Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-20
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decision to abandon the flight and "a.
turn to Rock Springs.
Lieutenant Vaughan said he felt
no III effects from the nausea which
nearly ocercame him at CHEYENNE as
the result Of fumes from the escap-
ing OIL. He said he felt fire" and
was going to take good Sleep"
ASKED whether he would make I'm
other attempt to span the continent
between dawn and dusk, Lieutenant
Vaughan asserted that Is up 10
washington" He added that he mat.
again."
Lieutenant Vaughan had traversed
more than two thirds of the distance.
a total Of 1926 miles. in his second
attempt to span the North American
| continent in day when he was
forced to descend because Of an oil
| leak.
Bitterly disappointed, he went to a
Rock Springs hotel for the night.
| How do you feel, Russell?" he was
asked by the Associated Press cor.
respondent.
well, how would you feel? he
replied.
"Just how did your trouble occur?"
| well, it was a leak in the Oil COOL
err. I noticed 1t first near North
Platte, Neb., but it was not very bad.
thought we had it fixed at Chey-
enne. but 1t became worse as I drove
on. Twenty miles out Of Rock
Springs 1t began to leak in bucket
fuls. I thought it best to quit"
| Asked if he was tired, he said:
| "Well. I'm leaning against a bed
post here. I am not very tired, how
ever, and could easily have gone to
! San Francisco"
/; Wasn't it wonderful" exclaimed
: the aviator suddenly. II think it was
a wonderful thing even IL I didn't
complete the task.
! But those things happen. and it
was one Of those things over which
we have no control"
! He added that he might fly to Logan.
I Utah, tomorrow to see his wife and
children and his mother. After that,
he asserted Mitchell Field. n. Y. the
starting point Of his trans-continental
| flight today. probably would be his dcs-
| tinaton. He indicated he would re-
turn to Mitchell Field by airplane.
| Lieutenant Vaughan characterized as
| impossible rumors circulated in the
cast that his plane might have been
tempered with before he started the
| flight.
! 1t was IS hours to the minute when
| he landed at Rock Springs from the
time he took off at Mitchell Field at
4.0S A. NJ, Eastern Standard time. this
morning. The three stops which he
made at Dayton. st. Joseph and Chey-
cnne had consumed one hour and 81
minutes.
officials of the United States air
mail service here estimated that
Vaughan had made an average speed OF
about 1855 miles an hour He was In
the air 10 hours and 9 minutes.
He was within GAS. miles of the end
of his fight and less than two hours
from Salduro. the final stopping point
before the last lap of his journey, wher
the new leak in the oil cooler forced
! him to descend.
Winging his way westward, Maughar
raced from the Atlantic seaboard
across the Mississippi and Missouri
| river valleys and toward the Rocky
Mountains throughout this morning.
On the first leg of his trip from
Mitchell Field to Dayton. Ohio, Maui
CHAN played SAFE" flying the usual air
ways between the two cities and using
familiar landmarks to obviate the dan
ger of becoming lost, which cost him
delay of more than an hour in hi:
4 first attempt. lie arrived at Lay loi
at S.35, Eastern Standard time. 81 min
utes behind his tentative schedule.
After his plane, had been refueleo
and examined and he had partaken OF
a light breakfast. he took the air al
$50 o'clock and headed southwest fol
st. Joseph, Mo.
At 1925 o'clock. Central time. Maui
CHAN arrived at st. Joseph. He was
greeted effusively by the townspeople
His plane was examined and tuned
up again and he took off at 1908 r. NJ
for Cheyenne. the third stopping point
The first protracted break in Maui
ghan's schedule came at Cheyenne
where he landed at 2.32 P. NJ. Mountain
time. Fifty-five minutes later, Still
suffering from the effects of the nausea
which. had resulted from the fumes OF
the leaking oil, he arose. determined
despite the handicap he then was. un'
der, to complete his trans-continenta
trip before daylight vanished.
He hoped off at 3.27 p. NJ. after the
oil leak had been hastily soldered.
From Cheyenne to Rock Springs
| Vaughan drove his plane at speed OF
10 miles an hour for 245 miles. Wher
forced to land at Rock Springs he hae
come within 645 miles of his goal.