Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-12
WRIGHT BREAKS
ALL RECORDS IN
BIG AEROPLANE
DEMONSTRATES SPEED OF SO
MILES AN HOUR
WONDERFUL SUCCESS ACHIEVED
IN TWO FLIGHTS
Graet Aerial Navigator Discusses Air
ships Of the Future-WilI Be
Made for Eight Pas
sengers

nv Associated Press.
WI AsHINGTON, Sept. lin a
w flight lasting one hour ten min
W utes and twenty-six seconds, Or
vile Wright late today surpassed all
his previous exploits for time ana
distance fight for a heavier-than-alr
machine.
va. TODAY. the first being of ten mintes
and fifty seconds duration, for the pur-
pose of showing what rate OF speed ne
had been travelling during his long
flights of the past three days.
Today's test demonstrated, according
to the ayiator's calculations, that the
sbeed of the aeroplane during the rec
ord breaking flights of Wednesday ana
Thursday was 1876 miles an hour.
Mr. Wright expected to make only
ten-minute flight this afternoon. Inc
thermometer attached to the machine
is graduated in the metric system and
can only register a maximum distance
of ten kilometers.
Will Be Built Larger
"Aeroplanes built to carry six or
seven passengers can now be pulit'
said Mr.. Wright, in speaking Oh tne
observations which he has made during
his flight and his experiments. There
is. of course, a limit to the size to
which aeroplanes can be built with the
present knowledge of aerial flight. IL
will not be long before some aviator
will be able to loop the loop in the air.
In fact, some may do 1t without IN
tending to. a..
our machine is perfectly safe, the
only danger being in the way we hanole
It. The machine is all right, but It's
Il Ac an 10 nnarlt0r.
The chief signal officer of the army
received a telegram today from A. M.
Herring, who is under contract TO de-
liver an aeroplane at Fort Myer next
Monday for which he Will receive
S2O. 600 il the same conditions which
Orville Wright will have to fulfill are
satisfactorily accomplished.
Wants Time Extended
Mr.. Herring asked for second ex-
tension of time for thirty days In whict
to do d little shop work on his ma
chine.
of war viii grant Mr.. Herring's y request
as 1t would be impracticable to conduc
the tests Of both the Wright ana her
ring machines at the same time.
Since making his record breaking
flights at Fort Myer, Orville Wright
has received numerous kilograms ano
letters from amusement managers and
others, making offers to him to make
'I'm not in that sort of business, .
said Mr.. Wright.
Baldwin Balloon Arrives
ST. JOSEPH. Mo-, Sept. 11.-Captain
Baldwins dirigible war balloon ar
rived here today from Washington and
will be sent in trials during the mill
tary tournament in which 5000 federal
troops will participate during the week
of September 21.
Weather Is Ideal
Mr.. Wright arrived at the testing
grounds at Fort Myer at O'Clock ana
Immediately prepared to make flight.
He had been in conference with Lieut..
Sweet, the representative OF the navy
at the aeronautical tests, IN connection
with the plans of the naval branch OF
the service for adopting aeroplanes.
The weather was ideal, ana Mr.
Wright lost no time.
Before making the first flight, Mr.
Wright said:
'I want to take a flight of about ten
minutes in order to see how my present
speed compares with what l made at
Kitty Hawk. N. c."
Starting at All the aeroplane MADE
nine rounds of the drill grounds, anu
then. landing within a few feet of the
thousand or more spectators, Mr.
Wright computed the speed of his rec
ord-breaking flights at $3.50 miles an
hour.
To those who witnessed Mr.. Wright's 8
FIGHTS from the beginning the results,
marvellous as they are, are regarded as
a matter of course, but the majority OF
those who witnessed today's long flight
were reused to great enthusiasm when
the aviator for the third successive day
broke his previous record.
Fifty-seven times the machine passed
over the starting point during the f1fty-
seven minutes and twenty seconds
that 1t was up. Twice the aeroplanist
described the figure 49," showing that
he. could control his machine In any
direction. A feature of the landing was
that he did not stop the motor until the
machine touched the ground Before
making another ascension at Fort Myer
Mr.. Wright will make few changes
in his machine in order to secure great
speed.
Wright took out the aeroplane again
this evening and made a fight of four
minutes and thirty-three seconds.
He reached height of forty feet, and
the speed OF the iudCliiiiC was Oi6hty
kilometers an hour. He descended on
account of the cold. which numbed his
hands and made the manipulation of
levers difficult.
Shows Significant Progress
BERLIN, Sept. u.-Major Cross.
Commander of the army balloon depart
ment and one of the leading German
aeronautic experts, replying today to
!, :, ino,,irv nf the A AssOciated Press for
an opinion on the records made by Or
VILE Wright at Fort Myer. said:
"Orville Wright's splendid record
flights represent significant progress in
the domain of the technique of flying.
If he succeeds in ascending with two
persons to an altitude of several hum
dred yards his machine, which hitherto
has only served for sport, will begin to
acquire military value. wish him
further great success"
Hartman in Chicago
CHICAGO, Sept. He. H. Hartman
and party arrived at Chicago today.
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