New-York tribune., 1922-10-15

while and thus far has escaped without q
scratch. He is the only news camera man
who ever flew across the continent, passing
over the Rocky Mountains at an altitude of
$1,000 feet in temperature of fourteen de-
grees below zero.
Bockhorst has had more "fying hourss
than many of Uncle Sans army and navy
avlators, almost all Of whom he numbers amons
his personal friends. Bockhorst spends a great
deal OF his time writing letters of consola-
ton to the relatives of his friends who have
been killed in airplane accidents. Lieutenant
Davis, killed at Mitchell Field, Long Island.
only short while ago, was Eockhorst's per-
sonal friend. In fact Bockhorst was to have
flown to Langley Field with Davis on the
day after the accident that cost Davis his
iife Lieutenant Maynard the flying parson."
recently killed in tail spin, was "pal" of
bocKhorst's, and the latter had worked" from
Maynards ship on. many flights Bockhorgt
doesn't believe it will ever happen to him.
Speaking Of flying, not all photographers
make good aerial camera men, On one occa-
sion | assigned young camera man TO make
pictures Of triple parachute lump at Mitchell
Field. He fastened his camera into a OH and
parachute experts were to jump. The pilot of
sne Df1 Climbed several thousand feet and
commenced to spiral above the parachute ship.
Ihe photographer cranked for while and
then the pilot, looking back to see Of his pas
senger was satisfied with the ships position.
noted with surprise and horror that his pas
senger had disappeared. The pilot made
landing and the young photographer was found
unconscious in the bottom of the machine-pun
ner's cockpit. He had been taken violently III.
everything had gone black and he had re-
membered no more until lifted from the plane
on the field
George Doran, a youngster of twenty. has
developed into one of the most daring climb
ing cameramen In the country. It must be
understood that photographers in making pic
lures OF many events find It necessary 10
get overhead Shots and to do this they often
nave to climb to positions of extreme peril.
Young Doran will climb anything. No steeple-
Jack was ever more daring. His nerves are
so steady and SO trained that he will stand
nonchalantly on the edge of a skyscraper
and reach out dizziy to adjust his lens when
the slightest slip would send him crashing
to the street below.
J. G. Brown, motion picture photographer
stationed at Washington, recently accom-
panied Secretary of the Navy DENLY OF, a
visit to japan and China. At Peking he sought
the use of an airplane from which to make
pictures of the Great Wall of China. He
found that the officials were reluctant to
grant him the use Of a ship, but an embassy
attache suggested that if Secretary DENLY were
to express wish to fly no doubt the Chinese
could be induced to supply a plane
Brown proposed to the Secretary that it
would perhaps be interesting to make flight
over the Great Wall. Secretary DENLY is an
aeronautic enthusiast and really fell in with
the plan. Brown then mentioned to certain
Chinese officials that Secretary DENLY would
like to make flight, and accordingly
big vickers-v -vimy was furnished, with for-
mer American army officer as pilot. Every
thing went well until the machine arrived
over mountain range, when one Of the
motors went dead, throwing the ship into
tail spin. The pilot righted it quickly, but re-
allied that In order to avoid another spin
which naight end disastrously it was necessary
to make an immediate landing, but there was
no place to land. The country was noun
tainous for miles. and landing in any gnca
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