New-York tribune., 1908-08-04
FARMAN RISES 2S FEET
Three Flights Made by the 4UiatOr
at Brighton.

Henry Farman made three straightaway flights
in his aeropane at Brighton Beach racetrack yes
terday afternoon. The first fight was made at
457 o'clock from the extreme northwest end OF
the inner field. The machine acted perfectly and
was eight feet about ground for about four nun
dred yards The gathering OF spectators. Which
was comparatively small applauded enthusiast
cally.
Mr. Farnlan advanced TO the front OF the grand
stand and waited until johnny" Dunn, the an
nouncer told the audience that two more nights
would he attempted. Of which would be the
entire length of the field Only fifteen minutes
were required 20 push the aeropiane across the
field to the starting point Farman was QUICK
10 iuTnp into the seat in front OF the propeliet'
which is the only thing every mosquito hoVerIhg
over the inner field has learned not 10 explore Ihe
ma chine throbhed violently, awaiting the signal
from the aviator his assistants. who were cIng
ing 10 it, to cut loose. The running start was
short and then the machine SCARED to"aru 'He
spectators in the grandstand
-rba second fight was a little longer than the
6r., prohably six, hundred feet. and made at a
slightly greater aiutude-
y rss exuected that the third and last flight
would he made frorI the western extremity Of the
fed to the east fence. This was net entirety ac-
,,,,nnIi-led hut the flight was inspiring demon
stratiou Of the wonderful progress that has peen
made hy Mr.. Farmar in navigating the ar Win
his heavier-than-air machine The mach1he arose
To height of approximately twenty-five 10 twenty
eight feet during the greater portion of the thlrd
evhflitou travelled the rate of thtrty-nVe miles
an hour made glides that a bird noted Tor grace
in action might well envy. turned TO the rlght anu
Ief, at the avfator's touch Cf the wheel and then
made q safe and quiet swoop into tie Inealo"
grass while crowd loudly cheered
1t was estimated that the flight was three thou-
sand feet Mr Farmar explained to the audience
that the eastern end Of the grounds showed several
rorpb pIaces which caused him alght little
before the entire length of the field had been
fov-n over The machine was in perfect working
orlor he said and at time did he have any
thing less than absolute control Of it.
DR. 4 Lawrence Rotch. of the Blue Hill Obser-
t. s-con,raried by, James Means. acting presi-
dent Of the Boston Aero Club, recently orgahi]eu'
,.s,na 70 rbis city yesterday 70 see the Farman
e-t- T,r Rotch said short while before the
7rst exhibition YESTERDAY that he estimated the
Mind 10 he blowing at the rate of seventeen miles
an rour II lessened in velocity as the afternoon
u.ore or but continued to come from the south
cast Mr. Farman made preliminary observations
of the steadiness. velocity and direction OF the
wind by sending yaricoIored hydrogen oaliooiiS
from the field go,
These we're allowed to drift over the held
-aiabta6 with small balls Of paper of different
sizes the ba oors by this means floating IN dlffer
ent air strata and by the capers they cut inform
ipo him with considerable accuracy as 10 the pre-
vaiIing wind currents.
one thing that has been noted in the fights made
nv MI Farman IS that he is not using any car
b,lretting system on his gasoene engine He has
70 start his machine at full speed and full power
and II is going at fun speed AMI full power the
whole time When he stops the propeller the ma
chine AZ once seeks the ground by gliding toward IT.
From dav,to day, as the English aviator becomes
more acquainted with the lay of the ground and
the habits of the air currents at the Brighton
Roach raretrack it is believed his fights will be
longer and higher