STEALING A RIDE.

Franklin Times, Volume 14, Issue 193, 19 October 1925, Page 3

STEALING A RIDE.

ON AEROPLANE’S WING. BOY'S ADVENTURE. A boy caught- hold of a rising aeroplane at, Las Vegas. Nevada, clambered upon one of the lower wings, ancl there rode the 300 miles between the Nevada City, and Los Angeles, arriving none the worse for his thrilling experience except 11131 the wind had whipped his shirt off his back, and the death-defying ride made him, to use his own words, “a little dizzy.” Major C. C. Moseler, commander of the Califorian National Guard Air Service, and Sergeant Wood, were returning from Salt Lake City to Los Angeles, states the Los Angeles correspondent of the New York Times, and in taking-off after a rest at Las Vegas, encountered some sort- of a heavy drag on one wing end which caused tire aeroplane to take the air in a great circular sweep. “All at once.” Major Moseler said, ‘‘Sergeant Wood began pounding me on the back and yelling and pointing out to the wing end. " As I live, there was a boy’s head sticking up over the end of the wing! We were high in the air. I never had such a shock. I was afraid to try to land with him there and motioned to him to come on top of the wing. He climbed up and rode sticking to the wing stays during the three-hour ride.” The boy is .Tack Richmond. 17 years old. and small for his age. “He was “hoboing” his way across the country from Milwaukee to Los Angeles. “My buddy and me.” said .Tack, “got as far as Las Vegas. We got into there on a passe,nger train, but there were so many ‘bulls' around that we had to get out. T came out on to the air field and found out about the aeroplane coming here. T thought I’d just like that, I'd rode every other way to Las Vegas. When they started the machine T ran and grabbed hold of the bumper under the end of the wing and stuck on. I got pretty dizzy and kinda sick, hut 1 hung on. Then ( got up on the wing and kepi on slickin’ on and got here. That’s all there was to it.” WlieH the aeroplane arrived at Griffith Park spectators on Ilie ground below. Mrs Moseler among them, were astonished to see the dark object on one wing become distinguishable as a bnv <m closer approach. Til.- lad's shirt was whipped In shreds soon after the wild ride began.' he said: and. using Ids own words, “lie look if bareback out of the remaining rogs amt the rest of the way. and it made my skin burn like everything."