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Show IRSTBANNOCK INDIAN TAKES FLIGHT IN PLANE SHY AT START, BUT LATE! ENJOYS AERIAL THRILL I ff0 ZtTCl11 Sm La,k l00ks from above' Tll Picture was taken yesterday from another plane above the " ship 1b which the ! II first B.nnocl ta t fly Uig his initial acquaintance with the mysteries of the air. The insert at the lower left hand shows Lieutenant , pfTSEetk of the VUsm Alrcrai t corporation with Elmer Navoo, his passenger. I ' ' ' ; 1 . - " "v'":"' i ! M ) t A V-U t I - 1 j - . V W ' -: t-wMji MmMm mmMmm T - - X ' : . - M . Vaves and Yells at Friends ,y When Piloted Over In-I In-I dian Village Below. WHEX Elmer Xavoo, grandson of the chief of the Bannock tribe of Indians encamped here, j took the air with Lieutenant j George Beck of the Western Aircraft j corporation, Tuesday afternoon, an other step was taken in the forward march of civilization. From the time Columbus landed among the Indians in 1492 to the present pres-ent era. the white man has progressed in t lie realms of invention far beyond the wiliest dreams of that period and the mastery of the air is t lie pinnacle of them all. The guns and pistols to the Indian in Columbus's day were tilings of evil and something to be shunned; the same with the airplane of today. t . A great deal of persuasion and patience pa-tience were necessary to gain the consent con-sent of Navoo to get into the plane and it was only after recalling to his mind a remark he had made shortly before to the effect "that lie had yet to see anything he could not ride" that he donned the aviator hood and was strapped in, which was a good thing, as he gave every indication of wanting want-ing to leap out when the engine was turned over and began to roar. However, How-ever, iust before tho plane cleared the ground and took to the air he waved to those standing by and a large smile appeared on his face. A Tribune staff photographer accompanied ac-companied him on his flight in a second sec-ond plane, piloted by Lieutenant C. Lamar Nelson, to observe his actions while in the air. Ho reports that Navoo showed no visible signs of excitement ex-citement until they were passing over the corral where the Indians have their ponies, which they are to use during the Wild West show. It was then he stood up and waved and yelled to those below. Both planes- circled the city several times, crossing and recrossing each other repeatedly, at one time barely grazing the dome of the state capitol, then rapidly climbing again to an altitude alti-tude of several hundred feet, when the engine would be shut off and the plane would glide to within a few feet of the skyscrapers along Main street, thence up again high over the city. A large crowd had collected on the landing field when it was found out that one of the Indians was to make a flight, curious to hear what his comments com-ments would be. He was asked how ho liked it and if it gave hiiii any thrills. Ho remarked that it was fine, but that he had had greater thrills on some wild horses trying to dislodge him from their backs and that he was going again. |