Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-09-09
.,zsor1.AuE DOUBLES RECORD
!, Il, De La Grange Established
Time Last Week Which Was
Expected to Hold Good.
. ,,,,,r,n stays Up Twice as Long and
shows some Fancy Steering With
Heayicr.Tlmn-Air Machine.

II ,rashinrton, Sept. "a new WORN ?
& - il aeroplane flights was estab-
4 ushnd at Fort Myer. Va, early todas,
& 80 oryilIe Wright circled above the
hroad parade grounds here, % times
y n ran,ained in the air 81 minutes
IVA ., seconds, official time. His
h smashing of all previous records car
ia ont his promise of yesterday
II .vanne after his two remarkable as
III tensions when at the maximum ilelsn !,
II ~ "a feet. going 10A miles in all,
3 VA y, averaging &c miles an hour. he
q q snsnt ii minutes in one flight ana
q eqht minutes in the other.
q IDEAL WEATHER.
II Todays achievement was accomp-
b ,;shed under ideal weather conditions
u and III the presence of about 70 spec
8 ,aiors aside from tho soldiers. me
asrensjon was made at S:15 O'Clock
II his morning. 1t was an easy ride III
q The air. the machine being under per-
q feet CONTROL
q RECORD DOUBLED.
Il By his wonderful fight at Fort
4 Mver today, Orville Wright practicai-
8ly doubled the best official record ever
Il made by heavier than-air machine.
n II was on Sunday last that Leo De e
u Grange, president of the AViatloh
d cluh of France, established a new
worlds record up TO that time by re,
y manning in the air nine minutes ana
#b4 seconds. He circled the filed at
sIssy, near Paris, 15ia times, covering
IN distance of 15A miles. On Monday,
sDe La Grange, after installing fuel
Flank of increased capacity on his
machine, made flight Of 81 minutes,
but the record was not allowed TO
stand. three minutes being deducted
on account of the machine having
stouched the ground while making its
First round OF the field.
FRENCHMAN oUTDoNE.
NJ. DE La Oranges sensational flights
sset all Europe agog, and especially as
the foreign field OF aviation had but
lately been invaded by an American,
Wilbur Wright, brother of the young
man who accomplished today the
worlds most spectacular trip In a fly
Ing machine not inflated by gas. The
preparatory flights of Wilbur Wright
on the field Of LIE Mans, France, had
promised notable achievements, but the
American aeroplanist having been able
to remain In the air less than 20 min
.utes, when De La Grange succeeded in
establishing new figures both as to du-
ration of flight and distance covered.
The acclaim occasioned by the distin-
guished Frenchman's performance,
however, was In no way disconcerting
TO Wilbur Wright, who still expressed
confidence that he would the better be
able to fulfill the condition of the
French competition.
! COULD STAY LONGER.
The maximum height reached by
Wright today was $50 feet. AS the
machine was brought to the ground,
August Post of the New York Aero
club Of America. and Charles Taylor, !
Mr. Wright's mechanic, pressed ahead
70 congratulate the aviator. They shook
both hands.
sFifty-seven, thirty-one," said Tay-
As much as that?" said Mr.. Wright
'qluestloningly. Why, If l had known
We were that close to the hour / would
nave ~, stayed the full time"
nat was really the situation. APP
pafently It would have been as easy
lor air Wright to stay in the air for
a. hour and half as it was to stay
.nete ~ minutes odd. The motor was
WORKING smoothly, there We're no airs
~ speak Of and all conditions were
t t.. lor the flight. There was no way
~. Nm. these on the ground to signal the
" aaIail as to the time and he came to
s sha,,. after ~ he had been up, he thought.
anout 80 or 10 minutes. Time goes
talner last while you are in the air..
ny remarked with a quiet smile and
Nileo his forehead of perspiratlon.