The Washington herald., 1908-08-16

[ IN sixteen minutes This gave him an
average speed Of nf-een and one-haIf
miles an hour
Wind Was with Him.
After wide turn he started back To-
I ward the other end Of the course st
/ s-5S-5l- The wind was uith him. and the
engine never missed a spark lIr. Curtiss
I remained upright In his seat Capt
I Baldwin stood with his legs set Ike a
/ runner in action. and the diriEible glided
through the air as level as II Il rested
I on the ground At 500 o'clock the turn
/ Ing point over the hollow was reached
and a half minute later the SIX envelope
was head against the wind. and the pro
pelle- was pIow.1g IFS way back TO Fort
Myer. Engineer CUTtlss put on more
7 speed because OF the sriE breeze. but the
wind blew so steadily that Capt. Bald
win set the rud6er hard aporr in order 10
take the gusts head on instead OF on the
side
At 613 o'clock the balloon reached Fort
Mye-- Before making The turns al the
military post Capt Baldwin each time
shouted 10 NIr. Curriss 10 elevate the
dirigtble by means Of the planes. Capt
Baldwin always sreered 70 the right for
fifty feet, then 10 the left s. similar dis
rauce. dipped 20 an altitude Of 80 feet.
and then swung the machine around 20
the left Il took him I43i minutes 70
make the second round trip making his
average by the ECu- y 15 miles. Although
he clipped one and half minutes or the
time for the first triq on the second
cruise. Capt Baldwin made al even more
remarkable showing on the third excur-
. r -
the board CE test after the HlEht that on
the third trip Capt Baidwin's machine
attained q speed 1f twenty-eigh- miles al
hour. This speed was kept UP only
short time but the members OF the board
Uarveled AT 10 while 1t lasted
Leaving Fort NIyer at 6--s o'clock with
the wind st.u with him. and his engine
wEi-riug al a more rapid rate than be-
fore. Capt Baldwin reached the other
extreme OF the course at 6-1- O'Clock COW
e-!IS rE0 and one-sixJeel-h miles il the
record-breakng time OF three minutes
fat On this trip neither Of the aeronauts
changed his position Only once did Capt.
Baldwin deem il necessary 70 shout 10
A1r- Curtlss. Don't 60 too low" This
was while the machine was passing over
Spruce Street Station in Clarendon. where
the trees are thick
At 90 O'Clock the machine again crossed
=
made thirteen minutes for the round trip.
giving an average oS nineteen and
irteenths miles an hour Capt. Bald
win said after the flight that the third
cruise was the fastest ne had Travelled
through the ai- IN q di-igible As he
crossed the line he wa- Cheered by Mem
hers Of the board. Secretary Post. OF the
Aero Club. and hundreds Of men and
women who thronged the little hills
around the garrison
Each Cruise Perfect
Each Of the cruises was perfect and
the performance Of the machine identical
on every fight Capt Baldwin learned
the typography OF the land on the first
three fights. and passed over the same
houses, hills. bridges. and streams on each
trip The dIrisible. sailing high in the sky.
looked like a gray cloud being blown
ahead by q hlgh wInd. and ~ 10 lime
6ld it hook other Than Ike q STRAIGHT
gray li1e IN 11id-air.
About $50 o'clock the velocity Of the.
wind increased, and Capt Baldwin could
frequently be seen steering The left side
Of his dtriEibIe against the breeze. The
fourth trip over the course was made in
l5iz minutes. the average being a trif7e
less than sixteen miles This trip was
concluded al SAB O'Clock. after Capt
Baldwin had been IN the air ! hour and
minute. At that time he had covered
sixteen and half miles over the course
and made eight turns. the aggregate dis