The San Francisco call., 1908-09-11
BEST RECORD MADE
BY WRIGHT A|RSHIP
Machine Exceeds Time of Pre-
vious Performance by
3 Minutes 81 Seconds
Ten Mile Wind Necessitates
Great Skill by Aeronaut,
Who Keeps Control
ASHINGT0N

WASHINGTON. Sept 10.-Drville
Wright today broke the worlds record
which he established yesterday for
time and distance for a heavier than
air flying machine In flight requir-
ing great skill on account of a 10 mile
mind. he circled around the drill
grounds at Fort Myer So times in 65
minutes and So seconds exceeding the
time of yesterdays record flight by
three minutes and 81 seconds. The
fight was witnessed by nearly 1000
persons.
Wright did not arrive at the field un-
til after o'clock, as the weather was
threatening. The machine was wheeled
across the field on the detachable
track. At o'clock Wright announced
that he was ready.
The wind was blowing only about
three miles an hour when Wright pre-
pared to take his flight. The mounted
soldiers who keep the field clear during
the flights took their places and Wright
started the motor.
MACHINE FACES WIND
AT sos Wright signaled C. E. Taylor,
his mechanician, to release the machine.
The aeroplane rose from the ground
almost Immediately after leaving the
single starting rail 1t continued to
climb higher with each successive
round of the field, until 1t reached an
altitude of rs feet
For the first 80 rounds the machine
flew as smoothly as on it's previous
flights, but from that time on it was
seen to pitch at the turns as the
breeze from the west struckit As the
machine moved from the northern end
of the field to the southern end, where
the aero garage for storing the aero
plane is located. Wright kept ii sew
eral points in the wind.
Whenever the machine pitched 1t
could be plainly seen from below that
it responded promptly to every move
OF the levers. One OF wright's assist
ants marked the time in large figures
at intervals on the roof of shed in
order that Wright might see how long
he had been in the air.
gust of wind unusually strong
struck the aerial flyer during the
forty-second round and it plunged
sharply. causing the crowd to exelaim
in aiarm. Wright then brought his
machine lower, but on the fifty-third
round he had reached an altitude of
200 feet.
WORLDS RECORD BROKEN
When Wright completed the fifty-
fourth round he had beaten his record
Oh yesterday afternoon, winch in turn
had broken the worlds record estab-
lished in the morning flight of yester-
day. The crowd gave a lusty cheer,
but Wright was too busy manipulating
the levers to wave his cap, as he did
yesterday, to show that he heard fths
applause.
Wright came down at the northerfi
end of the field at the end of the fifty
eighth round, landing easily. The cav
airy stationed on duty to protect the
machine formed Gordon around it and
Major Squser, acting chief signal officer,
pressed forward to congratulate the
aviator.
Signal corps officers at the war de-
partment today expressed the belief
that Orville Wright viii make a speed
of at least AZ miles an hour with his
heavier than air machine which did
such excellent work at Fort Myer This
is based on their observations of
Wright's record breaking experiment
yesterday.
If he does make AZ miles an hour he
Will be entitled to a bonus of 20 per
cent over the contract price, which
would net him for his machine $4,000.
the contract price being $4,000. The
speed is to be taken on a measured
course of more than five miles against
and with the wind. The start is to be
a flying one, the machine to pass the
starting point at full speed at both ends
of the course.