Feature Letter of March 12th, 2026
Gilroy, Wilbert H.
March 12th 1917
My instructor crashed one this morning at 6:30 to start the day with, and so several others followed his example. No one was hurt a bit, so it is not so bad. Anything for a little excitement you know.
One fellow let his machine run away on him, rather it got out of his control, landed at 100 mph, ran along the ground 500 yards, hit a hedge at 40 mph and the whole machine turned a complete somersault over said hedge. He was strapped in well, so when the ambulance got to him he was suspended in the air, 12 feet up, and upside down, and quite happy because he hadn't broken his neck, as he fully expected to. So did we.
