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[[preprinted]] 11 [[110?]][[/preprinted]] [[newspaper clipping]] FOUR [[column]] FRED. J. WISEMAN TO MAKE FLIGHTS HERE NEXT WEEK ---- (Continued from Page One) ---- thought that the crowd here will be large, especially from the surrounding towns. Crowd Can Examine Machine. Unlike many aviators, Wiseman allows the crowd to examine his machine thoroughly before the flights. Many of the local men who went to Seattle to see Hamilton fly remember that the latter would not let the crowd get within several hundred feet of his machine. Wiseman will allow the crowd to pass within a few feet of this machine, making one condition only and that is that no one touch any part of it. To start the aeroplane it is necessary to travel for several hundred feet along the ground and a special course will be laid out at the ball park. All starts and landings will be made within the ball park, giving the spectators an excellent chance to see the working of the machine at close range. Will Fly in Wind. That the wind will not prevent a flight is the statement of Wiseman's manager. He states that many flights have been made in winds of 40 to 50 miles an hour and that a 40 mile steady wind is not as dangerous a factor to contend with as a gusty 15 mile wind. As the contract specifies that a flight must be made before any payment is made Ellensburg people are assured of seeing Wiseman's machine high in the air. May Carry Passenger. Although the contracts were not signed until midnight last night, two applications from local people to be allowed to go up in the aeroplane were received this morning. One was from a young woman and the other from a business man. Wiseman's manager states that as a rule they have two applications from women to one from men to be allowed to accompany him on one of this flights and he predicts that many other applications from local women will be received. Inspects Field Carefully. Before signing the local contract Wiseman's representative made a careful inspection of the ball park and though he did not arrive until nearly 10 p. m. last evening he immediately asked to be shown the proposed field. He spent more than an hour tramping over the ground and looking over the surrounding territory. Telegraph and telephone wires in the immediate vicinity are considered especially hazardous and the airmen are also careful to examine the ground. A special runway will have to be laid out. ______ ROSLYN [[/column]] [[image of a plane wing midflight]] [[caption]] The photograph shows Wiseman making a flight over the army camp at the Presidio, San F[[text cut off]] [[/caption]]
