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AIRPLANES FURNISHIOTR MAC MINKS HERE WEDNESDAY \FTERNOON ABSORB U,L \ r! ENTION HUNDREDS SI ( NTS.inThrilling. did you say? Well we j should .say so. even to stand on the Igood old solid earth and watch it.; That’s what most of (jreensbm g ami Decatur county thought when, stand jing with backs of heads resting licit ween shoulder boms, hundred; ofpeople witnessed the sensational air* plane flights made over our cit\ ye — t i day afternoon.j '['he four airplanes which were scheduled to arrive here at 1:30 i i ret make their appearance until r.ear-Ij 3 o’clock, thus causing many a hard feeling among heretofore good ih n ls when they, being busily engaged looking straight into the fair heavens,!walked right into their best friends, mashing toes and doing other minor thingsw hieh do so sting one’s fee n ’g- ^ Hut. when once the planes arrived and began their daring stunts hundreds of feet in the air hardships were forgotten and friend and foe stood M'1'* by i S( side in breathless silence and watch-jM ed-! One little to{. just a good foot in height was standing beside her mother, looking up, of course, because everybody else was. and when she final- I ly spied one of the planes trying to hide behind one of those pretty white j;w clouds, quickly grasped her mothe ’s P* hand and exclaimed. “Oh look, mother.I that one has eyes.” Of course, wo (suppose she wa referring to the ring.* which were painted on the bottom of 11he plane, but we couldn’t help wish 'they’d have that kind of an appeal -1 bu ar.ee to Kaiser Mill and the Huns j^° '1’he four machine were fro hi the -e (Rantoul. Ill-, lield and carried eight.as | men. Corporal Edward Hurd. o. In-jed 1 (iianapolis, making the trip with the j he aviators. The journey from Co!umbujhy here w as made in fifteen minutes and, K was without incident- Lieutents Pyre-. t«» ly. P. P. Hill. Reynolds. Russell. Re-'J Forwaid and St- Johns had charge of(c the planes.I pon their arrival here tiie men hu were entertained at luncheon by r.mm-'mi bers of the local committee at the le Ymiond cafe, after whicli they gave the main exhibition-The flyers started for Indianapoli about 5 o’clock- jMi mbors of the lean committee he lt;* T ‘. are very mueji pleased with the intm • st shown and fee! t .at add d imp* t u ha* been given the bond . aw.- t*y •!. visit of the airmen.Si,Jich)ffs
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Greensburg Daily News
Greensburg, Indiana, US
Thu, Sep 26, 1918
Page 6
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Kati G.
NA, 21 May 2025
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