Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-31
BIG LAKE PROMISED TAKING A LOOK BACK
Meeting the Need of National Review OF the Remarkable
Aviation Competition. New York Campaign.
AN AREA OF FIFTY ACRES WORK PRACTICALLY OVER
A Newman Able to Provide Gaynos Course Has Disappointed
Plenty of Water His Friends.
FLIGHTS MADE YESTERDAY HIS ELECTION Is PROBABLE
Conducts Two Barnard Escapes
Iabm as
Meeting the Need of National
Aviation Competition.
AN AREA OF FIFTY ACRES
E. A. Newman Able to Provide
Plenty of Water.
FLIGHTS MADE YESTERDAY
Lieut.. Humphreys Conducts Two
With Lieut.. Lahm as Passenger.
Plans for Future.

Commenting upon the possible advan-
tage In having water for certain aero
nautic fights in case the international
aviation meet is held here, Il. A. New
man. one of the owners of the ground
used as the aviation field at College
Park, declares he is prepared to furnish
the promoters of the meet as big lake
q they may want up TO fifty acres.
The present aviation field is close to the
ponds OF the aquarium company, and py
removing n small line of trees the ground
could be brought into one fiat piece. The
biggest lake there now covers three or
four acres, but Mr. Newman says If the
projectors of the carnival want water
flights it would be perfectly feasible to
throw several of the lakes together, and
If there were any object to be subserved
il would be easy enough to make a big
lake on the property. This would give
a body of water in this region bigger
than anything except the Potomac ltselt
i'm case there are any aquatic contestS
or machines that want water on winch
TO start.
Two Flights Yesterday.
There were only two flights by the
Wright aeroplane at College Park yes
terCay afternoon. On both Lieut.: Hum
phreys was the operator and Lieut.. Lahm
the passenger This probably was due to
the fact that yesterday was Lieut.. Hum
phreys' last day on the aviation detail,
unless he is reassigned 10 the sigma
COruS by the War Department. lie Is
due to report at the War College next
week for his examination in the Engineer
Corps. This event has been put torwaru
about four years. II is not the custom
TO assign an officer permanently TO lhe
.1ar
lieutenant and II is thought the hurry
ing of his step" possibly means MS
further appointment to four-year term
OF duty with the sky pilots
on the other hand II rs possible that the
detail will lose the services OF Lieut.
Iahm at the end of the year, as he Is
about due for duty in the Phllipplnes- IL
may be. however. that as there are very
few men capable of running the aero err
plane he may be retained for duty In this
country.
Fifteen Minutes In Air.
Tho first flight was made at the park
yesterday afternoon at 4:15 and lasted tor
fifteen minutes. 1t was made at low
altitude and was without especial incl
dent Mr.. Wright was there. but merely
as a spectator. He left the aviators TO
their own devices. There were coupe
Of false starts made, as the wind was In
the wrong direction. The starting ran
was switched around TO obviate this DIM
Guilty. and as soon as the direction OF the
rail was changed the wind changed too
1t Is the hope of some OF the oncers
chat hicycle wheels will ultimately be at
tached 10 the machine. so that start
can be made without either the ran or
the weight tower. But the Wrights nave
never been willing to try the scheme.
There will be a number of changes and
exneriments when the officers get TO
managing the machine alone. One OF
them wants to try a muff1er on the en-
gine te make greater secrecy IN nlght
flights and there are TO be some attempts
made at high flights, as the usefulness
of the machine from military stand
MONT WILL be greatly increased by the
ability to attain high attitudes.