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Sept 29 Kent, Ohio., Windbound. |

" [[ditto for Sept]] 30 Kent, Ohio. 8:31 A.M. | Rivarre, Ind. 4:59 P.M.
204 miles. | 258 minutes.

Oct. 1 Rivarre, Ind. 8:55 A.M. | Huntington, Ind., 4:35 P.M.
80 miles. | 188 minutes.
^[[x]] (Rodgers saw a thunder storm approaching, and in an attempt to skirt it, went south to Portland, Ind. He was caught between two thunder storms and before they were over passed a third storm about 600 feet below him, narrowly escaping being struck by lightning in the air. It is impossible to figure the exact mileage this day.) |

" [[ditto for Oct.]] 2 Wrecked at Huntington, Ind. |
^[[x]] (Rodgers attempted to get up in a very heavy wind. The spectators crowded on the flying field, and in choosing between killing himself or a dozen persons, the aviator wrecked his byplane. It was a combination of the Middletown and Red House, N.Y., wrecks.) |

" [[ditto for Oct.]] 5 Huntington, Ind. 11:30 A.M. | Hammond, Ind. 6:10 P.M.
122 miles. | 137 minutes.

" [[ditto for Oct.]] 6-7 Windbound at Hammond. |

" [[ditto for Oct.]] 8 Hammond, Ind. 11:31 A.M. | Chicago, Ill. 11:59 A.M.
22 miles. | 28 minutes.

Chicago, Ill. 4:03 P.M. | Lockport, Ill. 5:15 P.M.
28 miles. | 72 minutes.
(Rodgers mistook his directions and flew over Lake Michigan to South Chicago, then got lost trying to find the Special Vin Fiz train on the C&A tacks.) |

" [[ditto for Oct.]] 9 Lockport, Ill. 8:25 A.M. | Springfield, Ill. 5:20 P.M.
181 miles. | 299 minutes.

" [[ditto for Oct.]] 10 Springfield, Ill. 8:37 A.M. | Marshall, Mo. 4:35 P.M.
207 miles. | 309 minutes.

" [[ditto for Oct.]] 11 Marshall, Mo. 8:24 A.M. | Kansas City 11:25 A.M.
84 miles. | 120 minutes.

" [[ditto for Oct.]] 12-13 Kansas City. Stormbound two days. |

" [[ditto for Oct.]] 14 Kansas City 11:55 A.M. | Vinita, Okla. 6:30 P.M.
190 miles. | 271 minutes.

" [[ditto for Oct.]] 15 Vinita. Windbound. |

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