New-York tribune., 1909-07-21
WRIGHT'S NEW RECOpn
MAKES BEST FLIGHT y.
AMERICA.
Circles Field at Fort Niger Eisss,.
three Times an Eighty Minut,,
and Forty-four Seconds. ~
rFrom The Tribune Bur.au.r

washington, July ZO--For hour % -,l.
and A seconds orville Wright flew his aar.-'
above the drill field at Fort Mysr Ian, =
afternoon He exceIled his own record J, = ~
fall by six minutes, more than doublss =
made by Curtiss few days ago. and .z,,s,'. e'
a new one for the American continent U-.
Wright estimated the distance coversd =. R
than fifty miles and the greatest h.fzs,
nearly three hundred feet. The machine -
the field at Fort Myer eighty-thrse tina, -
was under perfect control throughout the a..
After the ssroplane left the guide rail - IA
single untoward incident marred the u,.s.t
trial. which was witnessed by about tbr.a -
sand spectators Those who have seen u...
all the flights declared that the entire srb,A,,'.
including the landing. was the best tb.v~ - -
saw
The weather conditions were ideal. Ea,..
breath of wind moved across ths field -.
was clear, and the fight ended just az tvti,'s'
Late in the afternoon. under the most ausDlrs-
conditions. the aeropIans vas wheeled p,' =
field 10 the starting rail by half a d0zsp =
bers Of the signal corps. The fight va. -
uEed for $50 O'Clock. Just as sverTthpx -
ready for an ascent the guide rope OF tn. -
ing apparatus broke. and the 300 pound u.-.
fell TO the ground with thud
Rear Admiral Cone. chief Of the h,r.,.
steam engineering Of the navy. and Ti..,..--
Commander Proctor offered their ssrvtes, =,
after a little delay the rope was spI,c.s !,
everything made ready once more 4, e.
o'clock OrviIls Wright. after testing the !.
chine took his seat. the ensins was startss :
his brother and az signal from Oryins i,
weight was dropped For iust four sscors,
the nsachins zlide1 along the guide rail !.
then mounted slowly IN the air as the cr,-,
cheersd. Darting of toward the artiIlsry >,
sheds at the lower end Of the fed II rose sea-
ny to q height Of about one hundred tset. vss
the first turn was made
AIRsHIP CUTS "FGURE EIGHT
Steadily and gracefully the machine so.,.s
about the field. and ~ vas evident IN al tba,
was obsyins every wish of the aviator II.
first enthusiasts Applause came as tie ru
watches Indicated that the flight had passsd q,
thirty-uinuts record Of the dav before and Il,
next when the hfty-three-ninute record Of On.
tiss had been passed After hfry-d7s cirs
about the field Wright began TO describe Hzn
eights. Wills the crowd cheered. Five tines y
made this figure and then resumed his rsysa.
rounds Of the field
At T:4O o'clock. after being applaudsd Fss
he passed the hour limit. and also WHEN n
broke his record OF last fall Wright began D
describe small circles preparatory TO dsS=s
ing Exactly four seconds after ths engts
stopped the machine struck the ground ars
skidded along a few yards before coming 70 q
halt. resting on It's left wing.
Wilbur Wright was the first 70 congratuzs
his brother. We'll did little better vas
OrviIles comment 70 the correspondents WB
crowded around him. After looking over n
machine the wrights Jumped into an sutono5ls
and hurried through the cheering crowd to thsF
hotel a. washington The trial fight this err.
ing lasted twenty minutes longer than the t-s
required by the official government test VIM
will be made in few days
Three members OF the Cabinet-Sscrsia7
Meyer. Attorney General Wickershan1 and Pos.
master General Hitchcock-wers on hand ssHf
TO witness the fight Senator'S Kssn and Es-S
the Costa Rican and Guatemalan ministers tn
two Nicaraguan commissioners. General AHs-,
the chief signal officer, Surgeon General TornE
of the army. besides Rear Admiral Hutch :
Cone. Lieutenant Commando Proctor and Lsi'
tenant Sweet. OF the navy. also were present
Both Wilbur and Orvills Wright declsrs ts'
the machine is working much better. but "a
they want to have several more trials before u
official test. Wilbur Wright. replying 70 e'7'
ment that the flight to-day would have coyssl
the width OF the English Channel which H1os'
Latham unsuccessfuIIy attempted 70 cross !sF
terday. said II would have been possibls for =
brother to have crossed from France 70 Enssh
and returned to France again without lanala
He also said it would have been easy 70 hs''
continued to-day's flight as far as Baltlmo'a