Show t AIR rn MAIL PILOTS DEFY DEA DEATH TI SNOW AND WIND WD OFFER PERILS Aviator Hangs Suspended as Near Hurricane Holds Back Bac Plane t r Pilot PHot Jack Knight of ot the air ir mail service was forced to to return to to Cheyenne Wyo Friday after at attempting attempting attempting at- at tempting to reach Salt Lake on account of the heavy wind which he encountered at Lap Laramie forty- forty five miles from Cheyenne Word Vord to tv this effect was received yesterday coupled couple with the report that in the return trip to Cheyenne Cheyenne Cheyenne Chey Chey- enne with the wind behind him that he covered the distance in seven minutes or at the rate of ot 6 42 miles a minute and miles an hour The wind was blowing at seventy seventy seventy sev sev- enty miles an hour as Knight reached Laramie He saw that It was futile to continue with his journey here and returned to his starting point Upon reaching Cheyenne he met with difficulty in landing in that he r remained maln d practically practically practically stationary in the air as he attempted to turn the plane Cheyenne's population turned eyes skyward and watched with the greatest Interest the battle of the plane with the wind After Atter twenty minutes' minutes endeavor Knight I managed to descend from an altitude altitude altitude alti alti- tude of 2000 feet In contrast to his speedy return to Cheyenne Knights Knight's trip to Laramie Laramie Laramie Lara Lara- mie took one hour and seven min min- utes |