New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-09-11
WRIGHT MAKES NEW
MARX DESPITE WIND
sFTS .AEROPL4NE RECORD
At o. MIN. - SEC.
Saus IFS Sport TO Manosucre 4ir-
shin IN GuSts-M0y Make ~
Miles an Hour.

,rsshiugton Sept. I0-Orville Wright TO-DAY
,-ata The worlds record for time and distance
60 beavier-than-air flying machine which he
.s.sbrshed yesterday In a flight requiring
"a, skin on account OF wind which exceeded
:, miles an hour he circled around the drill
,-or,as Al Fort Myer hfty-eight times in 81
-,.nrras and a. seconds. exceeding the time of
.,.s-s-dav's record fight by three minutes and
.s,--,,-seven seconds. The flight was witnessed
;, nearly thousand persons.
-.-s,esout the day the weather was threat
,,,,v and Nj Wright did not arrive at the
.sis until after I O'Clock D m. The machine
.s +sksn across the field on the detachable
,-bsss and placed on the starting track At >
,,look Ny. Wright announced that he was
ready
Are you going 10 Try 70 break the record
x,bcb Won made Yesterday he asked
80 he replied. I am going up just for
r-,,e practioe I may make fight of ten
-,,rtes IN order 70 determine at what rate Of
sr4ed have been flying
The wind was blowing only about three miles
s, hour when Nj Wright prepared TO make his
3irbt. The mounted soldiers who keep the field
clear during The flights took their places. and
NJ Wright started the motor.
At 5eS O'Clock Mr. Wright signalled c. E
-avlo-. his mechanic 70 release the machine
The aeroDlane rose from the ground almost i'm
r,ediately after leaving the single starting rail
:, continued 10 climb higher with each success
sipe round Of The held until II reached an aIti-
-u6e Of seventy-five feet For the first thirty
rounds the machine few as smoothly as on its
rrevious flights. bun from that time on it was
seer 10 pitch al the turns. the breeze from
The west struck il As the machine moved from
-he northern end Of the field 10 the southern
end where the ..auto garage" for storing the
ssronlane IS M Wright kept IL several points
in The wind.
Whenever the machine pitched it could be
plsinlv seen from below that il responded
promptly 10 every move Of the levers by the
ogerator one Of NIr Wrights assistants
marked the time in large figures at intervals on
the roof of shed. in order that Mr.. Wright
might see how long he had been in the air.
AIRsHIP CAREENs IN GUST.
gust Of wind. unusually strong. struck the
srship during the forty-seoond round and II
Plunged sharply. causing the crowd 10 exclaim in
alarm Mr Wright then brought the machine
lower but on the ffty-third round he had
reached an altitude Of about two hundred feet.
When Mr.. Wright completed the fifty-fosrth
TUund he had beaten his record OF yesterday
afternoon. which in turn had broken the worlds
record established in the morning flight Of yes
tenday The crowd gave a lusty cheer. but Nj
Wright was 50 busy manipulating the levers
that he had no opportunity TO wave his cap as
be had done yesterday 70 show that he heard the
approval Of the special ors.
Mr. Wright care down at the northern end Of
the field al the end Of the ffty-eighth round
landing easily. The cavalry squad on duty to
protect the machine formed a Gordon around it,
snd Major Squier acting chief signal officer
pressed Forward 10 congratulate the aviator
The newspaper men gathered to hear what Mr.
Wright had To say about the 1ight
I encountered stiff breeze" were his first
words. His eyes were bIoodshot. and caused
him considerable pain. 7 don't know whether
the wind or the dust causes the irritation of my
eyes had on a pair Of goggles. too Flying
IN WIND I did to-day is lots Of fun. It's
much more sport than flying in a calm as on
Yesterday. The wind must have been blowing
n'ieen or more miles an hour, as could tell by
NE quartering Of the machine. I kept much
R9her than usual on account Of the wind"
hsnal eorps officers al the War Department
t'-aay expressed the belief that Orville Wright
~Oua make q speed of at least rorty-two miles
= noar with his machine. This is based on
.-eH ooservation OF Mr.. Wright's record break
"-e experiments II he does make forty-two
- .l@ an hour he viii be entitled 20 q bonus Of
= PEI cent over the contract price. which would
- - nm $4,000, the contract price being S23
W. me speed Is 20 be taken on a measured
No-ise o. more than five miles against and with
- WING The start is 10 be a flying one, the
--11nloe to pass the starting point al full speed
8 Dotn ends Of the course
ne ne @helal trials viii be held as soon as Mr..
sn' announces his readiness He will prob
maze preliminary flights for a week or
- Oeiore he tests the aeroplane before the
- - ooa[c- He VIII endeavor 10 make a few
- |ights for speed tomorrow, and NAV be-
s-.--1@s --eA-Ds fights with c. w Furniss. his as
- II order 10 practise for the Official en-
= Cia- In which the aeroplane will have
-e'1'@ln II the air with two men for one hour