Salt Lake Telegram | 1919-10-11 | Page 15 | Another Flier Says Hello, Goodbye

AN ANOTHER I FLIER I SAYS Af HELLO Hll I IO GOODBYE O J Captain Drayton Close v on I Trail of A Aviating v Preacher Flying with all possible speed and pressing hard upon the tho aerial trail tran of ot the flying parson Captain I II IL C C. C Drayton one of the veteran birdmen of ot Uncle Sams Sam's air service arrived In Salt Lake at 1057 1067 a. a m m. today from Rawlins Kawlins Wyo Vo Captain accompanied Drayton was wan by Lieutenant Lester T 1 J. J S Sv e ley as u observer r They were wre the only onty aviators aviators avia la I tors In the great grat transcontinental air race to arrive arrhe here this morning I Although several hours behind Lieutenant Lieutenant Lieutenant Lieu Lieu- tenant Belvin W W. l a Maynard nard the record smashing preacher pilot Captain Drayton lost no time in getting away from Salt Lake on the trail of at his sky pilot competitor After a regulation stop of ot thirty minutes during which his machine machine- was replenished with oil and gas the second leading westbound ship headed straight from Buena Vista for tor the next control station at Salduro A FLYING FOOL What bat time did that I Maynard aynard leave here this morn us w t the first question asked askel on ashe as ashe ashe he stepped from the c cHe clie He lie was Informed that thai nard left lert last Jast night Well Ill I'll be d d- d I laughed Dray Dray- ton All Alt J Ive I've got to gay ay IlY Is that the parson is a flying fool toot I hope he heI I gets through safely lately and I wish him himI I I luck My hats hat's off to him and his hla observer but we wont won't consider ourselves ourselves our our- selves beaten until he has ha reached rached Frisco AVIATORS POPULAR I Drayton and won the plaudits and admiration of ot several I hundred persons at Buena Vista for fori rorI i their sportsmanship and apparent j I good nature Drayton Draylon Is Ts a veteran of ot othe I the he air and one of the most popular men In the service according fo to of- of j I ewer stationed here her is a daring young oung aviator with an amiable I disposition and an abundance of or enI en- en I j While resting in fn the control station i Captain Drayton said the trip this j morning over the Wasatch range ge from fromI I Rawlins to Salt Lake was the most beautiful and thrilling he had hod ever i experienced HP said the almost endless endless end end- I less chain of or mountain rang ranges afforded afforded afforded af- af forded a sight that cannot be equaled anywhere in the world