Omaha daily bee., 1921-11-05
Famous Yank Ace
Arrives, Loaded
Down With Cane
Eddie" Rickenbacker Going
To Look on at Air Meet
Getting Old, Says
Flyer.

Eddie" Riekenbaeker. American
ace ana noted race driver. is in
Omaha ior the Aero congress.
he arrived here from Kansas City
yesterday. with his usual affable
smile. and-get this. its good-carry-
ing camel
Eddie isn't really TO blame for the
cane, though. Instead OF wearing a
uniform when meeting General
foch and escorting him 10 Kansas
City. Eddie and some OF the others
decided 10 carry canes. so the gen.
cral would know We were with his
party as Eddie put Il.
Made From Boehe Propeller.
Besides. Eddie has rather a re-
markable cane. II was made from
the propeller OF the first German
combat plane he brought down in
France. Carved on one side OF the
cane are Eddie's initials, L. V. r.,
and on the other side is an insignia
representing a hat in a ring. This
was the insignia which Eddie's
squadron painted on their ships in
France.
Rick" as Eddie is often called.
discovered yesterday that after
all fame is hollow sort OF thing.
He had breakfast at the home OF {.
N. Dietz. As he lief, the Dietz home
a group of school boys were passing.
Don't you want 10 shake hands
with Captain Eddie Rickenbacker"
one OF Kicks companions asked the
boys.
Jaw gwan," they replied dis
gustedly. That amt Eddie Ricken-
hacker. What'rc you trying to hand
u.s."
Recognition Later.
Rick received proper recognition
an hour later, however. He was
standing near the Hotel Fontenelle
when 10-year-old Edward Rice. 1912
Emmett street, rushed up to him
with hand outstretched.
81 want to congratulate you on
your book" exclaimed the smaller
Eddie. 1--WE read it, and say, I'm
the one that put this Aero congress
over"
The two Eddies Immediately be-
came chummy.
Maybe | didn't exactly put the
Aero congress over, but l helped"
conhded the smaller Eddie. Say,
you sure did write a good book"
Dreams Of Fatality.
Rick said he had strange dream
while travelling toward Omaha Thurs
day night. He dreamed somebody had
been killed in an aero meet, he de-
clared, and didn't know how true
his dream was until he reached here
and learned of the drowning OF
Harry Eibe. parachute jumper.
Rick passed through Omaha last
May, bound for Washington and al
important banquet. He flew in an
air mail ship, after having crashed
with his own ship at Cheyenne at
the end of nonstop flight from
San Francisco. He Immediately
hoped off from Omaha to Chicago
in another mail ship, and from Chi
cago he flew into Washington, ar
irving just an hour before the BAN
quet was scheduled.
Last Real Visit.
His last "real'' visit in Omaha
was year ago last fall, however.
when he flew here in an all-steel
monopane. On this trip Rick
crashed into house when taking
OF in his ship from Ak-Sar-Ben
field.
Rick grinned ruefully as he dis.
Scussed this affair.
Pm getting DID," he said. Let
the young flyers do the flying now.
No, I'm not going to fly at the Aero
congress this afternoon. I'm going
to sit in an easy chair and watch
things"
The American ace made a short
call on Mrs. Fl. +. Hartney, wife OF
Captain Hartney, who was badly ill.,
jured when his ship crashed yester-
day afternoon. He also visited Cap
tain Hartney at the hospital. Cap
tain Hartney was Kicks command
ing officer in France.
Rick will leave Omaha tonight,
he said to join the General
Eoeh party at Detroit. He isn't go
Ding to fly to Detroit. either: he's
going to take a nice, quiet Pullman
car
".The only time | fly any more is
when | have to get somewhere
quickly said Rick. by the way,
we're soon going to begin manufac-
turing the Rickenbacker car in De-
troit It'll be moderate priced
,,r tno"