##################################################################### WEBSTER, DULUTH BIRDMAN, THRILLS THOUSANDS BY HIS DARING FLIGHTS #####################################################################

May 28, 1914--Duluth News Tribune--page 10

H. J. Webster, licensed airman, whose home is in Duluth, thrilled Billings, Mont., with a spectacular flight last week. Circling and dipping, immediately above the business part of the city, he almost caused a cessation of business.      Webster flew at a height of 1,100 feet and did his circling, dipping and spiralling high in the clouds. His flight was described as being of the "breathless variety" and from indications he is rapidly developing into a second Lincoln Beachy. Mr. Webster will use a Curtiss biplane and will make the fairs and celebrations in the northwest this summer. The accompanying picture was taken of Mr. Webster in his machine on the Pacific coast this spring whre he "Tuned up" in a big hydroplane for the summer's work.      Many friends of Mr. Webster in Duluth are following his career as a birdman with interest. During the spring months he flew in several cities along the coast and always ####################################

received flattering mention in the newspapers. A description of his flight by a Billings newspapers commends Mr. Webster for his daring and for his control of the machine. ####################################

 

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