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Show Aviator Unable to Fly Over the Sierra Nevada Ne-vada Mounlains Colfax, Cal , Sept. 23. A rampart of mountains shouldering up through tho mlBts this morning neat back Aviator Robert G Fowler, who made an unsuccessful attempt to scalo tho Sierras. In resuming his transcontinental transcontin-ental aeroplane flight, interrtiptofl. Sept. 11 by the wrecking of hiB biplane bi-plane near here. Fowler left the ground at 6:43 o'clock, flew twenty-four miles to Blue Canyon, and after a half hour's battle bat-tle with tho mountain winds, returned to Colfax, alighting at 3:55. He said his engine was not strong enough to carry him over the summit nnd that he would jTut In a stronger engine and start again Monday. When Fowler got Into the sky the winds slapped his air craft about like waves toy I np with n channel boat The mountain air from Colfax to Summit Is cross-hatched with uncharted gusts and they nosed tho Invader about the sky until his biplane bucked like a cayuse. Climbing higher, ho found stiller currents, butuho air was thin and tho planes would not "bite " He thereupon returned. When Fowler appeared ho wan flying fly-ing at a high altltudo and dosconded near his place of departure In a long glide He said thaL hlR cngino was not strong enough to carry him over tho summit. Testing AlriCurronts. Colfax, Cal . Sept. 23. Aviator Rob-ert Rob-ert G. Fowler was ready at 5:30 o'clock this morning,, to resume hlR Interrupted flight to-New York, the next stago of which will carry him over the 'crest of the Slorra. Nevada mountains. Ho waited only upon a favorablo report of weather conditions condi-tions at tho summit. Cloudy weather, light southwest wind and stationary, barometer wore reported from Summit at 5:30 a. m. Cisco reported strong winds and low-hanrlng low-hanrlng clouds. It was the latter which delayed the aviator. Fowler Fow-ler stad that he -would not start until the clouds began to clear away as ho feared to Iobo his way If he attempted to cross the range through the mist. Fowler returned to Colfax after making a flight around Cape Horn and a numbpr of miles up tho mountains moun-tains as a preliminary trip to test the air currents. He rose to a height of 4,000 feQt cjurlng tho flight, but tho weather was not clear enough to permit the attempt to cross the rnnge. He at 'once propared for another an-other start. Fowlor left tho ground at G:43 a. m., circling the city several times until un-til he reached a height of 1,500 feot. thm swung toward the summit. In twelve minutes ho was out of sipht. ills engino running smoothly. The acroplnno reappeared In tho eastern sky at 7:15. the aviator apparently devoting himself to trying out tho air currents as he kopt working higher and higher into the air. Just beforo he left the ground Fowler said that tho machine was in good shnpc and that ho had ocry prospect of success. A mossago from Summit reading, "Clouds aro high," was hnnded to him, and, turning to his crew, Fowler bnld- "Might as well phoot her." A minute lator ho rose In tho air and bennn circling for altitude. |