Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 September 1911 — FLY FROM OCEAN TO OCEAN [ARTICLE]

FLY FROM OCEAN TO OCEAN

Two or Three Aviators to Make Attempt, Starting Sept. 10. Dayton, 0., Sept. 1. —The greatest aeroplane journey ever undertaken is scheduled to start Sept. 10, when Robert C. Fowler, a former auto racer; Cale Rogers, winner of the endurance prize in Chicago, and possibly Harry N. Atwood, will leave San Francisco with the intention of flying to the Atlantic coast. Other aviators have tentatively promised to compete For this flight the newspapers have offered $50,000 in prizes and in addition the flyers will share in the exhibition money obtained along the route, as well as in prizes offered by a western automobile company. Fowler, who is here to receive his Wright machine, says he has already selected his route across the Rockies. The conditions are that the flight must b 4 completed within a month.