Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1921-11-17
AERoPLANE PARTY BACK HOME

Frank Irvine Gives Interesting Re-
port cf Trip to Omaha
and Back
On the first of November although
rather strong southeast wind was
blowing, we took off at ten fifteen and
passed Eureka at eleven twenty, ar
irving at Roscoe at eleven fifty-seven
we found our gas was getting low and
cur stomach empty we landed and
srent just an hour filling up. TAX
ing q southeasterly direction we left
Redfield on the right endeavoring to
make Osceola for gas but found we
could not make it, and strained our
eyes for an oasis, finally spotting a
group of buildings on the left which
we thought at first was a1large farm,
later appeared to be small inland
town and dropping down found it to
be the village Of Carpenter (Clark
county, with plenty of high test gas
and very obliging merchant, with
whom we spent just an hour in gass-
ing up. Leaving there at three forty
we passed Madison on the left, arriv-
ing on the field at Dell Rapids, after
circling over the town a couple Of
times to attract Mrs. Larsen's at
tention, at five eighteen. Mrs.
Larsen was soon at the field in her
Buick Six, and we spent the night
at her home, where the table was load
ed with things that appealed to two
hungry boys.
Wednesday was warm and bright,
with light northwest wind to help
us along, and we took off at twelve
twenty-five, passing Sioux City on the
right we crossed the river at one
thirty-three to the Nebraska side, but
finding the country very rough we
again crossed the river and went down
on the Iowa side where there is a
large fiat along the river bottom.
We found our gas was getting low
and stopped at Blencoe, Iowa, and
loaded up with Red Crown, the best
we could find, taking an hour and
twelve minutes for the trouble. We
left there at three seventeen, crossed
the river again to the Nebraska side
at the north end Of Omaha, and hit
the field. Immediately, although we
had not been advised where it was
located, discovering it by the tents
and few planes on the field, we
landed at three fifty, Mr.. Larsen re-
ceiving . nice press compliment on
his perfect landing in strange field.
The field. was rather rough and
several tractors and teams were work
ing on it, and there were several soft
spots which were marked with red
flags, some Of which were removed
the next morning without authority,
and b plane coming in went up to
the hubs and turned over on its nose,
breaking the propeller and the lead
ing edge Of the upper wings, of which
I secured q picture at distance.
In the afternoon Of the third there
was some stunning and couple Of
parachute drops. There was a light
southwest wind blowing, and the first
one dropped at an altitude of about
two thousand feet up over part Of the
town about half mile southwest.
the wind carrying him over the north
end Of the field. He made desper-
ate effort to keep from landing in the
river, which cuts in on the northeast
corner Of the field. He was unable
to control the machine to much ex-
tent, and dropped in the river about
thirty feet from the shore, where the
current was the strongest. He cried
to the onlookers to save him, that he
could not swim, ancs they finally Sc
cured row boat after bailing it out
and not waiting for the oars. but the
efforts were Of no avail. The current
carried him swiftly down, and when
we left they had not found his body.
Two little planes attracted much
attention, each one having about Is
foot wing spread one the Sport Far
man, a French plane, the other called
the New Longren, made in Topeka.
The former had nine cylinder rotary
motor, with cylinders about the size
Of q motor cycle; the latter with three
exposed cylinders equidistant making
pop, rop, pop like 4 motor cycle
both being air cooled They sailed
around very nicely, the pilots putting
them through all the stunts imagin-
able taking off in about fifty feet. go
3nc,; I'm at an nyo1o 3ofN a1no,,f FORTY.