The Sentinel=record., 1909-10-03
HE MAKES A NEW RECORD FOR HEIGHT REACHED BY ANY
 AIR MACHINE.
Grown Prince is Passenger on Trip and Urges American Aviator to Increase Speed ef His
 Machine

Potsdam, Oct 2.--Orville Wright, the American aviator. toda, broke his own and all other records for high flying.
 He reached the unprecedented height of more than l,600 feet. al though an official measurement was not taken. He had red, letter day in a double sense in his experience as an aviator, taking Crown Prince Frederick William as passenger and more than doubling the altituc record which he made recentssSpY the same field sw.
 The crown prince had bee. \ stantly urging Wright since fote the American hs, to take him. " passenger.
 Wright evaded this responsibility while making flights at the Temple of Field. owing to the unfavorabIe winds. but since the beginning of the fiiei~s at Bornstedt Field near Potsdam. the prince had been teIe- phoning the aviator every moring. asking him if he was ready to gratify his request. Wright finally con sented today
 The prince reached the field at f;SO in the afternoon without his adjutant. After drawing on his over coat at Wright,s suggestion to save his uniform from being bespattered with oil. the prince took his seat alongside the aviator. and the ma chine rose in the air. Wright kept if at height of about 20 feet for brief period. but the .1ats .f,sJ t{r,f.x higher"
 Finally the aviator went up above 50 feet and the crowds heartily cheered the prince who waved back his acknowledgements The aero plane glided back to the starting point 10 minutes later.
 The crown prince congratulated Wright on the easy and safe motion of the aeropiane and presented him with souvenir of the occasion. diamond and ruby pin, composing the w and crown.
 He watched the daring aviat6,5 make his high ascent which also was viewed by large multitude. While the machine was at it's greatest alti- tude excursionists on a steamer } miles distant thought 1t was big box kite that was in the air and were surprised when further evolutions showed the object 10 be Wrights aeroplane.
 When he returned, to the earth Wright, speaking of his marvellous flight, said:
 q never flew so high before. No mer urement was taken but I esti- mate that reached an altitude Or 800 metres (1637 feet) It Is diff cult to gauge height, but l make the estimate from the time 1t took me from the starting point to the great est attitude.
 Immediately after rising. 1 set the height rudder at the maximum and kept climbing steadily for l5 minutes until the field and adjacent country reminded me of the picture had from Zeppelln's anrship, only thing were smaller.
 The descent 1 made in minutes. came down at simply terrific speed The whole machine shock as 1t rushed through ths air but my sensations were just the same as in lower attitudes. The air was no SuiheI anu tue Nshu icsiStahct "oS ho greater
 With regard to his passenger the crown prince. Mr Wright said
 The prince did not say much more than 'fine' during the flight. but was able to read his impressions from his face. never took up pas senger who looked so pleased FIe just smiled when we started and he kept smiling all along. I felt great responsibility in having the future German emperor as q passenger. not that 1 mistrusted the machine. but any little irregularity might cause the people anxiety I stayed low at first but the prince kept urging me to go