The Sentinel=record., 1909-10-05
WRIGHT MAKES GRAND FLIGHT ORE OF THE MOST SENSATIONAL FLIGHTS IN THE HISTORY
 OF AVIATION.
After circline Grants Tomb He Flew Up the River Ten Miles and Re- turned to Governors Is-
 land Safely.

New York, Oct. 4.--An aeruplane dashed past the white dome of Grants Tomb today, then turning gracefully in midair over the waters of the Hudson. shot like a falcon back to Governors s Island, ten miles away Wilbur Wright of Dayton, Ohio thus placed his name in the rank with Hudson and Fulton today in one of the most spectacular featisi in the history of aeronaurics.
 Over the masses of warships, from whose decks the hoarse cheers of the sailors were borne up to him in his elevated seat, he flew for twenty-miles lien miles up and ten miles back, re- dnaining in the air for 33 minutes and 8 seconds, and alighting al the aer. dromc without mishap.
 During the flignL business was prac- ideally at a standstill in all that part of Manhattan from which view of his remarkable performance was avail able. Harbor craft shriclied their ap plause; cheer after cheer swept up from the banks of the Hudson and the lower bay, for the Dayton aviator Lad made good" clowning the ayia. ton program of the Hudson Fulton celebration with record
 Wright staited on his flight up the Hudson at BAG a. m. and finished ex. actely at l0:2e:33 He had intended .s, improve upon his achievement of inc. morning by making a longer and more hazss,lous flight at sunset, but the cIippling of his motor just as he was about to start on the evening al. tempt, aashcd hls hopes as well as those of the thoWands who had as sembled on Governors Island and along the water front to cheer him on.
 The flight was made under condi. tions only moderately favorable. When Wright reached Governors Island at S o'clock the wind was blowing about ten miles an hour. while an overcast sky added to the uncertainty of the weather. In face of these conditions Wright called for volunteers among the newspaper men assembled to tow his machine to the starting rail while lie isupeldntended the laying of the starring way in the direction of the wind
 With the planes tilted slightly to one side the man bird slowly ascended into the air, arising to a height of barely twenty feet, while it swooped in a sem circle toward the waters cage. Here the prasence of many craft, all hysterically footing their whistles, caused his to ascend further into the air before making for the mouth of the liver.
 Almost indistingulshable against tne gray banked clouds the machine soar. ed past old Castle William. and soon entered the canyon made by the great sky scrapers of Manhattan Island and the Jersey Hills. At this point the aeroplane wals flying at height oi nearing 200 feet, but unexpected air currents caused by the great buildings moved the aviator to bring his crafi closer to the water.
 TlltiDg the elevating rudder he slow " brought the machine down. sloping gaduslly until he was but a bare hun. died feet above the footing ferry Loars and the busy river traffic. His motor was beating as regularly as a clock and, settling himself in his seat, he spend onward up the river.
 Over the warships of four great powers he passed, his progress marked by cheers f!om the sailors of his own cointr wand those of Great Britain, Germany. France and Italy. The blue jackets lined the rails of their ships and gazed in wondsrInent at the little craft above them. perhaps tsinRing - vaguely that some day 1t might ren, dsr their own monster fighting ma chimes obsolete.