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[[newspaper clipping]] ^[[Ellensburg Record 5/10]] AVIATION MEET AT BALL PARK NEXT TUESDAY ASSURED Preparations For Big Event at Ball Park Are Practically Completed Today. THE COUNTY INTERESTED Four Mechanics Will Explain Machine to People Who Are interested in Flying. The preparations for the aviation meet at the ball park next Tuesday are going steadily forward. A committee went to many of the business men yesterday afternoon and has secured more than half of the money necessary for the guaranteeing of the expenses of the meet. Arrangements were completed for the operation of excursion rates from all points in the upper end of the county, and as far west as Lester. This arrangement practically assures Cle Elum and Roslyn people of the rate of $1 for the round trip to Ellensburg. The upper county people can arrive here on No. 280 at 12:25 and get to the park in time for the preliminary flights and maneuvers and get a good view of the aeroplane. Four Men to Explain. Arrangements have been made for four men to be on hand near the aeroplane to explain the workings of the machinery and of the different parts. People will be enabled to get an excellent view of the famous flying machine at close range, something that has not been offered at any of the meets held in Seattle or Tacoma, as there the spectators were not allowed to approach within a distance of 300 or 400 feet of the machine. Here the crowd can see the machine at close range, before the flight is commenced. All the starts and the landings will be made within the ball park. This is regarded as one of the prettiest parts of the whole exhibition, as only during the glide close to the ground can the spectators see the different parts in operation to advantage. After the aviators soar into the higher altitudes, the appearance is greatly the same as a huge bird but a view of the start or finish offers exceptional opportunities to see how the different intricate parts are handled. Upper County Interested. A booster automobile, loaded down with boosters, placards and posters left for the upper end of the county early this morning. They will stop on the west side, at Thorp, Cle Elum, South Cle Elum and Roslyn and make the arrangements for the excursions. It is expected that several hundred people will come down from the upper county. Flying Great Sport. "Flying in an aeroplane is the most exhilarating experience any man could have," said D. C. Prentiss, advance man for Fred Wiseman, the aviator. "Wiseman has taken me up with him at different times and I enjoy it immensely now, but believe me I was one of the most frightened fellows that ever lived, when we left the ground on the first trip. "It all seemed fine as we raced along the ground for the start, traveling at terrific speed, but the moment that machine left the ground, I began to wish I had not been so venturesome. By the time we were up fifty feet I was gripping the rods like grim death and too afraid to move hand or foot and also holding my breath as though expecting a drop every minute. That horrible sensation lasted for quite a bit but after we got up about 150 feet, I began to feel better, but it was some time before I could relax a single muscle or enjoy the novel sensation of gliding swiftly through the air. Before the trip ended I had recovered my nere and was really enjoying it. Get the Bug. "I have never been up more than 200 or 300 feet but intend to go up higher with him some day. The flying bug enters a fellow's system after he has been up and he begins to like it and wants to go up often. "The traveling through the air makes a fellow bitterly cold and he has to dress for a trip in an aeroplane. We find lots of people who want to go up and it may seem queer but more than two-thirds of the applications are from women." [[/newspaper clipping]] [[newspaper clipping]] WISEMAN AND AIRSHIP GO TO BELLINGHAM The Wiseman airship has been shipped to Bellingham, Wash., and this morning Fred J. Wiseman, the well known Sonoma county aviator, accompanied by his staff, composed of Don Prentiss, Alwyn Cooper and Bob Schieffer, will leave here for that city. Mr. Wiseman is under contract to give a series of flights in Bellingham and other places in the state of Washington. Wiseman's many friends here wish him every success, and will await news from the north with great interest. [[/newspaper clipping]] [[newspaper clipping]] AVIATOR HAMILTON GETS THE ENGINE Fred Wiseman of local aeroplane fame, left Petaluma on Thursday for Sacramento, taking with him the engine from the aeroplane that has been housed in the tent at Kenilworth Park, since the Fourth of July. According to the Argus Mr. Wiseman took the engine to Sacramento at the request of Aviator Hamilton, who desires to use it in his flights, at the state fair, his own engine having proven practically useless. [[/newspaper clipping]] [[newspaper clipping]] WISEMAN FLIES HIGH AT VALLEJO People Well Pleased at Splendid Demonstration Made There Before Aviator Goes North (Vallejo News) Making three distinct flights and landing at the conclusion of the third flight before a gale of wind that swept across the field, Fred J. Wiseman demonstrated yesterday morning at Association Park that he could fly and was [[?]] turning to the park. Wiseman had the spark plugs cleaned and started again on his third and last exhibition at 8 o'clock. Quite a breeze was blowing at the time he left the ground and it looked for a moment as though he was to come to grief in the wheat field as was the case last Sunday afternoon. He managed, however, to get out of the danger zone and again headed west for Napa creek. On nearing the creek he swung as though to fly over Vallejo, but after flying sough some distance, changed his mind owing to the wind, and headed his aeroplane for the park and made a graceful landing. Wiseman said on alighting that the machine never worked better and with a few more minor changes in the planes he believed that he could fly in any kind of weather. The machine [[?]] [[/newspaper clipping]] [[newspaper clipping]] WISEMAN MAKES LONG FLIGHT TO SANTA ROSA Long Promised Flight of Young Aviator Is Made on Newspaper Errand. By the Associated Press. SANTA ROSA, Cal., Feb. 18.— Fred J. Wiseman of this city made a successful 16-mile flight today from Petaluma to Santa Rosa in a biplane of his own design. Wiseman's feat was the result of a pledge made by the aviator after his unsuccessful attempt to fly at the Rose Carnival here last year. At that time Wiseman declared that he would not attempt to fly here again until he had made a flight from Petaluma to his home town. Wiseman left Petaluma at an early hour, carrying with his 50 copies of a local morning paper. He scattered the papers along the course of his flight. He maintains an average altitude of from 100 to 200 feet and landed without any trouble in a field just south of the city limits. He was greeted by a large crowd of cheering fellow townsmen. The young aviator will attempt a series of flights at the citrus fair now being held at Cloverdale. [[/newspaper clipping]]
