The Sentinel=record., 1909-10-05

l Wright brought his direction rudders i into play and, describing an easy and
 graceful curve, started on his return
 journey down the river The wind conditions which had bothered him on the journey up were now more favor able and 1t was here that the speed possibilities of the machine were de- monstrated While the ten miles up stream occupied nearly twenty min utes, the return flight was made in q little more than thirteen minutes, at a rate approximately of forty-two miles an hour.
 Nearing the harbor entrance again he wa1 confronted with the same ar chitectural conditions which had caus- ed him to vary his altitude on the | way up Again he lowered himself and when he reached the open waters of the bay he was flying barely sixty 1 feet above the surface. Thence on- ward, he gradually lessened his height. Past Governors Island the machine sped, then veering sharply around Wright headed swiftly for the | landing place in which he settled with | the ease of bird, amid the enthus1 iastic plaudits of soldiers and civilians.
 Among the fiIst to extend his con- ggatulations was Major General Leon ard Wood. |. s. A., commanded the department of the ea:t, who had been an interested spectator.
 But with the exception of Wrights l flights on Wednesday last when he encircled the Statue of Liberty. the elements prevented an substantial Ge- monstration. So today Wriehts achievement was hailed with enthuis- iasm and ss if by mage the news | spread along the river front from the i battery to Harleml Tbe tops of of. fee buildings. apartments, dwellings and other structures were soon crowd ed with humanity who witnessed his upstream journey
 There was keen disappointment when the mishap to the motor pre- vented a second flight. for the aviat- CT had announced Immediately after the conclusion of his morning flight ] that he would make a longer and mure spectacular one in the afternoon, when he proposed to fly not only over water bu. over the less monumental build. ings hedging the water front of lower New York. thence westward until he reached the New Jersey shore, and back to Governors leland.
 Himself chagrined at the turn of ] affairs, Wright was forced to aban- don his program and return to New York tonight, ready to go to Washing. ton tomorrow There he will instruct army officers in the manipulation of the Wright aerorlane, which the sig. nal corps purchased last August
 Wright was preparing for the second flight when the accident which mar red day of achievement occurred. Due 10 excessive explosive pressure $ cylinder head blew loose and shot through the canvas of the upper plane, Tripping a large hole. As soon as the damage was learning, Wright ordered he machine wheeled back to it's shed. Such repairs as were needed to put
 his fier into commission again, he said, would occupy several days.
 He was asked if the accident today could have happened while the ma. chine was up in the air
 Yes" he said. ''it could have; any thing can happen in the air.
 1 He was confident however, that even in such perilous contingency he
 could have brought his blplane to earth on an even keel and without
 harm to himself.
 Curtiss' machine ses shipped to Hammonjspogt N. r., this morning. 1 t"The machine responded in fine shape" said Mir. Wright. as he clam berad through the net work of wires of his aeroplane after he landed at the aerodrome On Governors Island. "The motor worked fine 1 started fly. ] ing about seventy-five feet above the water, but kept on climbing higher. ] until was about 200 to 300 feet high. The air currents sent up by the fun nels of the felwyboats interfered somewhat and came down nearer to the water.
 1 q could hear the cheers of the sail DTS on the warships," continued MT. 1 Wright. as tine group of army officers and newspaper men that awaited his return with keen anticipation. grasp ed his hands to congratulate him.
 The wind was blowing about ten
 miles an hour and had to head in a little toward the east instead of point | fnc the 1llaehlfe straight up the river