Show SUN REPORTER COVERS BEA T TIN IN AEROPLANE Staff Member of Baltimore Evening Sun Covers News Events in Biplane Purchased Purchased Pur Pur- chased by Th That t Paper Lieutenant W. W D. D Tipton F Former A in United States Army Takes Unusual Unusual Unusual Un Un- usual Pictures By United Press j Nd Sept 24 I D The U airplane r reporter porter is here lIe He is a member of the staff of the thc Baltimore Evening Sun and he flies a biplane recently recently recently re re- re- re purchased by that paper as a regular part of its news- news equipment The The air air reporter Is Lieutenant William D. D n former United States Slates army aviator who shot down seven German planes and one Boche balloon on the French fighting g front He also was captured and held prisoner for a time by the Germans A VENT VENTURE RE I IThe The Evening Sun purchased the plane to test out Its practicability for tor quickly covering important t news events at points in Maryland and neighboring states not easily accessible by train boat or automobile and also for tor taking unusual pictures picture A SUB STORY I t Lieutenant Tipton on 4 4 flew new thirty five ve miles o out t to tos tosea sea a off orf the Delaware coast in an eff tt t nbc nho- lc-gr lc ph tib J J t sunk sunken ri craft was was' between and seventy mileS out miles out out and positive instruction notto noto go gomorI gomor mor morI I than twenty miles mile Ut mie out because of ot the In inability of an airplane ne to 10 land on I water S UNUSUAL SHOTS S1 I Aerial photographs of ot all sections of ot Baltimore have haQ been taken from the plane and print printed d In hi th the photogravure se section of ot the Sunday Sunda Sun Among other other other oth oth- er photographs made was wa one of ot atrain a a- atrain atrain train wreck and another of ot the battleship battleship battleship battle battle- ship fleet in the Annapolis ha harbor bor WIDE BEAT One o of the Important uses for which the plane is intended Is the covering of news events on on the eastern shorb short of Maryland The geographical location location location loca loca- tion o of Baltimore In relation to points on the eastern shore makes the tho gathering gathering gathering gath gath- ering of news there by staff writers slow because of ot the time required to reach any of ot the towns by ordinary means of or travel With tho plane In op operation operation op- op practically every place IsI is within an hour or so of 0 Baltimore I |