New-York tribune., 1909-06-27
CURTISS CUTS CIRCLE
4EROPL4NE GOES ABOUND
MORRIS PARK Track.
Pl0udits from Cro5cd as Machine
Makes Graceful, Bird
Ike Flight.

With almost perfect weather conditions. Glenn
Il rurtiss the inventor, Of Hammandsport
y V came near making an almost complete
circle Of the track at Morris Park early yester-
dav evening in his aeroplane. the June Bug
Nv -rrtiss started from the beginning Of what
used to be the stretch of the main course IN
the old racing days at the park Inc nachl-l7
gained. .headway on its wheels, which are similar
TO those used by Henri Farn1an, and then salled
gracefully into the air Il rose srahu4-ly a-i0
swiftly until opposite the CLUBHOUSE i Hao
reached height of about fifty feet
Cvhears. and handcIapping greeted the aviator
a. the rrane swooped. around in a beautiful
curve This was probably what most OF the
hundreds who had waited patiently 1or the trla-
erpected the aviator TO accomplish instead OF
bringing the aeroplane TO the ground MI Cur
+iss Guided his machine to the other side or the
track ard rrade another perfect turn y '--0 We
after the turn the June Bug dipped con
sfderabIv at evsrai- points beng oLl} q -7N
feet above the ground, and then rlslls asaiH -
. height of about twenty or thirty feet Il was
fast growing dark when Mr.. Curtiss effected an
easv landing at the upper end OF the course Inc
distance covered was about mile and the aero
plane travelled at a rate of between thirty and
forty miles an hour
The machine seemed 10 be under good contro-.
and kept remarkably TO the course II vas
APPARENTLY at its best when highest N the ar
Earlier in the afternoon Nj Curtis made two
flights the lsngth of the course on the sloe OF
the track in front Of the clubhouse
In these flights the aeroplane swept along
gracefully in an almost straight line. with but
little variation in height the ascent and descent
b.ing made gradually and easily Most OF the
New Yorkers interested in aerial navigation were
delighted with the success of the experiments.
which we're the best so far shown by the June
Bug in public exhibition
Frederick Schneider. of Brooklyn, who is the
inventor of an aeroplane much larger than that
of Nr Curtiss and which. like that OF the
Wrghts rests on gliders, was not so successful
IN the first trial that he has made of his plane.
The engines of the rnachina, which depends for
a start upon the impetus Of a catapuIt. were
evidently out Of order for the best the aeropIane
could dc after leaving the rail along which the
start was n?ads was to move for some fifteen
yards along the grass
The test OF the glider" which is the inven-
tion Of William H Martin, Of Canton, Ohio, al
most resulted in serious injury TO the inventor
Mrs Martin who was also to have made a fight
in the glider" was in the automobile which was
towing the glider when the towing rope broke.
and the machine took a nasty swerve to the left
of the track and crashed into fence Mrs
Martin escaped with a bruised hand but the
glider" was too taGly damaged TO allow Of any
more flights.
Two successful balloon ascensions were made.
Mary Hunter. a professional woman bauoonist
of Newark, going up about eight thousand feet
and making an almost perfect descent in the
parachute In the ''banoonatics' obstacle race
there was not enough wind TO lift most of the
contestants. harnessed TO a gas inflated balloon,
and old-fashioned- foot power had to be resorted
10 by those who attempted to clear the obstacle