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the Boston Herald, to Concord, New Hampshire, where they remained for the night. The following morning Atwood left Concord for Tilton, New Hampshire, carrying A.L. Fowler, of the Boston Transcript. After landing at Tilton they took off for Laconia but soon encountered high winds which forced them down near Pittsfield, New Hampshire, slightly damaging the plane. This extended cross-country flight, which was seen by thousands of people along the way, established a New England record of 137 miles, flying over five towns. On June 23rd Atwood left Pittsfield and flew to Nahant, Massachusetts, where he gave an exhibition on the 24th before returning to Squantum. This active noteworthy flying quickly jumped Atwood to the fore of American aviators and undoubtedly sparked his ambition for the still more outstanding cross-country flying to follow that year.
At that time the Burgess Company announced that Atwood would be sent to Washington, D.C., early in July to deliver and demonstrate a Burgess-Wright machine ordered by the War Department. On June 30th Atwood broke all existing American cross-country flying records, starting from Squantum at 7:00 a.m. and flying nonstop to New London, Connecticut, a distance of 135 miles, carrying his mechanic James Fleet. This remarkable flight, which was more than four times as long as any previous flight in this country, was made after about six weeks of flying experience.
The flight was made in two hours, five minutes, passing over Quincy, Brockton, Taunton, and Fall River, Massachusetts; Newport and Westerly, Rhode Island; then to New London, Connecticut, where he landed in Riverside Park. Atwood made this flight primarily to attend the Harvard-Yale Varsity Rowing Regatta and as he passed over the course the fleet of yachts assembled for the event saluted him with whistles and cannon fire. During the races Atwood flew back and forth over the course, carrying Mayor Mahon of New London. He then decided to fly on to New York and the next morning, July 1st, left New London alone and flew to Astoria, Long Island, where he landed for fuel. Leaving there he flew down the East River until he was opposite lower Manhattan, then