The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-29

! sailing over the water and covering
six miles. Wright made q bad land
ing the tip OF one OF his planes strik-
Ing the sand swerving the machine
around No damage resulted. however.
and the aeroplane was replaced on
the starting track
In starting. Wright faced the west
Tho wind was not as strong as when
Curtiss flew. The aviator. after his
machine had gained sufficient speed.
turned his elevating planes and. ris-
Ing, headed toward the western edge
of the aerodrome. Turning to the left.
he made wide sweep of the field and,
coming around to the southern end OF
the Island. headed over Buttermilk
channel going toward Brooklyn. AS
soon as he was out over the water. he
turned north and clrcled the island,
being lost from view Of the spectators
behind a clump of trees.
He reappeared on the outer side Of
| Castle William and made a complete
circle In tho southern half of the aer-
odromc before coming around a second
time very close to the earth
When about to land. the left wing
scraped the sand and whirled the ma
wise on the skids.
That's the worst landing I've made
In long time and I'm not going TO
try anything Ike 1t again" said tho
aviator. Il thought surely the ma.
chine would be smashed II is the
only machine in the world that would
stand such a bad landing"
I Throughout II was characteristical-
| Is a Wright flight, The machine gain
ed an altitude OF 80 to 100 feet at
certain periods. but flew on an aver
ago OF 10 feet high. When at right
angles to the wind 1t listed somewhat
and there were undulationS which
tended TO show that the operator had
good control and was effectively meet
! Ing the putting gusts of wind
There were marked differences In
, the manner In which the Curtlss and
Wright machines behaved, Curtiss
0ew on an even keel and With less
movement from side to side. The
Wright aeroplane, when taking curves,
| heeled over Ike an automobile round
Ing a banked track. 1t also flew
somewhat faster than the CuTtiSs ma
chine
After Wright had inspected his aer-
! oplane to see If II had suffered any
| damage, Curtiss. who had reached the
! field as Wright came to earth, greet
ed his rival Familiarity and asked him.
'How's the going this morning."
VERY good responded the Dayton
aviator. "but I made a very bad land
Ing"
Conditions for flying improved as
the day advanced,
New York. Sept 2e.-Chief interest
| in todayS program for the Hudson
| Fulton celebration centerS IN various
airships which have been waiting for
/ favorable weather 1t was believed
| that desirable weather conditions had
now arrived and that flights would
be MADE by Glenn H Curtias and VII
bur Wright in their aeroplanes and
by Captain Baldwin and George l..
Tomlinson In their dirigible balloons,
the latter In A contest Tor $4,000 Of
fered by the New York World for a
flight between New York and Albany.
Aside from the maneuvers of the
airships. the program includes general
commemorative exercises by uniyersi-
ties, colleges, schools museums and
learned and patriotic societies through
out the state. In Greater New York
the scene Of action moved to the
| Bronx for a repetition Of the histori-
cal pageant of yesterday in Manhat-
ian.
Escorted by number of light
draught warships, including the tor
pedo fIotilla, the Half Moon and the
Clermont were scheduled TO move up
the river reaching Tarrytown late this
afternoon and Ossing early tomorrow
morning. Historical and patriotic So
cietles will unveil a number of monu-
meDts and hold appropriate exercises.
The Official banquet by the Hudson
Fulton commission 10 distinguished
visitors is scheduled for tonight al the
great military parade in store for To-
morrow.
The belated arrivals OF the three del
egates representing the Sultan of Mo
rocco caused a commotion at the Ho
tel Astor. Arrayed in vari-colored
garments, with gorgeous turbane and
dainty satin shoes. the three special
ambassadors accompanied by sever
black slaves. reached the city from
Boston where they had landed from
the steamship Canopy. To board the
ship they had travelled 400 miles on