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Show I ONE OF RACING AIRPLANES PASSES OVER OGDEN, CAUSING A CRANING OE MANY NECKS I Major Ham Smith, one of thf westbound west-bound transcontinental flyers, Vitus'-. i acorca of Olenites to crane their neck? I thla morning tchen he puied over hit cltv on his Journey to San I-'rancisco The drone of his ins de Havlland plaiu could be hoard for nillca and many Og-denitcs Og-denitcs saw the big gray plane as It winged Its way from tin; mouth of Weber , j canyon over Opden and thence south to I Salt Lake Major Smith became tangled In bis route end. in making bis way to this I city, he established u. i"cord :is belnr the only ncr thus far who has taken' the cours.; following? the t'nion Pacific tracks. Major Smith evident) was '.. i In the storms which h.ive been playln? havoc in Wyoming liurlnjr the pi ' ,l e . and, In coniini; into Ogden. held to th Vnion Pacific route 1I? wan afco.n-1 afco.n-1 p&nled by a nieehanican. Major Smith landed In S-.lt Lake nt the Bxicna Vista flying Meld at o'clock As he passed over the Standard (j office at erartly 8:40 o'clock, his time from Ogden to Salt Lake was twenty. ono U minutes Due to the fac that bis appearance her- was unexpected, only the early risers had a chance to see one of th.- latest model de Haviland planes In action HEARD THE ENGINES. Mauy local service men heard the whirr of the big Liberty motor before the hugh plane appeared and a numb t of the former service m.-n repeated th. i statements, after the plane pnsred over the city with, "I told you so." M- n that have been In aviation ran distinguish dis-tinguish the roar of the motors of the l aviation planes for miles ami this morn-J morn-J Inr several former ex-flyers and others, connected with avlctlon. made Just such a statement before the hugh plane came into sight ! From Ogden to Salt Iike. Major Smith I'l et a fat pace He traveled at a rate of about 115 mile? an hour nnd shottcrea L all rtcordx. Flyinc1 to Salt I-ake lp twent--one minutes is a big feat and his I mi rk will no doubt stand for some time I Major Smith, after landing at Salt I Lake, took on fuel and other material and departed for Sari Francisco at 9:4J o'clock, after a record breaking trip from Green River to Salt I-ake. OGDEN FLYER Lieutenant W H Sheridan, the Ojd-n fiver In the big race, expected in fall Lake toda , was halted at North Plat'e with other flers due to bad weathn conditions. It is highly probable that the Ogden boy will take to the air Tuesday, provided weather will permi. Lieutenant Sheridan bad planned to J fly over Ogden and !,ojran after arriving In Salt Lake from the east and scores A of Ogden people were of the opinion that the flyer this morning was the Ogden boy However, the Associated Prens dls-fatrhes dls-fatrhes how that the Ogden hoy If still llj at North Platte His mother. Mrs W IT W Sheridan of Topan. Is In Ogden and will journey to Salt Lake to see her son Just i as soon as word readies this city of hi departure from his post in Nebraska. |