| Show i s ame america ica looks seen du during ri ng wide vide flying tri trip Y f ibish it ish aviator writes of lis impressions on tour bondon how the united states ki cs viewing the land from the air described in the daily telegraph major C C turner who re aly aly made an extensive flying r cr of this country gravel travel by airplane he explains es one a view diff different erent from of the usual landscape pano as ba s the enormously long sha rs s of trees and cattle as the ris ris lesun asun suddenly jumping over the j of the world them is prig the things that impress him niagara seen from a few thou id feet above is but a small aft r he says its grandeur is not z n the falling flood is not heard dutiful woods become mere cz cab je ye patches hills and dales are sigried out on the whole the DENTAL PRODIGY r Z A V I 1 juiling ht tiling at you is paul bartlett J j of mr and mrs william J alett of medford mass who sted eted teething at the age of three and now has a dozen mo ft j 0 to o his credit credic a month before birst birthday if early teething abates good health then young all il seems to be well on his way acome some man y J it interesting routes are those ilch h skirt the sea aut t flying among mountains oft fjords splendid views in quick cession views which the climb ins only after terrible toil and onside considerable rable risk great cultivated plains or hours and hours the air eler in the united states passes the great cultivated plains rs of thousands of patches impost 0 s t invariably rectangular h when I 1 saw them were all abety ety greens and browns they an ind d in a all 11 directions to the very bant f ant horizon so far below are 1 l occasional ranch buildings that t fy look smaller than the smallest ach boxes the thin black line g railway may be seen but sel a train athe e mountains are always yd d and sometimes beautiful in 11 ornia nevada arizona new ico co and utah there are mighty 4 ia of red and yellow and every livable brown and grayish blue feen een e liner flies majestically past or just over snow clad peaks and to an inexperienced eye it seems sometimes as if a wingtip must hit a rock unpleasant doubt assails one are those tiny looking sprigs merely sprigs and are our wings about to brush the tops of them or are they big pine trees far below they move slowly if they were close they would streak along the great mountains ars stupendous and exhilarating almost beyond elief belief b but at night the spectacle is is if possible even more marvelous moonlight makes the airplanes wings like bright silver to the right there is the green of the starboard navigation light to the left the red port light gleams far below every ten or fifteen miles the recurrent beam of a route beacon shines upward and looking ahead or astern one can pick out two or even three at a time near a big route junction the beacons 0 of f other routes come into view certainly one of the most impressive and beautiful experiences is that of approaching a great city at night in the usually good visibility of the united states this is more often a satisfying spectacle than in europe kansas city seen from afar and at night is a brilliant many color colored ed jewel chicago and new york are too vast and on the landward side too far spreading to make the perfect picture but for sheer staggering magnificence ence los angeles and san francisco are acknowledged supreme I 1 landed at san francisco only by day but on two occasions I 1 descended at los angeles at night the airliner approaches after several hours of mountain flying then comes a sudden moderation in the engine note and one realizes that the airplane is on a slightly slanting downward path so gradual that there are still more than forty miles to go before the landing |
