The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-04
HAWKS COMES
To CITY after
FORCED HALT
Glider Pilot Delayed Near
Terre Haute When
Cable Snaps.
LANDS IN CORN FIELD
Large Crowd Gathers at
Mars Hill Airport to
Greet Filler.
! LANDS IN CORN FIELD

Reaching Indianapolis at ZIG
this afternoon, Captain Frank
Hawkes., transcontinentiaI glider
pilot, cut loose from his tow plane
at lit and landed safety at Mars
Hill airport.
The landing was made at 1877.
III long spiralS, the glider settled
to the field while rousing ovation
was given Captain Hawks by the
5evera hundred spectators gathered
to watch his arrival
After breaking tow rope when
but three miles out of Terre Haute
the glider landed in a corn field
but repairs were made there and
Hawks resumed his journey to In
dianapolis at 1925. The remainder
fthe Terre Haute-I Indianapolis
hop was made without incident.
Wright Chief in Charge
Included on the reception COM
mittee that awaiting him were:
Paul @. Richey, president of the
Chamber of Commerce; G. M. Will
liams, Marmon Motor Car Company
president; Jack Hendricks, Norman
A. Perry, Indianapolis Power and
Light Company president; Adj
iutant- General Manford G. Henley,
State Senator Joe Rand Beckett,
Colonel A. j. Daugherty, chief of
staff Eighty-fourth division, officers
reserve; Sidney S. Miller, Horace E.
Huey, president of the Solo Club,
and Otto P. DeluSe and William H.
Howard of the Board of Trade.
H. Weir Cook, general manager
of Curtiss- Wright Flying Service OF
Indiana, was in charge of arrange
mentS, which included two luncheon
groups, one of the reception COM
mittee to fete Captain Hawks, and
another headed by Charles E. Cox
Jr., Cooks assistant, in honor of
the pilot Of the plane towing Hawks,
and other pilots.
Hawks dropped on Dresser field,
Terre Haute, at 9:58 a. m. and took
off at 1850 a. m. Flying conditions
are ideal. A crowd of 5000 greeted
him at Terre Haute field.
Columbus, o., Next Stop
The airplane will refuel at the
airport here, and with the glider in
tow, take off for Columbus, O.,
where an overnight stop will be
made. Saturday the air train will
continue toward New York.
Floating across the continent In
a glider towed by an airplane might
appear dangerous to the average
citizen but to Captain Hawks it's
just a lark, he told the United
Press today in East st. Louis.
my motor still is functioning
perfectly, he declared.
A potted plant, carried by the
glider and addressed to Mayor
Jimmy Walker, New York, from
Mayor Harry Clark, San Diego, Cal,
appeared the only item worrying
the "air train"
IT believe it is becoming bit
withered. I hope it can last the
trip" the genial captain smiled.
Besides the plant, Captain Hawks
carries twelve and one-half pounds
of mail, $50 letters and 985 post
cards he will mail from New York
to friends throughout the United
States.
Maintain Phone Link
Radio communication and a tele-
phone between the glider and its
towing airplane make the trip more
pleasant, the captain declared.
tits surprising the distance we
get on the radio set. It's even more
surprising and amusing to tune in
on a station broadcaSting the flight,
he said.
I'm one town, the announcer was
describing our landing, and I found
myself more interested in listening
to what I was doing than in doing
it," Hawks related.