The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-10-21
LONG FLIGHT MADE
Wilbur Wright in the Air
Twenty-seyen Minutes.
LARGE CROWD ON GROUNDS
Augustus Post, Secretary of the Aero
Club of America, and Clifford b.
Harmon, Both OF New York, Witness
saiI-LIeut. Humphreys In Control
of the Machine All the Time.

Although Wilbur Wright and Lieut..
Humphreys were rubbing their hands to
drive the frost out OF them when they
came down, they put the biplane yester-
day afternoon through the longest flight
1t has made so far at College Park.
The ascension was made at 5:13:4O
o'clock. and the machine stayed in the
air twenty-seven minutes and ten sec
onds With the exception OF the start, It
was in the control Of Lieut.. Humphreys
all the time, and he made the landing like
an old timer at the game
The machine is still rugged in fits new
dress, with a single elevating plane in
'front.' where there used to be two. and
with the other plane set aft In hori-
zontal immovable position. The only
change in the dealing OF the cards yes
terday was I'm the location OF the start
ing derrick That had been moved far
Their into the field, with the monoraH
pointing toward, and slightly missing, the
aeroplane shed. about which was grouped
the largest crowd that has journeyed TO
AultEE 1dlk 50 III ~ AAAeAtt AtANAN WI e
hardly goo persons in IL.
Two Prominent Watchers.
From the aeronautical standpoint the
two most prominent watchers were Au-
gustus Post. secretary Of the Aero Club
OF America. and Clifford 3. Harmon, both
OF New York These men were the crew
OF the balloon which recently won the
.F-.tv- d,
the air forty-eight hours. While the
crowd was driven back from the start
ing tower. they remained at close range
and took I'm every detail OF the flight
When the landing was made. Mr. Post
shook hands with Mr.. Wright and said
he had enjoyed the fight greatly.
That's more than I did, replied the
aviator. Its no fun up there on a cold
day, travelling forty miles an hour or so.
Mr. Post is not here as the official
representative of the Aero Club OF Amer
lea, and will make no Official report Of
the merits OF the College Park field from
the standpoint OF the International meet
next year. He came Gown with Mr..
Harmon yesterday and will return to-
day. and the visit 10 the AVIATION field
was made because OF their mutual inter
est III AiAt EuNltEAs NJ. l0cAt MNhtNtl .
said he was favorably impressed with the
field, and thought II would be a good
place for such a purpose IL more terri
tory could be cleared He win undoubt-
edly make an informal report OF his inn
pressions 10 the other officers of the
aero club Both men stayed at College
Park last night in order TO see the early
flights this morning II the weather is
favorable.
Three Flights Made.
Three flights were made yesterday
morning. the first beginning at 7.29 and
lasting three minutes. with Lieut.. Hum
phreys aboard; the second beginning az
.7:SS and lasting seven minutes. with Lieut.
Lahm aboard. and the third being run
of aftt. breakfast with Lieut.. Lahm
aboard. and lasting two and one-half
minutes. Previous TO the successful
flights. two false starts were made The
engine seemed 70 have neuralgia, tenn
porarily, and refused to drive the ma
chine more than a few hundred feet
until It had been properly warmed up.
Lieut. Benjamin y. FOulOis. Of the Sig
nal Corps. who represented the War De-
partment. and the United States at the
fourth International Congress OF Aero
nautics held recently IN Nancy. France.
was on the field He has taken lodgings
in the house occupied by Mr.. Wright
Mrs. Eversheld sand win be on the Job
with the rest or them. The contract the
Wrights hold with the government pro-
vides for the instruction OF only two
officers, and although Mr.. Wright will
devote his attention to Lieuts. Lahm and
Humphreys until they pass muster in
the flying art. he will undoubtedly give
some personal instruction 20 Lieut. Fou-
lois, who will then round out his course
under the tutelage OF the other two
officers.
Lieut.. Foulois viii turn IN a full report
of his trip TO Europe 70 the War De
partment. although in it's final form II
will not be ready for a couple OF months.
as it will have TO wait for the official
report of the congress. His narrative Will
be valuable and illuminating. since no
other layman. at least, in this country.
has at his command such a complete
and classified fund Of information on the
worlds progress in aviation. He said
yesterday there was marked difference
between Europe and this country in the
way the public looks at air navigation.
They have gone crazy about it over
there he said. and in many ways they
have made strides beyond any we can
point TO in the United States. Practically
every manufacturer OF automobiles in
France is experimenting with and turn
ing out aeroneutical motors, and the To-
cussing of so many skilled minds on a
subject Of that Importance is bound to
have results. I spent six days at the
aeronautical motor exhibition In Paris.
studying Improvements in engines. The
Frankfort exhibition. which I was de-
tailed TO visit at the end OF the Nancy
congress. was about over when reached
it.
Santos Dumont was making some ex-
cellent flights about the time l left, and
was having great success with them. lie
Is following an idea different from that
Of the rest Of the aviators--he is trying
TO make his machine slow, rather than
fast. One machine OF his, which is moi
built so much with this purpose, can be
picked up and carried by two men. II
is Of the monoplane construction. only
about twenty feet from tip 10 tip of the
wings. and stands about FIVE feet from
the ground"
WOULD ENJ0IT SAULNIER.