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Show 1 Qgdes! Has Charms From Air; Flyer ' Takes Reporter on Trip Above City ; ' . ''-y'V 8 This is how a portion or the bufd- i ' v'i.; y: . ; . tlWrmt ncss (ll-strIct of thc city uprcnrs from ' ? f K. ' . -51 fty jl an airplane nt jono rcct. At tho bot- - . :T . ' 3&WkM ' SI tom of tho piotoprapii. siipiu left or MlfeSiPr 1 I thc center, thc Standard-Examiner i 'V V: - W9WWiW i 1 0 building Is shown. Tkc roof of W. II. .ft i.ll Wright & Sons' store can also be seen. '1te? ' - ft ifWyC . 18 At thc right n portion or Washington yAt : V' -T $t 1 rJII avenue Is visible together with Twcn- i&itoL I 13 -- v JUkdH bjS feSSfl O'-tlilrtl street nnd Hudson avenue. IB W CNSw(RSiSWW by inoyd A" Tlnunerman. a -:" S'&S&mSM'a n,cn11)C1, of '-The Standard-Examiner liSiSa StnfC from U, Lincoln-Standard pns-vcr pns-vcr by E(U1, Brooks. Below the plane SrfeW is shown before tho flight with Brooks ifm9i "cnr scnt an" iin - I First Pictures of City From j Air Taken by Standard-i Standard-i Examiner Photographer (By FLOYD A. TIMMKRMAX.) I Those who beliec they have seen the beauties of tho Great Salt Lako valley havo still many of its charms J to bohold unless they have given it :thc "up-and-down" from an airplane.' j They may have lived in it for years1 and travolcd through Its area from end to end, but from the ground they! havo seen nono of its myriad of col-1 ors, its windinpr, silvery streams, and ; Its meadows of rolling green, in the! beauty which It can be glimpsed from among the clouds, X 80-Mile Pace. J j A person is foolish absolutely' "nuts" to make any attempt to dc-! scribe the thrills, the sensations, andj the wonderful exhlllration that is felt when gilding along at an eiglity-niiie-an-hour paeo far above the earth.! However, they sometimes call mol "nuts" In tho office, but u real deacrlp-' tive story could not do Jusilce to tne! scenery whtcn passed bciow on our' flight. Of course you know that Eddie Brooks. Denver ulr pilot and a former flier with tlio army aviation servlco In France, is in Ogden with his airplane. air-plane. Ho keeps-it on a field near Lho Utah Hot Springs where there Is ono of the best landing places in the west. Eddie la here on uusiness, hut he don't mind taking a "pleasure hop" or a "stunt" flight antlmo when passengers pas-sengers are not on hand. Whether or not Brooks will remain In Ogden any great length of time will uepenu upon tno number of passengers that show up at the flying field and enjoy a ride. He will take anyone and give them the best half-hour of their lives. Expenses of. an airplane pilo up faster than those contained on thc "swindle sheet" of a traveling salesman or a war correspondent. To make tho lodger balance and keop Eddio here, means that many Ogden-Hes Ogden-Hes must see Salt Lake valley from tho air. Spcelnl Camera. j Well, Friday afternoon it was do-! cided tliut wc get some pictures of ugden from tnc air. In order to get even a probable shot at the city it waa necessary that wo construct a special camera. It consists of a long bo, similar to tho old block cameras ana on tho bottom was fastened a pistol grip with a trigger attached so ...he entire picture-taking operation' juld be accomplished with ono ar-h. with the camera ready we cllnVoed oaru thc Lincoln-Standard piano ..v. prepared for the flight, shortly af-. af-. J o'clock. Horo something must . old about the landing ffeld near springs. Eddie ha3 flown from of fields In all parts of the ...try and in France and he declares Ogde-n field to bo tna best ho ever .topped" from. Th0 ground is level ..id so hard that thc wheels make no -sprint, but the "drag," tho stick that i used to break tho spued of the ...ano after it has reachod the ground, Es In perfectly and The piano can be rought to a standstill within 100 arda from where it first touches its '."heels. ,.Uw .t00k off the west into a Jllght oreeze ana rapidly rose to 500 iect. Wo then completod a circle and eacnlng 1000 feet flew over tho Utah ..lot Springs and headed toward Ogden. Og-den. Wo could see bathers in tho big pool at the springs and they waved as we passed over them. Hit Air rocket. J The air w;as slightly rough as we climbed toward the south and .the plane Jumped considerably aB thc wind roae and, fell. A person can feel an air pocket at tho mouth of Ogden can- ! yon and as the plane rushes Into tho! pocket, it sinks rapidly, but begins' climbing again as good air Is reachod.. Wo reached 2000 feet as wo.nearedl tu.vcity and took several photographs fr.om this height. Wo then dived to' oOO feet and could plainly pick out! the various buildings and storos. f Flying over a clt" at a height of SOO foot is fine dope for a person who I likes thrills, for if tho motor should, fail there would be certain to be an exalting period of dodging telegraph wires, poles and buildings. For scenic effect, tho open country is tho proper plate. It is impossible to convey anv doscriptlon of tho wonderful beautlffs which lie beneath to thc reader unless he ha3 soon It, so why try? Anyway,! on ,the sport pago of this issue Is a story written while wo wore In tho air and't while the news was hot. 1 'W.e -were thirty minutes in the air and took twelve photographs from various va-rious heights. Eddio Is experienced1 in flying to obtain photographs, for he did this in Franco for months and he can manipulate the machine to any. position so your lonae will be clear ; of thc wings. I After snapping- our photographs over the city. Brooks wont througn a few spirals and weeves for tho bene-'; 1 M ' ' fit of tho spectators and wo headed back toward tho landing field. Circling to our landing wo dropped to thc ground oo easily that It was Impossible to tell when the wheels struck thc ground. When you see Great Salt Lake val-Io val-Io from thc air you will know that have never soon Us beauties until ou look down upon them. |
