The San Francisco call., 1909-10-03
BREAKS ALL
RECORDS FOR
HIGH FLYING
0rviIle Wright in AeropIane
Reaches Altitude of More
Than 900 Feet
Takes Up Crown Prince, Who Is
Delighted Passenger, and
Cries Fine, Fine

.DoTsDAM, Oct. 2.-orville Wright
today broke his own and all other
= records for high flying. He
reached the unprecedented height of
more than 1000 feet, although an Off
cial measurement was not taken. He
had red letter day in double sense
in his experience as an aviator, taking
up Crown Prince Frederick William as
a passenger and more than doubling
the altiture record which he made re-
Gently over the, same field.
The crown prince had been constant
ly urging Wright to take him up.
Wright evaded this responsibility while
making flights at the Tempelhof field,
owing to the unfavorable winds, but
he finally consented today.
Prince Makes Flight
The prince reached the field at 4:Se
o'clock this afternoon. without his ad-
jutant. After drawing on his overcoat
at Wright's suggestion to save his uni
form from being spattered with oil, the
prince took his seat alongside the
aviator, and the machine rose in the
air.
Wright kept it at a height of about
90 feet for a brief period but the crown
prince exclaimed. Higher. higher"
Finally the aviator went up above so
feet and the crowds heartily cheered
the prince, who waved his acknowl-
edgments. The aeroplane glided back
to the starting point 10 minutes later.
Congratulates Wright
The crown prince congratulated
Wright on the ease and safe motion of
the aeroplane and presented him with
souvenir of the occasion. a diamond
and ruby pin composing the letter
''W'' and crown.
He watched the daring aviator make
his flight, which also was viewed by
large multitude
While the machine was at its great
steamer three miles distant thought it.
was a big box kite that was in the air
and were surprised when further evo-
lutions showed the object to be
Wright's aeroplane.
Never So High Before
When he returned to the earth.
Wright. speaking of his marvellous
fight, said:
4 never flew so high before. No
measurement was taken, but ] esti-
mate that / reached an altitude of 500
meters q 1857 feeD! 1t is difficult to
gauge height, but I make the estimate
from the time it took me from the
starting point to the greatest altitude.
Immediately after rising I set the
rudder at the maximum and kept
climbing steadily for 3 minutes, until
the field and adjacent country re-
minded me of the picture ! had from
zeppelins airship. only the grounds
seemed smaller.
The descent | made in five minutes.
1 came down at a simply terrific
speed The whole machine shook as it
rushed through the air, but my sensa-
tions were just the same as in lower
attitudes. The air was no colder and
the wind resistance was no greater.
Keeps Up His Smile
With regard to his passenger, the
crown prince, Wright said:
The crown prince did not say much
more than fine during the fight, but
was able to read his impressions
from his face. never took up a pas
senger who looked so pleased He just
smiled when we started and he kept
smiling all along.
Il felt great responsibility in hav-
ing the future German emperor as
passenger Not that 1 mistrusted the
machine but any little .irregularity
might cause the people anxiety. l.
stayed low at first, but the prince kept
urging me to go higher"
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