New-York tribune., 1909-07-28
WR[GHTSETSNEW MARK
ENDURANCE FLIGHT Il
GREAT SUCCESS.
on7one Remains Up 1 Hour II
uinufes SO Seconds, Carrying
Lieut.. Lahm as Passenger.
From The Tribune Bureau J

rrro-, The Tribune Rureau-l
.o, Iulv o7-Orvile Wright broke
Is.s record at Fort Myer this evening IN
Inc k.r, coropieting the official endurance
seooe'- LIs .eroplane before the board OF army
US - iudges With Lieutenant LahIl' Vi
snO 80, corps. as & passenger. he ne" apoNe
u' sr;,I seId for hour II minutes ana 90 sec
us .t.-ehv exceeding the requirements OF 'ne
Gnu T1.,srtr7ent's specifications by more lnaH
r,inntes and breaking the world rec
NE 6igb1 win a passenger by minutes
and seooros .-.,,,r.-s of t,te Cabi-
fi's.-s .,o-s Representatives, diplomats ana
De@ oe5oars we're among the 5000 spectators
klI-' ,..sd the field. Seventy-five times the aero
w ,irc,ed the field before descenolhs HeIHS
=. skids near the balloon shed.
en - - &c broken but the worlds record
N0i-. o,e of the officers who examined the
feila1- @.-. rrhen Mr Wright and Lieutenant
I.h-, stelped out as + they hao Ooe''
m pleasure rlp- -,.;-.,,+ Taft as
-. -ou-ard the centre Of the field 10
!" .-1.+e the aviators. You broke me
o'as.a'D, en-. -.,crd Il, repeated, as orvihe ap-
--.g,hsd the derrick 80,
hroke ny brothers. record OT''iie
- 7-rfe Wilbur merely smiled
le..ie~ ,r.si.lent and everybody in the crowd
-, ioined in the laughter at this sallF.
IT, did YOUR passenger conduct hirlseii
- rre r1otornan?" asked the tresl-
cert .-.o,ia5 4,e aviator.
.o,gratulate YOU both, and I thank
o. +ba privilege of witnessing suoh q
70. ssaa ,l,s President. and again shaElns
-s,h the brothers he entered MS au'o''io-
IN. .n6 rode away amid cheers
;. =. Hrights Lieutenant Lahm was
.. ..,.-. % attraction. During the hlshI ne
- ~ sit l;Ee statue. merely turning I'S
- s,irh-lv as he watched OrVille take tle
..-,s-s st each end Of the field. 1t was very
,-,.-sstine vas his laconic remark. as MS
s-,hs- officers gathered about him after the
fight ..
tors was Miss Katherine Wright who "atoheo
-, ,-o.her from the balloon shed at the far
ED Of the field and waved to him each time ne
passed y am going 10 telegraph father She
aid running 70 q telephone in the signal corps
pnt as soon as she saw her brother step from
Tie machine in SAFETY
FLIGHT BEGINS WELL.
he fight started at 6:3s 20 7, n. under the
-r suspicious circumstances Hardly any
rna was bioz-ing ct the start. although several
erss in the fight breeze started up and
,xsed The machine so that The spectators held
thsir b-eaih The ascent was without accident
ercsvt for boubardment Of cameras that
Ersppe5 orvile Wright and Lieutenant Lshm az
every move they made around the machine
Three seconds after the start the bipane left the
guide rail- and mounted TO about fifty feet before
the first turn The average height was about
ssventy-frs feet and the speed was estimated Al
more than forty miles hour
Knowing that il was an off1cill trial. the crowd
became more and more enthusiastic as the hour
INIT approached a tremendous cheer arose as
The stop watches indicated that the Commute
mark vas passed. and as the machine gave 10
Indications OF & descent II VAS generally real
ized THAT Orville would try 10 beat his brothers
wcr.6s record OF hour minutes and 81 sec
onds made with passenger IN France last ye5r-
As this time was passed it WAS Wilbur Wright
and-the board Of judges who led the cheering
After few more circles Of the field OrVille
brought his machine down TO as good LANDING
as he has ever made. The propellers were not
Eupped until the skids struck the ground
The endurance test this afternoon called for a
continuous fight Of one hour. carrying pas
snger an fuel sufficient for a journey of 10
Niles. Tomorrow the speed test WI be made,
Unless weather conditions prevent The time
INIT is up at midnight tomorrow, and the
srights do not care 10 ask for an extension.
me test requires a speed Of forty miles an hour
eEG five mile course and return. a bonus or
@per cent is given for every additional mile up
% ,'1oriy-four. and penalty Of the same amount
'areach mile under forty to thrty-six, at which
Poht the machine would be rejected.
l---sft,
WI really damaging it much" remarked news
as7er man 70 OrNie. after the flight.
RATS all We meant to do" replied Orville,
wa SMILE which his big brother duplicated.
PRESIDENT LEADS CHEERING.
ne cheering which heralded the setting of a
marx in the conquest Of the air was led by
resident Taft who had sat, an intensely inter
so Spectator. throughout the flight. and who
A'ed al its end upon personally congratulate
ue brothers on their success.
-'lgoody Present to-day remembered that
iast attempt 10 navigate the air with a
'saeer that passenger, Lieutenant Selfridge.
Also and OrviIie Wright was terribly in
- hls sister who nursed him through the
). u MS recovery from that disaster. when
SO unhurt from his fight to-day,
s--see MIN eagerly by the arm, nestled her
ssaanst his breast, and said:
oalS icr you. brother: il was beautiful
ma O'clock the prospects Of a fight ap-
a.. s''ia high wind had prevailed all the
a.o. ahd the apparently adverse condi-
s~-aouDtedly kept away many hundreds oi
Fa- VINO otherwise would have journeyed to
Sc As it was, there were at least
ns ao persons present when the flight be
rss oeioTe sunset there was a sprinkle oi
ss.n,%. ~ atter that the wind died down, and
i5.sI., hlsht took place the conditions were
sarrs. saay The gentiest zephyr from the south
ne leaves of the trees.
PARING FOR THE FLIGHT.
- sA'rily after orville Wright signalIed 70,
f,-vptdne to he srt,pdfad he sfa arfiue