Norwich bulletin., 1910-06-14
Remarkable Cross Country Flight by Charles K
 Hamilton in Aeroplane
FIRST FAST MAIL BY ALL AIR ROUTE
Aviator Delivers Letters from Gov. Hughes and Mayor Gaynor of New York to Gov. Stuart and Mayor Rey-
 burn-Eighty-Eight Miles Philadelphia in One Hour Fify-One Minutes-Detais of the Round Trip

Hamilton was peering from the win
 dows, her hair fluttering in the wind. ] "Oh! MT. Hamilton she cried to a
 friend, we found him. He's with
 usI" but the mother could not speak
 at all She walked up and down the
 swaying aisle of the parlor car, wiring
 ing her hands, her face flushed, her
 eyes moist and shiny. An truly it
 was beautiful sight, enough to bring
 to tears. Four hundred feet above the
 earth. skimming directly above the
 railroad tracks and straight ahead of 1 the rushing locomotive, glided the
 aeroplane, too far distant as yet to i make the crackle of it's exhaust heard | above the roar of the steam engine and l the rattle of the train. Them otion was one of continual oscillation.
 Tfiting gently, first to one side and | then to the other and rising and fall | ing over aerial hills and into valleys the eye could not see. the aeroplane l seemed to pour itself through space 1 with the f1uIdity of a stream seeking g 1 it's channel.
 The first point of critical interest was New Brunswick, where there5 was l the Raritan river to cross. roofs, fac 1 tory chimneys, to fly over Hamilton 1 rose a little but held his unslackened | pace straight across the heart of the | town.
 1 A Specimen of Self Confidence. It was a specimen of self-confdence that brought cheers from the crowds | at the station and from the party aboard the special train. In pass ing through the city, the engineer had slowed down a little and the aeroplane began to gain.
 Mother and Son Exchange Signals. l Mrs. Hamilton and Mrs. Beaudette ran to the forward coach for a, better | view. An ambitious photographic | climbed on to the tender, Mrs. Ham outdone, Mrs. Beaudette started to | join her unassisted. A dozen hands were stretched in aid. and in moment i the delicate old lady was seated be- side her daughter-in-law in the dust and grime waving happily to her son. He saw her and for the first time waved back. Three times during the trip they exchanged signals: 1,500 Feet Above the Kill Won kulI. Dhen he was 150O feet above the waters of the Kill. Won Kull-so high that he could not see the New Jer- sey shores through the fog-one of his never picked up again for his whole journey.
 Worst Spot of the Journey. The train was nearing Trenton, and Hamilton began to mount higher and higher Here was the worst spot of his journey. Here was the wide Della ware river to cross with steep banks at either side; here was a broad city | with no path dividing it but the rail- way tracks. and here was the possi-
  rents that often follow 8 river. More over the railroad tracks were depress- ed in deep cut and spanned by fre- quent bridges. Ham Non planned to go up 1000 feet in crossing Trenton. In fact he rose to some five hundred. When began to climb" he said la ter. 'I found the wind blowing head on and blowing much harder. too. Throughout my trip it was the same way. That is why I flew at a nearly uniform height of 250 feet.''
 Comes to Earth at Philadelphia.
 Now the train was beginning to fit through the suburbs Of Philadelphia The crowds fncerased until they hid the hillsides and fringed the roofs like a black net. Hamilton led the train to the aviation ield. Instead of a1ight- ing, he circled the field four times slowly. to give the people a full chance to see him, and then settled with dive that made the crowd catch its breath.
 Men, women and children rushed for him as soon as he settled and it took a big squad of mounted police to pro tect him and his machine.
 Hamilton stepped to the earth, boy ish and diff1dent Mayor Rey burn and Governor Stuart were there to ex- change messages for those carrfess bv Hamilton from Governor Hughes and Mayor Gaynor. Hamilton hurried away in an automobile for a cup of coffee as soon as he could dispen. decentIy with the rbrma1ities.
 Forgot to Clean His Spark Plug.
 For luncheon Hamilton ate only a slice of cake and swallowed a cup Of coffee. Then he was back to the field and off again before the special train could be disentang1ed from the yard. where it was sidetracked. It looked like rain, and Hamilton wished to take no chances. But in his hurry he over looked a presentation that later cost him an unwilling descent. He forgot n n h i0 YS
 There was no sign of anything wrong however. as he scared straight into the distance, and in five minutes he had vanished in the haze
 Anxious Hour of TeIephoninS.
 At Metuchen he swerved sharply to the southeast, away from the railroad tracks, and at Men1o Park, two miles farther was lost to sight beyond the trees When last seen, he seemed to be flying low, as if stopping to a land ing. Theferore 1t was no great sur prise to find when the train reached Jersey City that Hamilton, who should have reached Governors island in ad- vance of it. had not been reported. There followed an anxious hour of hurried telephoning and speculation. Finally came this brief announcement by telegraph from New York:
 Hamilton stuck in the Swamps at South Amboy."
 Stuck in South -Amboy swamps.
 As Hamilton explained it later. at the point where he left the PennsyI- vania tracks he was then leading the special train and mistoOk the tracks of the Lehigh Valley for the PennsyI- vania, where they cross at Metuchen. Following . wrong lead, he crossed the Raritan river q second time. mis- taking it for the Kill Von Kuli, and then ran intoNalg3ne trouble.
 Same Horne.
 The remainder Of his flight was a nafehW0rk if hr0llRhf him Safe home. On leaving South Amboy, he headed east for Staten Island. crossed the Kill Won kull. .whirled over the island and in a quarter of an hour after he had strated was in sight of his landing place.
 He crossed the herbor at almost the same height as on his outBard voyage. fifteen hundred feet up Te the little lRxot . faithful Wha had ayEaita6 dty1o