Norwich bulletin., 1909-07-28
ONE HouR. TWELVE MINUTES,
 FORTY SECONDS IN AIR.
EVENING FLIGHT AT FORT INFER.
orviiie Wright Breaks the Worlds AsrspIsns Record for Two Men Both in Time and Distance.

hour, by Orville Wrisht at Fort Myer, with Lieut.. Frank F. Lahm of the army signal corps as passenEer. The former record was made last year by his brother Wilbur at Lefnans, France, with Professor Painlcve of the French institute as passenger. That flight was one hour, nine minutes and thirty one seconds. Wilbur was an eager specta- tor of today's flight by his brother. You just scotched your brothers record without really damaging it much" remarked newspaper man to Orville after the flight.
 Successful First of Two Crucial Tests. That's all we meant to do,'' replied Oryille with smile, which his big brother appreciatively duplicated. This success was all important to ,ne Wrights in that it completed the first of two crucial tests of their machine imposed upon them by the United States government the so-called ''en- durance test" which required them to remain one hour continuously in the air with one passenger. Orville did nearly thirteen minutes better than that, and could have kept on indefinite ly-three hours and half, the limit imposed by the gasoline capacity of the supply tank.
 Bully for You, Brothsri" Everybody present today realized that upon Orville Wright's last d. tempt to navigate the air with a pas senger that passenger, Lieutenant Sell fridge, was killed and he himself was terribly injured. His devoted sister, Miss Katherine Wright, who nursed him through the period of his recov- cry from that disaster. anxiously watched him today from the doorway of the shed where the aeroplane ifs kept and when he returned unhdrt from his flight gripped him eagerly by the arm, nestled her face against his breast and said:
 Bully for you. brother; it was beau tiful''
 Congratulated, by the President. It is question whether this word Of praise was more to him than that which came a few minutes later, when the president of the United States took him warmly by the hand and with the other srasping that of his brother wil- bur said: N T congratulate you heartily, sir. It was great exhibition. You came down as easily and gracefully as you went up. You beat the worlds record.
 Lieut.. Lahm HesitatinsIy Took His
 Seat.
 Shortly after o'clock Orviile Wright signalledI for the aeroplane to be trundled to the starting derrick. where in few moments 1t was in position on the monorail, with the counter balance weights poised. At 6.30 Lieut. Lahm gingerly took his seat in the machine, next to the Durring motor |. was the place that Selfridge took ten months ago.
 To somebody who asked him if he had any message to leave, he said: I'd like to have some Kentucky grass on my grave"
 He did not laugh as he said it.
 The Start.
 Wright, pulling his cap tightly over his brow, then took his seat on the outside, at the officers left. At sig nal from Wilbur the word for the start was given, and the aeroplane, shooting swiftly down the incline of the mono rail. scared gracefully into the air, leaving the ground at 6.36.4O p. m. Smooth and Graceful Ascent.
 There was an evident sluggishness in the ascent as compared with those when Wright flies alone, but the ma chine arose smoothly and gracefully, nevertheless, and when she veered around, careening at an angle which seemed perilous to the onlookers. to uidhcS iicT HOElHWdTQ HlBnl diO0S I0e Arlington cemetery boundary line, it was as a height of nearly sixty feet. and never after that was there any possible question of her buoyancy and equipose. Round and round she went seventy four times about the great drill ground, four thousand feet in cir conference, they say. sometimes in shorter corners. but usually out at the edges of the boundary, at a height varying but slightly, save where some stray current of air from bttween the trees or buildings rocked her up and down or from side to side, like boat in a gentle sea.
 Excitement Was Intense.
 As the hour drew to its close. ex- citement became intense. A thousand watches were out and eagerly scanned. At the conclusion of the seventieth turn great shout went up; automo- bile horns were footed in a deafening chorus. and handclapping and cheers, and waving of hats and handkerchiefs told the men in the flying craft that their task was accomplished. Wilbur Wright ran out beneath them and waved his handkerchief The crowd expected Orville to come down then. but he keut on. He was after his brothers laurels.
 Wilbur returned to the starting der TICK. where the army OlnCeIS lNtft gathered. and they began to chaff him about his record. now in peril. With a broad grin of appreciation he now kept count of the minutes which remained of his own record. and then he said:
 "On the next turn he's got me. When he comes by let's give him a cheer"
 And as the officers prepared to com ply, he added: Now watch me, and do as do"
 Crowd Yelled Hysteriesily.
 Wilbur waited until the machine was almost overhead. then rushed ahead of it, waving his hat and dancing glee- fully. It &as the first sign of emotion Wilbur had ever shown at Fort Myer. The crowd was yelling hysterically and up at the presidents tent General Ed wards forget the president, leaped to his feet and wdved his hat, shouting like boy. The president, too. was showing signs of elation, but he kept his seat
 Stopped Out, unhurt and Triumphant.
 Lower and lower the aeroplane cir cled, until she was within teo feet of the ground. Out from the edges of a brilliant salmon cloud curtain. the sii- yer half moon sailed and looked down upon the scene as the machine dipped lower still, slid along the ground in cloud of dust and stopped almost upon the identical spot where last Septem- Der the fatal fall took place. This time there was no fall the beautiful d aer6nlana ura . nm, ,,arred ana fnn turo