees safely and reared to put on power to reach a aFbr field 4rparcntly the motor either failed
 +Snond or the high wind checked ships speed for 1t was seen to e over and fall nose first It then only a few hundred feet up.
 1-ers at Tpdian Head sent out a
 chment. but 1t was some time HA1@ <1 Of Q
 dent did not reach Boiling field -e until II o'clock last night.
 When the plane failed to arrive
 'v M the evening officers assumed either had landed to escape the f~rn or had turned back to Langlys 31 Mrs Ames was waiting for.
 husband at the field and when
 report or the accident came, she -<ed for Morgantown In her auto H'ri1e. arriving after midnight
 Stripped of Equipment
 Tho bodies were taken out of the arc by the naval detachment and -s~,srht to walter Reed hospital here. Tor the trip 10 Lane1ey field. which can y<sferday. the plane was ~snped of its hospital equipment n1 scats provided for the passengers ha were taken to the Virginia avia- a, grounds to witness a review of e army mir fleet which is to partici- ,te in the naval bombing tests.
 Suggestions that the wrecking Of 'fre plane was caused by lightning ere secuted by army air officials. hev said that even had bolt struck e machine 1t could have done little any damare as the lishtning could s- have affected a grounding.
 The theory of some officers is that heavy blast of wind struck the nip and unbalanced it. sending it 70 a nose dive.
 In preparation for the official in- rirr. Lieutenant F. c. Wilkins went
 the scene today to take photo nu1s of the wreck and to obtain on eye witnesses and others any a1s<ihle information.
 Statements of naval officers at Idfan Head that the plane fell only short distance caused surprise to my air service officials. who exam ed the personal effects of the pas- n<ere-
 A stick of shaving soap and it's sfchel plated container was found zQdhag was ripped and torn while 4 1flaw hat was torn to sfreds.
 NotabIe Passensers |. L@U><nnat Colonel Miller was n1Ive M Illinois. appointed to the nY fr<M Missouri He served in |<1R 1p1nkmM American war, the Phil ~r5u1n< whore he won the congress
 aH uz<z141 o1 honor, and in the tE1k W9L Ho Was executive officer { f& nx7n1iou division of the army -herz kS Ent<Gd States declared war 4 f5cI.[ ma was later assigned ', c0m1@ G< Mitchell field. Long <I1nd y6s 43 years old and is lrvived N his widow and several rildren-
 Air. Connolly was the Washington epTesentative of the Curtiss Air .Ane company and vas born at Du- uq& Iowa 44 years ago. He served T tAe air service during the war with ank of major Graduating from ,ornell University in 1897. MT. Con- allv received the LLe B. degree in se New York law school in 1898 and fscrwards took post graduate cours at Oxford. Heidelberg and Balliol ,l:eKe- He was a member of the ixty- third congress- tile was defeat ! for the United States senate in IA by Senator Cummins and then came interested in airplane manu- 4cf0re. He had many business con- ections in Iowa He was president the Iowa state lodge of Elks in sra
 Lieutenant Ames had served in avi- tion several years. He was testing nd engineering officer at Boiling cid He was married about three ecks ago
 Lseutenants A1cDermott and Pen ewia were stationed at Langley MT. BatcheIder was former news apcr man and was a native oi ttiea- N. Y- He was Al years old nd EWas one of the organizers of the n1cr1cnn Automobile association
 CS6araiixed control of all aerial ac iviass. under the direction of ex criGnced flyers, should be the frs tefcfaken to prevent the indefinit eDsRiaion of such accidents as tn aSIof the army Curtiss- Eagle am Aalx1ce plane yesterday. in the opin on W Brigadier General Mitchell. as xiSt&nt chief of the army air mai serv5ee. ~It remains for us to seel mt 1he lesson in this terrible affai nd to profit by it. to the end tha norH precious lives may not be sac -sfixd.- he said These accident Hiil ~continue to occur until we cen raixe the control of aviation an alaoe' that control in the hands c nerrWho are themselves flyers
 The first step that should be take aftef the centralized aircraft contro e said. should be the mapping ou nas proper marking of regular ai
 uces and the rorganfzation of an ef
 ient radio service 10 furnish fiyin 
 
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