Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-06-30
FIRST FLIGHTS
At FORT MYER
PROVE TAME
WRIGHT BROTHERS NEW
MACHINE TRlFL LE CRANKY
Fourth Attempt Results in 1ripI
Around Drill Ground; Promise
of Better Showing This After
noon,

| noon
lBy Morning journal Special Iensed wirel
| Washington, June 80 ~--CrNllle
! Wright made successful flight n
The new aeroplanc late today at
Fort Myer Just after starting the
machine swooped and barely touched
the ground without damage.
| The flight was short. the aeroplaae
! encnclng the Fort Myer aerodrome.
| Lack of power due to loose spark
control. was finally determined upon
bv the two Wrights as the cause for
| the refusal OF the machine 70 rs for
more than - few hundred feet be-
yond the end of the starting rail
"a flying machine IS IKE horse
said Wilbur. ar its new. you have
10 get used to il before it win go iudt
as YOU want it to- You have 60 learn
its peculiarties am glad we
learned what the trouble Is and after
Il few more trials. you viii see some
fun
shortly after o'clock everything |
having been made ready wilbur
WRIGHT and TAYLOR the mechanic |
pNfh stationed AiIlM'lN az 'lf' - W.
propellers ready to turn IT ike crank
ing an automobile orVille Wri@n' |
turned on the ignition. Wilbur ahd
the mechanic gave the propelcrs
twist and the blades whirled around
at a great rate as Orville took his
pIace in the operators seat Wilbur
stationed himself at the end Of the
aeroplane ana ran along with IT,
when Orvnle released the weight
which pulls It down tho track ane
gives 1t momentum
The machine rose as soon as It leii
the rail. but appeared G. he able to
mount into the air bur few teet
The right wing struck the earth a.
it's lin. The machine was swung
around SIS tna Il facea me Starting
apparatus
0rWs aathR toeped hs mota' T
aaae lA
ae vas fitat q was f3una
tAai Gag lHe r ~ NJ
Is a rap
Ing on tine eta4 M M
vas hat hea epaFna ~ a1h
Aas rtAtfned 90 the sW4til 7 l",
.,#fhri ,fial IL haJ traNelfa "p'H'
s0a feet
- didn't have enough power turned
on" said Orvile. besides the VINO
is coming from behind me II inc
wind had been coming toward ne
would have got up" he said
Al $50 o'clock the machine was
ready for another triM, and the trs'
mishap was repeated, with the excer-
tion that this time the left wing
' ra,ed the ground.
se,"p'' sho,vea remarkahl,
.o,.o rot broken on
slr'nR'" "'
e',n,' ',,,nn ,.as again returned
me i',a' ''', ,n,, a,1 ~ crowd So,
iof " ',i'| ..M,,,a M a.as 1etermlnea to
li's ''' r,a,,t .heorad nstilv. His
'"N, ,,,doa thnt tho weigh
pio'"'' .,,,,niant IN front and he
"'s NV ,,,''st,a.,top in his lneenuit,
at,arhine "a heavy wise on one OF
by a,'",n'ns .,.a " 80 me machine and
w ,a,,. an nn opposite slide
,,....',,o |'' ', stn1t' to his theory that the
~ VIZ ot snfficient He said
~ NM required three times
'ne O',', s,.noa nor hour 70 rise
n'''' ,sro,,nd than the old ma
I,p' I'D orvine ala not ap-
'n'''' '''1 INA least iii nervous or
pear ~ ar a.. two failures
a,,a mira attempt was even less
i"v n,o n,,rhine refusing {,
success"
rise at ~ s ,hen given a triai
re ..,,,t,o,. of revolutions and
:" l'''' t,,o,a,sea before the
th' P"N'' ,,.,,,,on, hack for
MAJ ,,''' 60,
l"hitn "''' 49,, ,....I ttf,t an.
,.d a,,1 ne machine rose fifteen
~ t,ent, feet. shortly after It as