The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-08-14
Dispatch From Dayton,
Ohio, To the Tampa
Tribune Gives the
Details

A special dispatch from Dayton,
Ohio, to the Tampa Tribune, of Sun
day, said:
George w. Haldeman of Lakeland,
Fla, and II. f. Cornell of Winter Ha-
ven, Fla, begin transcontinental
flight in the "Skylark," which they
purchased here, tomorrow at noon.
They go to Pacific coast points, en-
tirely across the continent from Seat
tie to New York, thence down the east
coast to Winter Haven
The Tribune's Comment
In commenting on the proposed
fight, the Tribune says:
with possibly the longest trans
continental flight before them ever
attempted by civilian fiiers, George
w. Haldeman of Lakeland, an aviator
of note and weR known i'll Tampa, and
II. f. Cornell, of Winter Haven, a
recent acquisition to the flying game
are to hop off from Dayton field to-
day at noon in the "Skylark," a new
commercial plane, for trip to Seat
tie, Wash. thence through north CEN
tral states, by way of Minneapolis, to
New York city. From New York their
itinerary follows the east coast on
the flight to Florida, with Winter Ha
ven their southern objective. Thus
they expect to touch extreme points in
three corners of the United States.
THE flight as outlined, following
customary air routes, will approx
mate $500 miles, but with side trips
from Seattle and other points, it is
probable that a thousand to fifteen
hundred miles will be added to the
total mileage before the flight is ter
minated.
"Haldeman and Cornell will be
about two months in making the
flight There will be no attempt to
smash any transcontinental records,
and the trip will be primarily for the
pleasure derived from this daring and
novel experience. Both the fiiers ex-
pect to visit relatives in different sec
tions of the country while making the
flight.
1.-The 'Skylark' is on it's maiden
trip, to say nothing of transcontinent-
al flights. The machine is built on
entirely new commercial lines, equip
ped with a 25O horse power motor,
and its speed under test is 120 miles
an hour. The plane was purchased
by Haldeman and Cornell at Dayton.
IHaldeman, who will pilot the plane
on its, cross-country flight, was in the
army air service during the war, and
during the latter part of his service
in the flying corps was at Carlstrom
field, Arcadia. For the past three
years he has had the contract for
exhibition flying at the South Florida
Fair and Gasparilla Carnival in Tam
pa, and has given visitors to the fair
many a breath-taking thrill with his
loop-the-loops. spiral falls, the figure
s and other stunts.
For six days prior to going with
Haldeman to Dayton, Cornell spent
the time in learning the art OF ma
nipulating a plane. He proved a fear
less student under the training OF
Haldeman and mastered the course in
a comparatively short time. When
he completed the course he had ap-
Iproximately one hundred hours alone
in the air to his record. Cornell is
ce-president of the Glenn st. Mary
Nurseries at Winter Haven.
1.-The itinerary of the flight as out
lined by the flyers takes them from
Dayton to Seattle with stops at Terre
Haute, Ind, st. Louis, Kansas City.
Mcpherson, Kans.. Scott, Kans., Den
yer, Cheyenne, Rock Springs, Wyo.,
Salt Lake City, Pocatello, Idaho, Boise
and Walla Walla, Wash. At McPher-
son the flyers will stop for several
days sojourn. Mcpherson is Halde-
mans former home, and they expect
to find a happy time awaiting them
ther eamong the pilots friends. Three
weeks will be spent at Walla Walla
as guests of Cornell's brother, W. B.
Cornell Leaving Walla Walla for
the hop off to New York, the route OF
the trip is by way of Spokane, Mime
apolis, Chicago, Toledo, with interme-
diate stops Then hopping OFF from
New York after week or so spent in
that city and after number OF side
trips to points of principal interest,
the fight to the south Will touch
Washington, Newport News, Whining
ton. Savannah, Jacksonville. The last
lap of the flight will bring them to
Winter Haven. They will retrace nc
part of the course of their fight
through the middle northern states.
"Haldeman and Cornell will wire
The Tribune each night during actual
cross-country flying. Incidents of the
flight will be given and distances re-
ported. Weather permitting they ex'
pect to average two hops a day"
No Word Here
No word had been received in Lake
land up to 2 o'clock this afternoon thai
the Polk county aviators had started
on their long fight. Nothing definite
was known as to their proposed move
ments.li