Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-10-14 | Page 13 | Adverse Weather Conditions Hold Fliers at Omaha

Dc-s Moines and Omaha for several hours, and did not reach this city until noon. The planes held hero urc: a'l wtslhourd. Uutr-7iai:t D. Ti. (ivh. pi'0'" x"n- 1 ' and Major J. W. Simms, piloting No. 19, had a thrilling ra'-e irom 1 Aiuin-. .. start in tr at the ?ame timo and landing" hut twenty-five seconds nna.it. Iaouteii-ant Iaouteii-ant riish lost the race, although he was the first to roach tho city, when he could not locate the field in the fog". Major Edwin U. Lyon, piloting plan No. 2), nnd Major Henry Abbey, In piano No. 7, landed safely about 5 o'clock, nvd were held for the niht. If the weather clears all of the planes will continue tJitir journey in the morning. ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS HOLD FLIERS AT OMAHA OMAHA, Neb., Oct. 13. Heavy fog and rain showers handicapped the flight of army aviators entered in the transcontinental transconti-nental derby in this section of the country coun-try today. Four planes were ordered held here after the accident to plane No. 37, which crashed to earth in a fog near Oconto, Neb. Four planes prrived from Des Moines during the morning, reaching the control station within a half hour of each other. rm of the four was held here over an hour by fog und rain. Lieutenant II. H. George, pilot, and Sergeant L. N. Parrlsh, observer, in a DII-4 No. 16, were lost In a fog between 1