Salt Lake Telegram | 1911-07-14 | Page 8 | Atwood Flies over Washington

th. noM of hie plane toward Maryland. Th weather was perfect and a great crowd witneeeed the flljtbt. mm flies GVR WASHINGTON WASHINGTON. Jury 14. Harry N. At-v.-ood, the I to ton aviator, flew over the rlty in his aeroplane yesterday, played o-r!nI pranks with the Wafhlnifton monue merit. drHd tall buiMint-s. had fun with an nrmv t uutomobilist bicyclists, pe-'cstrtnnn pe-'cstrtnnn nnti poilc. ty pretending to land t various point In :'''c.im.' park. and near the capital. snsred In th gathering' dusk to the army aviation field at College park, Merylaiid. whence he had mm. This trip will he followed by another an-other Unlay, when Atwood will land near the White House to receive lite inert a I of the Wajihtnn t'.n A" rial sw-iety. A t wond'i mnM spectacular effort f ol -fciwed htaj circling o the niuncincnl. After Aft-er wheeling thrice around the hltr rnf t. he aped away in th direction of the Vlr-n Vlr-n fllils. Turning sharply, the aviator tlrive hie aeri'plH ni directly at he monument monu-ment an though Km intended to kno-k off tne Riuniinrrn tor. "id when almost directly di-rectly over the ap-x. he shut off his motor and cam- iflng diwn. The crowd and ttt nIr.-, .vim had been decoyed !o the ri4r hank made a rush back toward to-ward th- ntnituMient. hut At wood turned n his engine again and iwpt bark di--cctlv over ihe.'r heads. After a num-: num-: .f cnnipM'-; 'cd vn'Mtjonf he turned