The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-08-14

WASHINGTON, July 31.-Orville
Wright broke all speed records in a
ten-mile flight with his famous airship
on the Fort Myer field last night. He
carried BENJAMIN ID. Foulois of the
army signal corps as a passenger and
made an average speed of more than
forty-twO miles an hour On one
stretch of the flight his machine cut
the air at the terrific pace of eighty
miles an hour. The ten-mile flight
was completed in IA minutes and AZ
seconds.
Wright went up nearly 500 feet
his crossing of the Valley of Four-Mile
Run and his average altitude was about
200 feet
Lieutenant Foulois climbed into the
passenger seat beside the motor, ready
for the start. Wilbur took his place
at the right tip of the planes and
Orville clambered into his seat beside
Foulois He gripped the levers ana
slippedtl the cable which released the
starting weight. The aeroplane shot
down the traGk, rose before it reached
the end and SKINNED over the ground
for 100 feet or more. ra G@>
LIKE A GIANT BIRD.
Like giant bird the aeroplane swept
unswervingly down its course. 1t kept
straight to the south and seemed to be
rising ever higher as it passed over
the diverse and heavily wooded country
in the distance.
Those who had glasses saw the aero
plane turn first to the left, then to the
right; about Shutter Hill. Then it was
lost to view, and as the seconds passed
a silence grew upon the crowd. AS the
delay in the aeroplane again rising
above the sky line became seemingly
alarming, great beads of perspiratior
stood upon Wilbur Wright's brow ant
his agitation was evident,
Suddenly the speck came in sight
over the distant hill.
Soon the aeral navigators were home
again over the drill grounds fly
ing very law. Orville steered straigh
across the field and at a height o
ABOUT IWCnIy lOCb hAAs1 -
northward, and landed easily far dow
the field The task was done and n,
was greeted with deafening cheers
Wilbur at once began calculating tn
speed of the trip, which after he MAJ
consulted with Lieutenant Foulois h
figured at forty-two and a half mile
an hour.
I'VE were forced off our course b.
hour coming back" said Foulois.
, Orville said: cts easier to fly acros
country than round field"
He seemed more impressed by tn
lesson that the unusual flight ha
taught him than by any sense OF NJ
achievement
FIGHTS AIR CURRENTS.
1--WE were orced off our course b
several counter currents" he added
"and in turning at the lower end,
down trend of air took me lower tina
I meant to go. was forced to elm
higher in starting back
Even more dramatic than its d'
parture from Fort Myer was the &C
vent of the aeroplane and its passeI
gers at the southerly turning polI
on Shutter Hill, just outside OF Ale'
andria. There the usual crowd We
gazing eagerly into the sky. The d.
tail of cavalry on duty to keep bac
the people forgot the purpose of the
presence and sat rapt upon their hors'
watching the blurred apparition.
It was quickly seen that throue
some miscalculaton of steering II
aeroplane if it kept a straight cour
must turn the stake balloon from Il
east to the right, instead of from Il
west to the left, as had been expecte
Suddenly the navigator put his hel