Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-09-27 | Page 9 | Balloons End Long Flights

iiLOOi END LONE FLIGHTS Six of Eleven Which Started Flight Saturday Have Made Landings BIRMINGHAM, Ala.. Sept 27. The Kansas City II, Homer E. Honeywell, pilot; and army balloon No. 1, Lieu tenant Richard E Thompson, pilot, were the only contenders left in the national balloon race early tills after noon, according to reports at the chamber cham-ber of commerce. Officials were awaiting await-ing more definite information as to the times at which tho nine others landed before announcing the names oi tho winneTB. BIRMINGHAM; Ala.. Sept. 27 Five of tho eleven balloons which started from here Saturday aft noon in the national elimination cunt i hud landed early toduy, according lo reports re-ports received by tho Rirmlngham chamber of commerce. Army balloon No. 4, piloted by Lieutenant Lieu-tenant E. W. Mclntyre, with Captain Dale Mabrey as aide, descended one nilb- south of Lovvlsport, Ky.; the "Mlseo,-' piloted by Bernard von Hoffman, Hoff-man, of the Lulverdlty of Missouri, landed eight miles west of Caneyville, Ky., onMoon No. 10, R F. Oonaldson. pilot and E. King. aide, cume down near owensboro, Ky.; the ' Ohio," hi charge of Warren Rasor, reported landing at Gareyvllle, Ind , and balloon bal-loon No. 8 came down three miles northwest of Van Wert, O., this morning morn-ing after traveling u distance of more than 500 miles In 36 hours and 46 minutes. min-utes. 'i h- balloons left here equipped for a two days' flight. FORCED DOWN BY STORM. CINCINNATI. O.. Sept. 27. The Elsie Delight, the entry of E H. Weston. Wes-ton. In lie- International balloon race, was forced to land at Drakcsboro. Ky., yi -sterday after having been In the air eleven and one half hours. Weston and Ieo Stevens, chief constructor of tho air service la tho United States .'imy, pilot oi th- Elsie Delight, ur-rlved ur-rlved In Cincinnati today. They said thi i.lde Delight had traveled approx-Imatel) approx-Imatel) 330 miles before It was forced to tho ground by a heavy storm. or,