New-York tribune., 1909-07-18
CURTISS FLIES "a MILES
ST1TS Up - MINUTES.
Greatly Surpasses O7cu Records and
Qualities for Prizes.
MRS. J. \. SUTTON.

With the weather conditions perfect yesterday
morning and with q crowd OF twenty-five hundred
people present TO witness his flight over Hampstead
Plains. Glenn II. Curtiss broke all his former rec
ords for remaining IN the air by 81 minutes He sent
his c47 miles in . miuues and 50 seconds, and
qualified the first candidate for the cup offered
by The Scientific American" This flight is not
only CurtIss's best but Is the longest made with
an asroplane In America this year
The start was 70 have been made Just before .
O'Clock but the aviator decided 20 wait few min
utes A. 523 he started his motor. and the aero
plane slid along the grass at a good speed When
ffty feet from the start Curtss leaned back and
threw the planes upward by his weight. and the
machine started or through the air like a huge
bird.
with never A fslter and height OF twenty feet
Curtiss drove the aeroprans as he wished After
making several small circles hs started OF over
the measured course Of one and threetenths miles
covering the distance in large circle. which made
him travel over two and half miles ~ cover the
course.
The first lap the machine dipped considerably.
and the crowd held Its breath. ON the second lap
the plane was running more smoothly. and after
that the aviator did with his mount as he chose
Every time he would pass the crowd he would
wave his hand and smile. Automobile sirens and
horns. to say nothing Of twenty-five hundfed
throats returned raucous greeting
After the tenth lap 1t became evident that Cur
tiss would get another leg on the scientific Ameri-
can" cup This vas confirmed when ne TaVeiieu
over the dfteen-mils distance. which the cohal'loI9
reouire and stilI showed signs Of coming down
At $ O'Clock the wind began 10 blow sHsAiy from
,bo northwest and this seemed 70 give Curtlss q
urtre trouble bur he hung and made nineteen
rou,,is When ne turned at the eastern boundary
on his twentieth lap The wind was oio"l"s d
twelve-rnle clip. which causr' ''' ''' 'F'
roll and rock considerably
At one time IT came very near 'H' ~'O"I'' an
5,urfiss used his best efforts 10 Keep u lI''il
striking Seeing that the wind was increasing ana
that he was likely get into trouble the I'la'',
brought the aeropiane 10 earth with A"S anu
graceful sweep a short distance from the crown
,,,ong tre ether features of his triumph was ms
-, fr on. Of the four $3.50 prizes offered by
.,l;r4t FIELD Bishop. president of the Aero Cluo'
for a., aeroplane journey Of one kHoInelFe over
measured course. He came near ueIed' 4oi '4
Scientific American prize. because tie SUE
ird souail At the close almost prevented MN I'm
,dir, within thu requisite distance OF me start
T. ,rba Aero club iudses-ChaIleS ". Man
80 C,srl rrenstchach and W K hiE1paIl-ueS'deU
-. he had complied with an the terms OF the
competition .,, .t,,- after-
AFTER Yesterdays flights, said the aviator a''
yvard ~ was never IN doubt ABOUT oIe0Ni'7 "
records for this year Both yesterday and to-dd!
- -,,1ane behaved beautifully l remained up
g. the air as long as the wind remained safe. ot
curse knew that l had broken tAe recoru ioi
~ ,,aar 7 was really anxious TO see no" lo"s
Gould remain in the air. but WHeh uhe VIM DC
came stronger 1 concluded that mao dc'0int
a,,a,,.b for one day and brought my machine TO
the ground ,.. . fo-r,,
r,rr4fss,s maximum speed yesterday was ioFly-
&C. miles an hour but the average ror the whole
distance was twenty-eght and one-quarter miles an
1,n,,r Al TO time did he rise above sixty feet
and most OF the time ne sped along "llhin Hi'7eN
or twenty feet Of the ground
IL lin go TO IIammondsport IN a day or two TO
b,iId a new aeropIane for the French races IN
August. which he expects 10 win for America