The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-08-04
GREAT TRIUMPH
avleser Makes Ten mile Flight
Carrying Passenger.

Carrying Passenger.
Fl --
ALL RECORDS BROKEN
.ss Younger OF the Two Famous
s-oshe.s Accomplishes the Nos'
D;acua Flight Ever Planned FOL
an Aeroolane, and Meets Success
fully the Final Test
A special dispatch from "asn-
..stoa says last Friday evening
or7,,,e wrigh. attained the zenith
es hard earned success. n eeo-
mile c,oss-coun.-y fight IN the IA
NOUS aeroplane. built BY nimse'.
md his eide, brother. Wilbur. anu
aeo,ru panied by Lieut. BENJAMIN
D, roulo:s. an intrepid once. OF the
army signal corps. he net only sur
nsssed the speed requirements OK ais
contract with the United States gov
e-nme,t. but accomplished the nosS
difficult and daring Eight ever plan
mad 70, a heavier-shan-aic Tying ma
chine. incidentally be broke all
soeed records over measured
course. And he established beyond
dispute the practicabil!ty OF an
aeroplane IN time OF peace and u
tine Of war.
Ess speed was over ~ miles an
hour: BE made the tea-0iie nisa'
from Fort Myer and back IN II
minutes and sorty-two seconds. IN
e,-d.cs the more than twenty SEE
ooas required for the turn beyond
tho line at Shutter Hill. the south
e-n ead Of the course. he attained
q he:xht in crossing lie va!:eS OF
ro,r N.;e Run Of nearly 500 feet.
) and the average altitude OF MS
practically level course was aoou>
zoo feet above TIE ground.
President Taft. who had become
An enthusiastic spectator OF the
ae-oplane trials. although two years
sso when Secretary OF War. he IS
said to have expressed to officers
profound sceptictsn as to the &C
couol,shnen: Of such feat IS that
OF which he saw tie completion. ar
r.ving upon the parade grounds At
Fort Nyer just IN time to see the
ssrop,ane land and to participate IN
the wild demonstration which well
coined tie triumphant av!a.ors- He
cent an officer to Dear his eonsras-
csatSons to the vicrors-
h terrific wind and rain storm
early in the stserne on seemed p7ovi-
asntaIly provided I, clear and cuie'
the atmospheric conditions IN pre-
pa-asioa for the hight. which was
delayed only by the failure OF the
army field telegraph line from Fort
Nyes to Shutter Hill It was still
out o, commission when OSril!e
Wright. seiz,ng the moment OF the
BEST weather conditions he had yet
had sor the speed test. had the ns- !
chine placed on the starting -ail and
save the motor q faaI test
TIE engine worked perfectly. and !
the crowd seemed to realize that an |
epeca-making moment was at hand.
They pressed forward against the
ue--. which held them back breath |
less. intense. eagerly watching every
movement Of the aviator and his ma
chine The signal corps detail |
aoss.ed the grest weight in the start
ing derrick which gives the machine |
.ts initial impulse
Lieut.. Foalois. 1.-the. why, brown
ss berry. il his khaki uniform and
,exg!ngs, a. q sign from orville.
climbed iaeo the passengers seat
beside the motor. Wilbur aac
Charley Taylor. the Wrights' me
ehaaic:an.' took their places st the
p-opel.ers. Orville turned On the
sparker Of tie motor. and they
whiried the blades around The mo-
sor picked up the impetus. Orvilie
turned on the speed. and for the drs,
time the prcpellers OF the Wright
seroplane were whi:rtnS at their
maximum capacity.
TIE smooth and even song Of
the engine aroused the crowd to ex-
cited cheering O-ville clambered
into his seat and gripped the levers.
wi,ba-, at a nod from his brother.
slipped the cable which released
the weight. the aeroplane shot down
the track rose before it reached the
ead, and skinned ovey the surface
OF the ground to- hundred feet o.
more.
As II drawn up by Invisible pow
e.s. the whiee-winsed man-bi.d rose
higher and higher. reached the end
Of the feld. turned at slight acSle.
and faced about
Climbing up as i; were On the air.
higher aad yet higher. crville
brought the macine at great speed
once again fully round the field
Then with q short turn he swept
about and started southwark over
the center Of the drill field.
They're o." thousand voices
shouted as one.
Lige a giant bird circling the sky
until 1t marks its prey. this man
bird then darred OF toward Shuntes
Eili. sve miles to the south.
Uavsve-ing 1t kept It's straight
course. and seemed to De rising even
higher. as It passed over the d.
verse and heavily wooded country
in the distance. Soon it was moro