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Show MISS GRACE COWIE ENTHUSIASTIC AUIATRICE SALT LAKE GIRL MAKES THRILLING"" FLIGHTS MISS GRACE COWIE and Aviator Wildman in the hydro-aeroplane in which they made flights over San Diego bay. Miss Cowie may be seen peeping over the left side of the hood of the machine in the upper picture. The lower picture shows the machine in full flight. Flies Over San Diego Bay and Reaches Height of 1200 Feet. MISS GRACE COW IB, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Cowie, returned re-turned to Salt Lake yesterday from Coronado Beach, Cal., an enthusiastic aviatrice. While at Coronado Beach Miss Cowie was tbo horoino of two thrilling ilights over San Diego bay and high above San j Diego nnd the bench resorts. Miss Cowie J is fascinatod with her aerial experience, and hopes that tho Ilights which sho enjoyed en-joyed on tho coast will be by no means her last ones. At the invitation of Francis Wildman, the groat air pilot, who is instructor at the government aviation school at San Diego, Miss Cowie made tho Jlighls in a 1914 Curtiss air boat. Until lately Mr. Wildman has bcon a demonstrator of Curtiss machines in Europe. Ho returned 'a few woeks ago to instruct tho arni3' aviators in tho uso of tho new Curtiss flying boat. A porfect day was selectod for the flights in which Miss Cowio accompanied ac-companied tho aviator. Tho new fiying boat rose gracofully from the beach at Coronado and How around the bay. Occasionally Oc-casionally the aviator shut off the motor and tho machine glided down and rcstod on tho snrfaco of tho ocean with the graco of a gull. It skimmed over the water for a timo and thon again ascended, flying high over Point Lbma and returning to the starting place. During tho two flights a height of 1200 foot was attained, and the machine maintained an average rate of sixty-five milos per hour. The weight of the machine, ma-chine, with tho pilot and the passcngor, was 1000 pounds. It ascended at the rato of -100 feet per minute. Miss Cowio said that she oujo3'ed every minute of her flight, and only wished that it had been her privilege to make daily flights. Sho persuaded her father to go aloft with Mr. Wild-man, Wild-man, and Mr. Cowio said that while ho enjoyed tho trip, ho did not share his daiightor's enthusiasm about making more trips in the air. Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Farnsworth wore among tho Salt Lako friends of Miss Cowie who witnessed wit-nessed hor flight. |