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ttMake the Air Trip From the Queen’s Hotel, in Montreal, to the Biltmore,In New York, in Three and One-Quarter Hours.(Special Correspondence National Hotel Reporter.)New York, Aug. 26, 1921.Five Canadian aviators who have seen service in the World War, all being members of the Royal Fixing Corps, reached here last night from Montreal afier a record flight made in three hours and fifteen minutes at a speed of approximately one hundred miles an hour in a J.L. 6, eight passenger Junker Monoplane. Those who made the trip were: Lfs. J. Cross Field, Ernest Wai-fo*d, Harry Wilshire, Brian Daville, H. A. Argles and Adelard Raymond. Ad five aviatois went to the Biltmore after their trip to wash up and have dinner.Lieut. Raymond, who is the manager of the Queen’s Hotel in Montreal, speaking about the trip last night at the Biltmore said:“It was indeed all very wonderful and one of the most enjoyable flights I have ever taken. The scenery was very beautiful and the large country estates along the Hudson looked like small toy houses sparkling in the sun of vari colors. We flew at a height of about six thousand feet in the vicinity of Lake George and at various other times during our trip we flew at a height of two thousand feet. A few nights ago while we were having dinner in Montreal one member of our party suggested we take a little pleasure flight to New York. We tuned up our engine yesterday morning and prepared for the trip. We had an “Aeroplane Luncheon” which consisted of:Cantaloupe Chicken Salad Sliced Tomatoes Iced Tea (carried in Thermos bottles)Lieut. Field said the most amusing incident during thp entire trip to New York was a young woman in a one-piece green bathing suit at Lake Champlain.“Our record flight only serves to prove that Canadians who are anxious to visit New York for a business trip can do so in a comparatively short time. Our trip took exactly three hours and fifteen minutes, while a railroad train takes twelve1hours”.On their arrival here last night, shortly before six o’clock, the landing was made near Mitchell Field, Long Island.All of the flyers were met on theirarrival here by Duncan Campbell, a former resident of Montreal and assistant manager of the Biltmore. About ten o’clock yesterday morning Mr. Campbell received a long distance telephone asking that rooms be reserved for the aviators.
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Chicago Daily National Hotel Reporter
Chicago, Illinois, US
Tue, Aug 30, 1921
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