The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-30
BALLOONS MAKE
POOR SHOWING
Baldwin and TOmIinSOn Came
Down From the Clouds in
Short Order.
AEROPLANES DID BETTER
WRIGHT AND CURTfSS MADE
SUCCESSFUL FLIGHTS.

New York, Sept. 29.-Wilbur Wright cir
cled the great statue of Liberty at the
entrance to New York in his
aerOplane today, while in the upper part
of the city two dirigible balloons failed
ingloriously in their task This, the first
day Of flight of the Hudson Fulton cele-
bration, was victory for the heavier
than-air machine.
Both Wright and Glenn II. Curtiss
scared successfully from the aerOdrome on
Governors island in their motor-propelled
blplanes, while both great dirigibles, man
ned respectively by Captain Thomas Bald
win and George J.. IOmlnsOn and en-
tered in the New York Worlds $4,000
New York-tO-Albany race, were forced to
descend, because of mechanical difficult
ties, before they were well under way.
Aeroplane Flights.
Wilbur Wright made three successful
flights and CuTtiss made ole brief though
successful test spin of thirty seconds
duration. Baldwin, with his dirigible,
landed in the Hudson river less than an
hour after the start, while TOmlinsOn. aft
er remaining in the air from 1875 a. m.
uhul l--dO p M came down 10 earth
near White Plains, \. Y, D miles from
his starting point.
Neither Of the dirigible pilots nor their
craft was seriously damaged.
Curtiss was the first to leave the earth
and at a time when dawn had hardly
broken. He passed the night on Cover
nor's island and at Z o'clock rose, but
only Tor brIef flight.
Wright's First Ascent.
Two hours later Wright made his first
ascent enClrCling Governors island and
remaining in the air for seven minutes
After an hours rest Wright again went
Rloft this time remaining in the air for
SIX minutes and thirty seconds, attaining
speed estimated at fifty miles an hOun
and with q glorious sweep out over the
bay passing entirely around the great en-
blem of liberty.
Wright made a third flight at $50 this
afternoon before a big crowd.
The Wright machine showed greater
speed than that of CUTtiss but the Cur
tiss flyer seemed to keep its equilibrium
better and 'emaned ON an even keel
Wright, i'm fact, met with one slight mis-
hap in his flight, when a wing tip struck
the ground on landing and considerably
Jared the machine
Wrights action in ci-cling the state of
Liberty today Is taken as a challenge TO
CuTtiss. for CuTtiss il will pe recalled
was the first to mention such a flight
J. rom now ON II IS expected that me two
aviatOrs will strive 10 Guido each other
although neither viii do anything Teck-
less.
lnglorious Failure.
TomlinsOn was the first TO start on the
OiTiglble balloon trip. which he hoped
would end at Albany He got away AT
II ;36 and headed north on the east side
OF the Hudson. Baldwin arose at u:5., [
shot out directly over the middle of che
Hudson and began travelling toward the
state capital. In a few minutes he was
lost 10 view I'm a slight mist. A Duff of /
wind snapped one of his rudder ropes and
he was forced to begin his descent on the |
water, 80 feet off the Jersey shore and
opposite One Hundred Ninetieth street /
The balloon came down easily, Captain |
Baldwin threw out dragnets. and sailors
from the battleships Rhode Island. New !
Jersey and North Carolina swarmed to
his rescue in launches Baldwin swung
himself into a boat without getting vet /
Meantime TomlinsOn. at a great heIght /
(abOut 39u feetJ had been going north /
ward overland. when both his gasoline and /
oil tanks began leaking. Fearing an ex-
plOsiOn. he was forced to come to earth /
near White Plains