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TBS' WOBtO,FIRS7 WOMAN TO STEER AIRSHIP |] OVER THE CITY’S SKYSCRAPERS’Just One I-onj, l.ong Minute of Delight, Says Mrs. Sau-fley. Lieutenant's Bride.RAN THE FLYING BOAT.First of Her Sex to Risk Trip Which Even Experts Are Forbidden to Attempt.Awordlag U Mrs. H C. fltuflsy. Wtfa of Llast. flsuflar, U. N . H U no trick at all la soar 1.309 fast nMv* Maw York la aa asroplaa*. •tot tka aar al will, swoop down la tka valors af tka karkar la a long aa« graaaful gilds, tkaa sp aad sway aaala aa Ua wings af fka *1*4. Jaat aa trick at alL That la, IT you kart tka right hind or stablllssr la yaar slr-crsft.Mrs. BsufWy la tka first womsa to Iks world to at orar Ntw York, nia-aisa Mr aar as sslstiy and joyonMr aa tka ladp af mythology atasrsd Mr a af asaaocka aUwart Ua roar akrMrs 8auna^a cheeks wars roalar »d lar dark araa wars perhaps a lltUa brighter as aba atappad out ontka prvaalo land. tlul Aer braatklna aaamad nut ona Ml liur, Bor was tkars any trsiuqr of voir* or band ac any otbar alts, *v*r so alight. of aar aaoltamant.Il'a la tka moot aihllsratlng rtda I hava ever lakan,” aha aald, aarnaaily but quit* simply. “What a pleturo Naw York la In tbla prrfaot afiamoon light! My feellngsT Just ona loot, loot nilnuta of dalltht. My husband tails ma ws bars ba«n up forty mla-ulaa. It dosa not aoem forty second* ad I aavar dreamed Naw York la i baautlful.“Warsa t yon afraid to shat oB tha motor and 1st iM blplana drift 1.100 fast a bora tka Myf “Ob. no. I bad tha utmost faith In my kualtand'a saport knowladta. Ha told ma to do It, nod I kaaw it would M psrfactly safe. tt waa. Of oonras, It waa a Utils qtmar to alt tbam la a oar that simply soarad Ilka an alba-trass; but I aosa tot aaad to It -I dsa-t tklak tkara la aar saaaatlc . It IM world quits Uka dylnf. Ona kaa m toaitag of mat Isa a pat part af tka lltos. TM stater u hununlna kat oaa ssama jam magically taiuna”Wkaa w# warn dash lag uadar tha bridges, wltk tka fag . / boats and stkar traaaaU aaar ua I waa rar ooaaoloua of our rapid flight. a mlla a mlaata la fast, tbouch oaa doaan’t aotloa It bleb l» air; but doaraeloaa ta tka watar with tka boats aaar at band It aaama aa IT our boat waa wblaalr along Uka a groat arrow. Kooa aa wa got up a thousand fast tbs aaa-antlon of • booting through spaca vanished.“Oo up agnlnf Of oouros I ahall. every ohanna I gat. And I do hop# I Shall bars tha chanoa to aaa Naw York agalo from a thousand faat above Uk arty-a torch. It la a drum city, as baautlful aa a vision *It happansd la thU way; l*wt*ao» •parry. Inranlor of IM gyroaeople aUblllaar that makaa so saropiaM aa at aad y aa a church, ao mattsr bow full of flaws, variations and soft apoia tka air ma; ha. baa Man damsnatrat. lag bis maobUa during Iks last two wnaka la a Curtiss dying boat, or hrdro-aeroptaao. from tha Nary Yard at llrooklya. Ha wmnta Uncle lam ta aaa his paiaat ao that If tka pattani oM gentleman avnr Ma to drop bamba an bin eiiesuan M onn da It with aa-surmay aad dtapatoh, uatog MU Mada for IM purpose. whlla Ua MnbManr hasps Ua naropUaa aa lavalItla tks vary lataat cry in Ua awful art af war.Limit. saafisy baa baaa tasting thaapparatus, chlady by going with Inranlor Mperry aa hi# dsaaonatrat lag trips aad hlmsatf runalng tblt; car. Yaatarday waa a laa day far a bard teat. Ua waatorty Maaam blow lag Bt fully, now down to lillla or nothing, and now piping a whUa at Ulrty or forty ml laa an Mur. Bo Mr. Bandar nsoaadsd wiu Mr. »i rr. nod tbay ran up and down and towhat U aba Ilhs-U# drat woman to ataar an airship ovsr Naw York?Bha la vary yonag sad vary gantls, looks libs a llttls Southern gtrl of alghtaaa, ban a low, awost voice, dark and black hair that loosely frames Mr may cheek* Her husband Is a tall and alaowy young man, sparing of epeach. gray-eyed, hawk-beaked and with n rugged out-Jutting shin—the vary type of him who should rids IM grim war-eagle Into Mttlo: but sM la tha last porooa la ths world ona would asec elate »ub such a mas bins, sM so gen Us sad difll-But ths took bar Maes In Us ear. noddsd a brtsf goodby to bar man and toefc bold of the atssrlng Isvar. Mr. dparry had yleldsd control of Uo flying boot to bor. though this war •nly bor fourth trip In an aero plana, and Ua air eurrsnls above Nsw York ars so variable and treacherous that IM A vial Ion Hoclaly punishes any a*part ma who daree to fly there without ayaelal permission. TM la-• uanoa af tka waters, of the high and low buildings and ths brat that gushes up, all aomblnad, maks Ua air over New York na full of whirlpools and addles aa tha Niagara River.Neat moment ehe was gone. Ths great biplane Bashed under and past IM Manhattan and hhut River Bridges and flaw aa far south as tha Narrow*. Tbam, reversing Its course, II returned, passed high above tha bridges, and. gently soaring la tbs northern sky. all but vanished far above Blackwells island. TM bl-looked like a vary tall. tbla. ilisr II ‘ gray latter II laid oyer on Its side.Narlb ward It flaw, than narthwast eely. above tha Harlem River sad Ik Skip Canal, than down to the mourn of tks Hudson, wham at a height of I .PM fast It swung In a wids. I aar ulrcle round and round, far above IM Mad of Liberty herself Then tba greet propeller stopped, and the biplane Stood still against tho blue vault of baaven. s ood still as a condor floating above laa native mountains.Now the forward plane .lipped as tha throbbing of the motnr again waa haard, and tho vast bird-machine plunged down at an angle or it degrees. quite aa If It Would diva Into Ua My sad go far Mlow. Rut the fair bands at ins steering lever moved eves so slightly, aud tbs grant bulk settled apan tha surf aaa aa graoafaby aa a gliding awaa.A tow mores a la mars and It again. Madsd ap IM Hudson, thenrung away for tho lowar aids of aw York, crossed It diagonally, f the Bail River aad ManhattanBridges and settled down In a long, graceful, easy spiral to Its nest la tbs Navy Yard.B. R. T. DEFIESTRANSFER ORDERMay Have to Pay $5,000 Fine for Every Day of Violation.
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New York Evening World
New York, New York, US
Tue, Feb 09, 1915
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