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Few Saw Finish of Flight

Only a few persons saw the flight, but those who did went into raptures over the same. They proclaim it the biggest kind of an event that Santa Rosa has ever seen. From the time the alarm was given there was insufficient time to reach points of vantage where the monster air ship could be seen rushing along like a huge bird. People hastily sought roofs of buildings and open spaces, but before any great number had reached these places the machine had met with its mishap and the aviator had been forced to descend.

Seventy Miles Per Hour
The official time of the flight by Wiseman is computed by Don C. Prentiss to be better than seventy miles per hour. Prentiss claims this to be the fastest time ever made by a biplane. Councilman Fred Forgett held the watch on the aviator when he started, and his timepiece registered 9:6-40. At the finish Willie Sukalle snapped the timepiece at 9:19. This makes the official time of the flight 12 minutes and 20 seconds.

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