Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 57, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 March 1911 — WILL ATTEMPT TO FLY TO HAVANA [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

WILL ATTEMPT TO FLY TO HAVANA

NEW YORK. —Hard on the appallingleath of Archibald Hoxey of the Wright combination of aviators, comes the report that J. Clifford Turpin will attempt a biplane flight from Key West, lia., to Havana, Cuba, that will neccessitate flying 100 miles over water. Turpin is one of the three surviving pupils of the Wright brothers. While he has not been much in the eye of the public, he is said to be a skillful and daring aviator who may be relied on to give a good account of himself in connection with hiß proposed feat of flying.