Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-07-28
WRIGHT FLIGHT
BREAKS ALL
RECORDS
AEROPLANE CARRYING
TWO MEN SAILS 90 MILES
President Taft Enthusiastic
Witness of American InVen-
tors. Triumph Trip Recalls
Last Years Catastrophe,

Inv Morning journal Special Leased Wire
Washington, July 2i.-The worlds
aeroulane record for two men, rs tc
both time and distance, was broken
This evening. in beautiful flight OF
one hour, twelve minutes and forty
seconds--upward Of fifty miles and at
a speed averaging about Forty miles
an hour, by Orville Wright at Fort
Myer, with Lieutenant Frank r.
Lahm. of the army signal corps as
passenger. The former record was
made last year by his brother, Will
bur, Joint inventor with him Of the
machine in which both achievements
were performed. at Lenlans. France
with Professor HaiRlove.of the French
institute, as passenger. That flight
was one hour, nine minutes and
thirty-ene seconds. Wilbur was an
eager spectator of today's flight.
The cheering which heralded the
setting of a new mark in the con
quest of the air. was led by President
Taft in person, who had sat an in
tensely interested spectator through
OFT the flight This success was all
tdnt to the Wrights in that it
ev.... .eted the first Of two crucial tests
Of their machine imposed upon them
by The United States government-the
so-ealled endurance test" which re-
CURED them to remain one hour con-
t!nuously in the air with one passen-
ger. Orville did nearly thirteen min
utes better than that and could have
kept on indefinitely-thre hours and
half, the limit imposed by the gaso-
line capacity of the supply tank.
The other test that for speed will
b. complied with tomorroW W,~Neathel
permitting, when Orville is to take
Lieutenant Benjamine Foulois of the
signal corps on cross-country flight
to Alexandria Va, and return.
Orville could have made that flight |
lhls evening, but it was almost dark |
when at last he alightcd, after n |
hight which would have carried him |
alpost twice across the English chan, |
mel
Poignancy was added to Orvillc |
Wright's achievement by the rcaliza-
ton that upon his previous attempt |
to navigate the air. with a passenger.
Lieutenant Selfridge was killed ant |
he himself was terribly injured.
President Taft took him warmly by !
the hand. saying:
congratulate you heartily. sir. 1t
WIS a<hfIitiot, |
down as easily and gracefully as you
went UP. You beat the worlds rec
ord"
Yes, sir replied Orvillc. evidently
embarrassed. Il beat my brothers
record"
How did your passenger conduct
Did he talk to the motor
man ~ asked the president,
lie behaved very we'll" replied The
aviator
Well | congratulate both of you
ana thank YOU for the privilege of
such flight" added the
president.
uhtll o'clock the prospect Of a
nght appeared very slim A high
"hd had prevailed all the afternoon {
ana the apparently adverse conditions
undoubtedly kept away many hum ]
lIeus of people who otherwise would
'oNe journeyed to Fort MNer. As it I
was at least $500 people were pres {
INT. ,
ofville Wright signalled for the l
'oroplane TO be trundled to the start {
ny derrick. Lieutenant Lahm gin
serly took his seat in the center of the |
ndehlne, next to the purring motor f
IL was the place Selfridge took ten y
months ago. Orville Wright then lr
ook his place. The aeroplano scared i
gracefully into the air, leaving the c
ground at 6.36:40. =
mere was an evident sluggishness 9
u the rise of the aeroplane as COM '
jared with its ascent when Wright
rev alone; but she rose smoothly and r
'lacefully nevertheless. Never was I
mere any possible question over buoy a
"cy and equipoise. Round and !
ouhd she went, seVenty-four times f
-Dout the great driI grounds-4.O .O00 t
ee' IN circumference-sometimes in |
"ofter circles. The machine kept i
'a'ly sixty feet high. save where 4
o'he stray current air rocked her up o
'iu down. As the hour drew to its
use excitement became intense \
i'ousand watches were out and Gag
'N scanned. After the seventieth a
u H. great shout went up. automo- Z
''e horns were footed and a deafen- d
~ chorus and hand clapping and Il
"eers and waving of hats and hand u
erehleis told the men in the flying "
.aIt that their task was accom- u
''shed. The crowd expected Orville II
come down then. but he kept on G
lst the same. n
ne was after his brothers laurels. u
.our returned to the starting der II
eh' where the army officers were 81
a'hered and they began to ohaff him st
0out his record now in peril 81
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