The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-11-04
WRIGHT GOES AWAY
Leaves College Park School
for New York.
STUDENTS MAKE LONG FLIGHT
Lieuts. FouIois and Humphreys Re
main in Air More Than an Hour,
When WIND Forces Them TO ALight
After Nearly Breaking Record.
Labm's Father witnesses Flights.

Wilbur Wright babe farewell to the
pupils Of the school of applied aero
nautics yesterday and started for New
York. where he VIII met Brother orville
and Miss Katherine Wright.
Before he left. however, Mr.. Wright
saw two Of his pupils come oAOse to one
OF the records which Orville holds for
"two-man" flight, and departed satisfied
that the school is now in such shape
that unless something entirely unforeseen
happens It viii 20 along smoothly with
out an instructor.
Mr.. Wright said before he left that he
and his brother will no doubt conduct
some experiments in flying this winter.
probably at Dayton. Concerning his plans
for the formation Of n company to manu-
facture Wright biplanes, he would say
nothing. but it is pretty well understood
that such plans are in the making.
The flying school opened for business
at sis o'clock yesterday morning.
when Iieuts. Foulois and Humphreys
went up for their near record-break-
, ing flight. AT the start the wind
was practically minsIS quantity,
but before the officers decided 70
come down Il had risen TO fifteen miles
an hour Lieut. Foulois operated the
controls for fifty minutes OF the trip,
which lasted one hour one and three
fourth minutes, and his brother-pupil
was on the bridge for the remainder Of
the time
Mistake in Memory.
Even Mr. Wright thought that the one
hour one and three-fourth minute mark
was within ten minutes OF the record
made, he said. by Orville with Lieut.
ahm as a passenger. at Fort Myer, but
aftcrward ne discovered that Orville had
stayed Up I'm Europe for one hour and
twenty minutes with a passenger The
time yesterday. however. beat the Col
lese Park two-passenger record by
about twenty minutes. and the one-man
rccord 10y about three minutes Lieut.
Humphreys only came down after both
Mr. Wright and Lieut.. Lahm had made
violent signals from the ground Mr.
Nrg thought the wind was too high.
and said so by waving his disapproval.
The second flight Of the day began at
4.51 o'clock and lasted eight and half
minutes Lieut. Lahm operated the con-
trolls. and Lieut.. G. c. Sweet, of the navy,
who proved too heavy for Mr. Wright's
skill Tuesday night, went up with him.
Lieut.. Lahm's father. l.. S LRhm him
self an aeronaUtic enthusiast for the
FIRST time saw his son fly In a heavier
tban-air machine on this trip. Lieut..
Iahm. just 70 show his father how it is
done. sat over in the left-hand seat OF the
machine. something he hasn't done be-
fore.
Biplnne Nicely balanced.
On the face. IT would not apparently
make any difference where the operator
sits. but the balance OF the biplane is so
nice that after an operator gets used 10
manipulating from one side it is usually
quite difficult for him to move over, es-
peclally when ne has a passenger. Lieut.
Lahm. however, proved his ability and
had no trouble at all
The last flight began at 5:12:30 o'clock
and lasted seventeen and a half minutes
Lleuts. Foulois and Humphreys were the
passengers.
The aerOnautic critics were surprised
to learn yesterday that Lieut.. Lahm has
been ordered 70 report 70 his regiment
the Sixth Cavalry, about the first Of De-
cember. His place az College Park viii
be taken by Lieut.. Walter c. Jones. OF
the Thirteenth Infantry. Lieut.. Lahm
according 10 the critics. has shown hi;
ability as an operator, and is considered
one of the best balloon men in the army