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Show DESCRIBES SENSATION OE A TRIP IN AN AIRPLANE An interesting interview on his ex perlence in making the aeroplane ilicht w-lth Lieutenant J. M. Fetters in the Curtiss stunt machine, last Sun-d Sun-d afternoon, w as given this morning morn-ing to a representative of the Standard Stan-dard by A. P, Bigelow. vice president of the Ogden State bank. Mr Bigelow stated that he will ever remember the little airplane that made a record yesterday in a one day flight from Ogden to Reno on its return to Mather field from the Golden Spike celebration He also expressed preat admiration for the nerve and skill of Lieutenant Fetters. Hundreds of people peo-ple have asked him to explain to them his sensations while in the machine. At the luncheon given to the aviators avia-tors Monday, in thp Weber club, Mr Bigelow stated that he had always had a sensation of fear at going high. Following is his statement on tho flight: I "After being strapped In the seat, Lieut. Fetters opened up the throttle 'and we began to skim over the ground, the wheels touching lightly. My first impression was that we were going very fast as compared with automo- ibile travel The next instant we easily eas-ily nnd gracefully arose from the ground, and I realized that the 'flight was on ' The first two or three minutes min-utes were occupied in analyzing my sensations as the planes were set to climb, counteract the wind and adjust the balance. I felt that we were step-Ing step-Ing up 100 feet and suddenly dropping drop-ping back 30 or 40, and it seemed very much as If an elevator were to f.ud-denly f.ud-denly fall out from under you, on those quick drops. "We speedily climbed until we had reached an altitude of 2000 feet about which time we were over the Weber river and passing the sugar factory to the east. I noticed that the river was very crooked and remarked to myself that it seemed to be getting in the greatest possible mileage. There was an obsession of color, the earth seemed seem-ed to be pea green, the effect being caused by looking through the amber goggles. "About this stage I became aware of j the fact that the wings of th,e plane were very .small and frail and that the only thing that supported us was the Stead flow of power from the motor, after which 1 was very much interested in its rythmic roar The islands of the lake seemed to he at our feet, which is a figure of speech, for at that time our feet seemed to have a very insecure footin? "We rapidly crossed the railroad yards and the blocks of the city appeared ap-peared no larger than the squares of a checker hoard and the houses looked like turtles arranged in symmetrical rows. We were now nearing the mountains and the city reservoirs looked like two turquoise settings for a finger ring Here we struck some 'ragged wind.' as Lieut Fetters afterwards after-wards called it, and it tipped the right Wing up some and gave one an uneasy feeling for an instant I next realized mat we had turned toward the north -i and were passing over Ogden river and that tho plane's 'nose was in the air' at an angle of 30 degrees. We climbed up to 1U00 feet and then struck out on the 3000 foot level at 80 miles an hour for the Hot Springs. "It was only six minutes till we were passing over the field we had started from, and while I noticed the lines jot" automobiles, I didn't see the peo j pie. Here the lieutenant touched my right arm and I kne w by pre-arrang-i ed instructions that I was to move over nn my seat so he could see the alti-J alti-J tude dial. As I raised my arm straight up to let him see under it. the wind I caught my hand and wrenched it back 'sharply, showing the speed at which we were going. I realized he was about to 'pull his stunts' as he shot up another 100 feet to 3100, and suddenly sud-denly tipped the nose out of sight and e plunged straight down in a 'nose dive' which very easily swooped into an up shoot with a back summersault, ending, and I said 'I've looped the loop,' but. without giving an instant's time to enjoy the sensation, I felt ourselves our-selves dropped and whirling round like a top in a 'tail spin.' How we got out of it, I don't know, but the first thing I was certain of was that my seat was tipping over side wise from lefl to right, making a complete circle, on the bottom of which my head was pointing down and my feet up, going on over to upright, only to repeat the 'barrel roll" to the left, after which we straightened out normally again, and I looked at the altitude dial, and read 1000 feet. We had fallen 2100 feet while going through those 'stunts.' "During this rush of noise and tumult tu-mult of motion, my mind was mostly-occupied mostly-occupied with an admiration for the iron nerves and cool head of Lieut. Fetters who was steering his machine with such wonderful skill." nn |