The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-08-04
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Great Triumph. with His WondsT-
fu. Asroplane.
MAKES LONG FLIGHT

MANcS kUisc 6SCNs
In His Flying Machine He Sue
oessfully Meets the Government
Endurance Test and Breaks the
Worlds icrcp,ane Record for
Two Men ~ to Time and Distance.
A dispatch from Washington says
the worlds areop:ane record Tor
.wo men as 10 both time and dis
.ance was broken Tuesday evening
/: beautiful flight OF one hour.
twelve minutes and forty seconds
upwards Of Atty miles and at speed
averaging about forty miles an hour.
by Orv:!le Wright at Fort Myer'
with Lieut. Frank P. Laam. OF the
army signal corps. as passenger.
The former record was made last
wear BY his brother. Wilbur. joint
inventor, with him Of the machine
in which both achievements were
performed at LeNans. France. WIZ
Prof. Pain,eve. Of the French In
s;i,ute. as passenger. That aiGh'
was one hour. nine minutes and
;hi-tv-one seconds. Wilbur was
an eager spectator Of the flight .:
his brother.
The cheering which hera!ded the
setting OF new mark in the con
cues: Of the air was led by President
Taft in person. who had sat an IN
teasely interested spectator through
ou, the fight. and who insisted
at its conclusion uHon PERSONAL,
conxratula,ing the brothers upo-
their success
This success was all-important Z
the Hrigh,s. in that it compietce
+h,. frst Of two crucial t"s 5 of 'nv:'
machine imposed upon them by .at
United States Government-tae 50
called endurance tes-. wn'c2 le
ouired them 20 remain one hour coa
tinuouly in the air with one passeng
or. Orvsile did nearly thirteen min
ties better than that. and could lav'
Kept on indesnite!y-three hour
ani a half. the limi, imposed by th'
gasoline capacity Of the supply tank
Poignancv was added to Monday
achievement Of Orvilie Wright b.
the realization by everybody pres
enc that upon his last attempt u
navigate the air with passenge!
that passenger. Lieut. Selfridge. va
killed aad he himself terribly in
jured. His devoted sister. Mis-
Katherine Wright. who nursed hin
through the period OF his recover
from tha; disaster anxious!y watche'
him Monday from the doorway OF n
shed where the aercpiane is KEEP;
and when he returned unhurt from
his flight. gripped him eagerly b
the arm. nestled her face agains
his breast and said:
Bully for you. brother. it va
beautiful
II is a question whether this wor'
OF praise was not more 10 him ,naI
that which came few minutes IL,
er. when the President OF the Unite
States. who had waited for him a
the other END Of the great parad
grounds TOOK him warmly by ID
hand. and with the other sraspia
that Of his brother. Wilbur. said:
.I congratulate you heartily. 81,
It was grea, exhibition. You bea
the worlds record
Yes. sir" replied Orville. evi
IDENTIFY embarrassed y beat N
brothers record
The President and everybody il
the crowd about Joined in the laugh
ter at this sally.
How did your passenger conduc
himself? Did he talk to the motor
man asked the President.
''Ee behaved very we'll" replies
the aviator.
Well. congratulate both OF you
and thank yor for the privileg
Of witnessing suca fight" adde;
the President. and again sha&in,
hands with the brothers. he e-teret
his automobile and rode away. annie
cheers.
e! was nervous at first" said Or
vile after the flight. You Enov
this was my first attempt with a pas
seager since-siuce last year. Grad
ually the machine found herself
however. and felt as sure as i
j had been swung at the end Of :
string. with no such problem as di
rection or elevation or speed t
solve I could hear Lieut. Lahm a!
first. but the terrible racket Of the
motor soon deadened my ears. and
We abandoned all attempts at con,
versation. Gid not intend to land
as abruptly as did. and was try.
ing some low flying. I misjudged
the elevation and before I knew /:
we struck the ground. I could have
remained up another hour or SO
bnt there was 20 necessity. / an
satisfied with the fight and with
having surpassed my brothers rec
ord"