Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 October 1910 — AEROPLANE OVER CHICAGO [ARTICLE]

AEROPLANE OVER CHICAGO

Thousands cf People See Aviator W. R. Brookins in Daring Flight. Over thirty thousand persons, gathered on the lake front in Chicago, and in the streets and windows of the loop district, saw Walter R Brookins "make the first: airship flight ever attempted above Lake Michigan. Brookins' command of the machine seemed perfect despite the wind. After flying over the lake the craft turned its course above the big buildings of the loop district. Over the skyscrapers Brookins soared and then returned to the starting point on -ue iake front. Brookins made several nipre flights at different times and thefi departed on his aeroplane trip from Chicago to Springfield, 111,, for a prize of SIO,OOO.

Chavez Dies of His Injuries. At Domodossola. Italy, Aviator George Chavez, the Peruvian, who was the first to fly ever the Alps i. an airship, is dead from injuries he received in his fall after finishing his daring feat.