New-York tribune., 1908-08-09
WRIGHT C0NQUERS AIR
.FROPL4NE 4 SUCCESS.
Tsree Kilometres an I Minute rs
Seconds at lie M0ns.

49, france. AUG. S-wiibur Wright. Of
=, ohio made flight estimated at from
- = half to three and half kilometres in
..-o,lane here this afternoon The official
- one minute and forty-six seconds.
.-,,ont -. the flight Mr.. Wright had perfect
--.ro1 Of the machine
.+.s,nr- vas made for a distance record.
oh5ect Of the flight being TO try out the
.,.,e While flying through the air Wright
.o-e+-s-ed. in the opinion OF the spectators.
- hs was absolute master OF the airship. first
-sr- then shooting gracefully downward and
-, mounting again Al Will until finally after
,l.tirr Two circles. he came easily down 10
earth
The performance was greeted with burst Of
- from small number of persons invited
= vfsvv the experiment Wright was warmly
mated by ali the spectators. who includ-
few French aeronauts. TWO Russian army
- and number Of other experts. who
..res ,ba fight a wonderful exhibition Of avia-
ter.
A. U-fgft-s successful test is regarded here
.,s;nq the conjecture in America and Europe
.-s,,e, the merits Of his machine. In Europe
- MYSTERIOUS Wrights" have been an absorb
a. r~objsrn for aviation experts and have
-satlv interested the representatives Of various
governments
7bA long. .postponement Of a public exhibition
e ,,4- +be Americans had to show the world
,.,,sa5 MANY comments. and from some quarters
. ,o,,ob Of skepticis1n. a Paris newspaper only
-.. night referring 10 the ''bIufflng Wright
,-o-re-sr Of whom everybody had been talking
eo- -nary. +-ears. bur who as Vet have not made
good
Nevertheless the silent Wright prepared long
,ss-ien1Iv and carefully for the test which was
= UNFOLD the name Of America in aerial naviga-
,ion. Though disabled by an explosion of
tube Wright Iabored steadily. He put his ma
chine together in shed on a field just outside
1e Mans sleeping by night beside the invention
Weather conditions for the test were splendid.
The skv was without cloud and a gentle
rnrrbWest breeze was blowing
Shortly before o'clock this afternoon the
ssroplane which is the same as that used in
the United States. was brought out of its shed
an5 mounted on q small, single wheeled chariot
which in turn. was resting on q single rail on
me ground. After q preliminary test of the
apDaratus Nj Wright said. that all was ready.
and mounted beside the motor By means of
z falling weight Tigced on a beam erected in
ths ground and connecting with cords running
70 il the chariot was started running over the
rsn and the aeroplane. thus having received
forward motion. suddenly left the chariot and
asosnded like bird 10 a height Of about forty
fes1 Then il swerved. turned on its course and
sailed I'D the field Il dipped gracefully up and
down attaining a height Of sixty feet and then
coning down 10 between thirty and forty feet.
MrWright thus twice circled the field. and then,
stopping the motor. brought the aeropIane
directly in front Of the inprovised grandstand.
which was filed with wildly cheering spec
ssors The descent was sure and easy and
was carried out with great nicely, without caus-
iag shock u either the machine or its operator.
Mr Wright said after the trip:
Z an perfectly satisfied with my first flight.
made one or Two little mistakes, but I am
confident that I shall he able TO do all I hope
tor in later trials-probabiy next week
Estimates way as TO the distance covered by
IT. aereplane, but the average is three kilo-
nstres-about one and eight-tenths miles Hart
o Berg European representative Of the Wright
bruthers gave out the official time as 1 minute
g seconds