Salt Lake Telegram | 1911-09-27 | Page 1 | Wind Prevents Fowler's Flight

WEJD PREVENIS FOWLER'S FLIGHT EMIGRANT GAP. Sept. .Robert O. Fowler waa prevented from continuing hia transcontinental flight early today by a tronr wind blowing across the summit of the Mlerrss which he murrt tvisu an tKe next stage of hi Joumev. . He waited until un-til '3a o'clock, but discouraging telegraphic tele-graphic reports from Summit led him to abandon the flight temporarily. He hopes to start later In the day. Fowler say that he has good start. In place, but It la practically the onlv arnooth ground between Blue Canon and Summit, and that if he doe not Mcceed In paaalng the rnoufitaln ranae In a alngle flight be wtll be wrecked. Fowler'a machine ma-chine waa eoaj-ered with frost thia morning. morn-ing. Tha water had been drawn from the radiator, but tha water pump was pot drained and It was neceasary to ae hot water to thaw out the machine.