San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-24

An unidentified pilot believed 20
b. the leader in the National Balloon
Race was hours past the Kansas
state line at . 80 Thursday afternoon
Dallas. Texas, April 24.-Balloou
So, army air service entry in the
national balloon race, was wrecked in
landing at Wapanucka. Okla. at 10 20
a. m. today. Lieut.. Ashley c. McKin-
ley, the pilot, messaged the Associated
Press today.
No one was injured in the landing.
Details were not reported in the mes
sage from Lieutenant Mckinley. His
report filed at Wapanucka, Okla.-
read: LANDED here 1928 a. m. Bal
loon wrecked. No one hurt. Balloon
So army No. 8"
Wapanucka is in Johnston County.
Okla. about 40 miles north Of the
Texas line and about 4JO miles by
railroad from San Antonio.
Denison, Texas. reported early to-
day n balloon was sighted passing
near there. 1t apparently was in
trobulc as it was flying low. Before
it could be identified ballast was
dropped and it proceeded on toward
Oklahoma. 1t is not known whether
this was the balloon which landed at
Wapanucka.
Driven northward by wind ranging
in velocity at different attitudes from
% to 100 miles an hour, sever. balloons
which left San Antonio Wednesday
afternoon are strung out over Okla
homa and Arkansas in the national
balloon race, according to press DIS
patches up to l. 80 Thursday.
No balloon has yet been Identified
by any of the witnesses.
At Shawnee, Okla, two balloons
were sighted at 40 going northward-
Gainesville, Tex, on the Red rlvers
reported balloon, flying at high
altitude and visible only through riffs
infhe clouds, passed over at . o'clock
moving northeastward.
A balloon was sighted over Ponce
City, Okla. at 10 80. Ii was going
northeast and was too high to be iden-
titled.
A balloon passed eight miles east OF
Enid. Okla. at . :35 Thursday morn
ing. 1t was travelling fast TO the
north.
A balloon passed south and cast OF
Blackwell at 10 40 going east.
Balloon IN Trouble.
Harrah, Okla, reported balloon
passing over ct 9s30. A low flying
balloon was sighted over Oklahoma
CITY at S:45. Denison, Texas re-
ported a balloon flying northward at
slow rate and evidently experiencing
trouble at S :45. 1t was almost to the
ground.
No kilograms from pilots have been
received here yet.
A high wind is blowing from the
south in the course Of the balloons
]. II. Jarboe, meteorologist, estimated
n velocity of 30 to ,5 miles per hour
up to 5000 feet and velocity OF 10
TO 100 miles per hour abov' that
There is every indication for fast
run today" said Mr.. Jarboe. The
weather map is almost IDEAL"
One Over Oklahoma.
Mr.. Jarboe estimated that the
balloon sighted over Oklahoma city
would have 10 have averaged % MILES
per hour during the night. He said.
however, that the sir currents during
the day would take them much faster.
The balloons made better time than
expected.
The American record is approxi-
mately 100 miles. To break this
the pilots must 90 at least beyond.
Columbus, Ohio. Battle Greek. NH
waukee, Minneapolis or Aoerdeen'
:. II.
4 deep low pressure area Was 10
Gated over North Dakota and spread
ing over the west on the THURSDAY
morning weather map. The balloons
are ON the east side Of this low sud
are being swept to the north By a
strong current. At the lower ast,-
mdes under 5000 feet this wind IS
blowing north at rate up as hisn
as as miles an hour. In the higher
currents. the direction veers 70 tns
northeast.
Surface winds at : o'clock THURSDAY
morning were from the south az The
following places; Little Rock. Ark.
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