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[[logo - image of George Washington.  THE STATE OF WASHINGTON - 1889 [[/logo]]
Olympian
CITY OFFICAL PAPER
OLYMPIA, WASH., SUNDAY, MAY 21, 1911  VOLUME 21, No. 60.

THE HARBOR FIVE TIMES
OF COMMERCE [[?]] IS BIG SUCCESS
Aviator Wiseman Rise Thrice [[?and]] Like Great Bird of Passage [[?Regions]] Used Only by Birds

That he will make a trip to [[?ka]] to give exhibitions in the [[?hern]] cities.  His tour is in charge [[?]] Charles H. Young, who has at one [[?]] other managed Curtis, Ely, [[?]] Wiseman and other [[?ng]] birdmen.  Depree and Walsh  [[?]] have been giving flying exhibitions in Oregon, will join Wiseman in [[?Seattle.]] 

Photographers were much in evidence yesterday among those who [[?ined]] views of the aviator [[be?]] Mr. Harbeck, of Seattle, representative of Western State Illustrating Company, who took motion pictures.   [[?By]] means of a camera attached to the flying machine, Wiseman took a snapshot of the crowds on his last ascent.  The photographer for Seattle Commercial club was present and took [[?ws]] of the flight which will be put on exhibition.

In fact it is figured by those having [[?]] meet in charge that the real value of the aviation exhibition is the advertisement the city will receive, [[?]] especially the immense tideland [[?]] Aviator Wiseman was enthusiastic over the field stating that it [[?]] one of the most advantageous aviation fields in the country as a good ascent can be made, while in descending there is very little chance for a mishap.  Each time the descent was perfect and the big air craft gliding down from the dizzy heights gradually lost her momentum until when she reached the earth she sailed along a few feet from the earth like a bird about to light.  The second flight was the best from the point of view of the spectator as it furnished a thorough exhibition of the multiplicity of little details which go to make up a flight of an airship.  A beautiful curve was made which, according to the word of the aviator, was the most perfect he has ever made and what he believed was one of the finest ever attempted and carried out by an aviator.  It was a curious and wondering crowd that thronged the field yesterday, never before had the airship been an actual reality, but the mere vague mention of books,  yesterday the real was witnessed.  It was conclusively demonstrated that heavier-than-air machines can navigate the [[?air]] and established as only a mattr of time when the aeroplane will come into commercial use.

A passenger was to have been taken up according to advance rumors, but as the flange heated up this was abandoned as the life of a passenger could not be risked by the birdman.

Olympia was airship crazy last evening and nowhere on the street could be seen a gathering of men or women but what they had under discussion the aviation meet of the afternoon and it is possible if the show of enthusiasm is long lived that the wizard of the air will be induced to return to the city and make additional flights.

"She is fine" said Wiseman as he made his first descent, his face wreathed in smiles.  He declared the day was ideal and deplored the fact that the flight around the statehouse could not be attempted.

If the flight could not have been made yesterday afternoon, it was the plan of management to give the exhibition this afternoon.  Wiseman was determined to make the flight of his life in this city, and with that end in view he cancelled a date with another city to give Olympia the best exhibition he has yet made.  Owing to inclement weather and winds the flights in many of the cities of the state have not been very satisfactory, and he was determined to break the luck which almost without exception resulted in little more than complete failure.  Wiseman is accompanied by assistants and mechanics, they being Don C. Prentiss, A. B. Cooper and R. H. Schieffer.

Nothing occurred yesterday afternoon to mar the occasion as a perfect adjustment of the many little details which go to make an aviation meet a success had been carefully arranged.  Much of the success of the meet is due to the conscientious work of Richard butler, who has been advertising man for the project.  He has spared no time nor energy in advertising the meet and last night stated that he was more than pleased with the outcome, although the chamber was greatly handicapped by the lack of an enclosed field where tickets could be collected.  Secretary Watson of the Chamber of Commerce has also worked hard and long and was overwhelmed with congratulations last night on the success and he was enthusiastic over the result obtained.  He is of the belief that the meet yesterday afternoon is worth thousands of dollars to the city and county as an advertising medium, although little more than expenses were realized at the gate.

After the flights yesterday, one spectator aptly remarked "Well, he can fly", and that interjection seemed to reflect the sentiment of the entire crowd.

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[[caption]] WISEMAN HIGH IN AIR ABOVE OLYMPIA FLATS [[/caption]]

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