The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-13
NEW RECORDS FUR
 ORVILLE WRIGHT
Inventor Flies for One Hour
 and Fourteen Minutes
TWO MEN IN AER0PLANE
Wright Takes on Passenger and Per forms New Feats While His Air ship Is Heavily Loaded and
 With Great Success.

| Washington. September 12.-(Special)- )- l Two worlds records were made again to- i day by Oryille Wright in his wonderful aeroplane at Fort AIyer and the end Is not yet. as he still insists that he can Go better. There was continuous float of one hour, 14 minutes and % seconds at a height ranging from loo to 250 feet and at an average rate of speed of forty miles an hour.
 In the preliminary flight Maj. George o. Squer. acting chief of the signal corps. was carried as a passenger by Wright for minutes at an average height of about 1o0 feet at the rate of about S91a miles an hour. It had been announced | that Wright intended making a speed test this afternoon and a large crowd was present to see what the airship could do when showed ahead at full rate of speed. The wind was not right for such a test and Wright contented himself with the endurance flight to further try out the machinery. As he still had fuel when he did descend and the motor was in per feet order. the aeroplane can stay long, CT than it did today and Wright will have IL lO uO SO III OlnGr tests.
 Conditions Good
 With the exception of a wind of about six miles an hour over the parade grounds conditions at Fort Myer were good for a flight. If any thing it was too warm, but the discomfort of the heat was felt more by the spectators than by Wright. Wright attempted no unusual maneu- vers with the aeroplane today. His cut pi Q prompted by no desire to toy with the machine. It was to demonstrate to the signal corps board that the aeroplane could turn on either plane, to the right or to the left with equal facility. That the machine shall make such turns is called for in the specifications of the government.
 The endurance flight consisted in great sweeping circles over the parade grounds, almost as even and regular as a racer on a beaten track The closest attention of the aviator was given today to the action of the forward kites which are used to regulate the height He tried them out in various ways, sometimes for long slanting ascent and again for a quick up- ward dart Under both conditions they worked admirably.
 Carrying Double.
 The preliminary flight with Major Squier was for the purpose of further testing the ability of the machine to carry double. In this all were gratifed by the action of the aeroplane. It got in the air from the mono-rail with little difficulty, although not as easily and readily as when it car | red Wrightsalone. After the main planes ! caught the air there was no further diffi- i culty, and the ship sailed away as read- i fly withafhe two as with one The differ ence in speed indicated by the additional weight was only the fraction of mile an hour. MT. Wright descended because he thought Major Squier had enough of the flight. He could have continued with his progress through the endurance test, in his belief although he does not think it wise to attempt this until better acquaint- ed with the machinery.
 Wright is not satisfied with the record- ed speed of his flights as recorded by his anemometer, about 39 55 miles an hour During the day his mechanic, G. E. Tay- Tor. and C. w Furnas. geared the ma chinery up to insure more revolutions of the propelers. and Wright now believes that when he attempts speed he will get from 42 to A miles an hour He claims to have sailed A miles an hour in his aeroplane at Kittyhawk, N. C., where he conducted experiments this spring. Among the spectators or the flight was i Colonel Templars. former chief of the aeronautic division of the English army. Colonel Templars expressed proround sur prise at the action of the aeroplane in US { flight and the remarkable control under which Wright kept it.