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[[newspaper clipping]] [[image - photo of a flying biplane with a crowd gathered underneath]] [[newspaper clipping]] [[image of a biplane in flight]] [[caption]] Wiseman Aeroplane at Start of Flight Over Montezuma Hills [[/caption]] INVITES YOUNG WOMAN TO MAKE FLIGHT IN AEROPLANE Does any young woman in Tacoma wish to go joy-riding in an aeroplane? If there are any who would enjoy, or believe they would enjoy, the sensation of a swift flight through the upper atmosphere, that privilege may be obtained by communicating with Fred J. Wiseman at the Olympus hotel. Wiseman, the California aviator, who will give flights at the Tacoma baseball park Friday and Saturday, has often carried passengers with him upon his flights, having carried a woman as a passenger in a flight at Santa Rosa last February. There is but one way, he declares, to properly appreciate the thrill of darting away from the earth and swooping about like a winged creature of the mountain peaks, and that is to be a passenger in the machine when the first swift buzz of the propeller gives the lifting start to the planes. The first woman to apply may claim the trip offered by the aviator. Incidentally Wiseman believes that within five years Tacoma will see not only one aeroplane, but scores of them in daily use. As an inventor of his own particular type of machine, he believes that the flying machine will be not only a commercial asset of the future, but one of the leading mediums of sport. He said yesterday that in a few years he would expect to see harbors like that of Tacoma dotted with hydro-plane flying machines, owned and operated by those who are now enthusiasts in yachting and boating. He believes the hydro-plane machine with wings to be as safe as the ordinary sailing boat. Wiseman has been peculiarly successful in his manipulation of the aeroplane and promises to try for a flight over the city if weather conditions are favorable on either of his exhibition days. He has flown over the business section of other cities, but says he would like to circle some of Tacoma's skyscrapers and make a flight over the harbor. The attempt may be made either Friday or Saturday. The Wiseman aeroplane was taken to the baseball park yesterday and a corps of mechanicians is at work today assembling it for flight. [[newspaper clipping]] WISEMAN MAKES GOOD AT PETALUMA In spite of the Wind He Circles Grounds in Fine Style and Gives Creditable Exhibition Wiseman made a good flight Wednesday at Petaluma. He was a little late in getting started, and the first attempt was not successful, owing to difficulty with the steering apparatus. After sailing from a position at one end of the Kenilworth Park grounds to a spot about opposite the grand stand and there putting the aeroplane in shape, Wiseman made a second start. He arose gracefully and easily to a height of between 100 and 150 feet, sailed out east toward the old William Hill place, and around back over the track to the point in front of the grand stand from where he had started, and there alighted without difficulty. Just as he was ready to coast down, he noticed that the water pipe in his engine had become disengaged. In view of the accident, no further attempts were made and there was no carrying of passengers, as had been announced. But the accident to the water pipe in no way effected the flight that he did make, which lasted five or six minutes, and covered about as many miles. Wiseman will make another flight Monday, and may also fly Sunday. Several hundred people witnessed Wednesday's flight. [[newspaper clipping]] Wiseman Rebuilds Plane. [Special Dispatch to "The Examiner."] SANTA ROSA, November 20.— After leaving his aeroplane in Petaluma for repairs, as a result of the smath in Reno several days ago, when he narrowly escaped with his life, Fred J. Wiseman came to his home in this city to-day, accompanied by Ben Noonan, Don Prentiss, Bob Schieffer, Alwyn Cooper and Archie Prentiss, who were with him in Nevada. Wiseman will soon try to fly from Petaluma to Santa Rosa, sixteen miles. He is confident that he will be able to accomplish the flight. Wiseman has received many offers to travel with his plane, which was built entirely in this county.
