The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-31
Famous Aviator ModestIy Dis
cusses His Flight From AL
bany to New York.
REALIZED DANGER, BUT
CONFIDENT OF SUCCESS
His Achievement VIII Do Much
to Stimulate Interest
in Flying.

NEW YORK, May 30-Glcnn Fl. Cur
tss marvellous feat of aviation IN fly
ing from Albany to New York yestcr
day-l3I miles in 152 minutcs-com
PEELED the attention Of the entire worl,
today. The flight from the state capl
tai to Governors island, just off tn,
battery, breaks all speed records il
aviation distance contests.
Mr., Curtiss rested quietly at his hote
today and received the congratulation.
tEae were showered on him, lie mad.
~ clear that he believed still greater
feafs IT. flying would be accomplished
and these in the not far distant future
The flight began at 1903 a. m. yester
day and only two stops wero made be
Tore the biplane glided on the reaches
OF Governors island. The first stor
was made at Poughkeepsie. where an
hour was spent by Curtiss. going over
his engine and refilling his oil tank
The second stop was made at Tnwood
where he made his official landing.
The aviator remained at Inwood an
hour and minutes, and then proceeded
10 Governors island.
Between Albany and Inwood tho bi
plane, which is the smallest that has
eNer figured IN the greater aviation
contests, made an average speed OF
o4,O6 miles an hour. For minutes at a
time Curtiss machine rushed through
the air at sixty miles an hour, and the
special train which was following the
flight was hard put TO it to keep
abreast of the machine.
There were times during the flight
when the machine scared close to zoe
feet above tho winding river.
Under Fine Control.
Curtiss' control of his biplanc was re-
markable. Only once, and then off the
treacherous Storm King, near West
Point, did the machine get from under
the aviator. Caught in sudden puff
of wind, which tilted the planes, the
blplane dropped like a plummet For a
handling brought the machine quickly
to a state of flying equilibrium
Curtiss' feat wins for him the $4,000
cash prize of the New York World.
The latest revised figures Of the
flight are:
Start from Albany, 1903 a. M; ar.
rived Governors island, IL clock noon.
Total time Of trip. hours 81 minutes.
Elapsed time Of the two stops en- route,
Actual time Of flight, hours 46
minutes.
Distance covered, $50 miles
Average speed per mile, about l min
ute seconds
Curtiss' own story Of his fight from
Albany to New York isas follows:
HMy feelings at the start7 All ]
wanted or thought of at the moment
was To get started at the most favorable
4. " ra1l h1 IA ,nrn.
caution. and once started, found my
self going well and flying high and
strong. I rose Immediately to height
about 700 feet and kept at that average
most Of the way. It's hard thing to
tell Just what height you are travelling
at. / could tell much better from the
ground than up above.
Conscious of Danger.
"Presently i found wire vibrating.
1t was supporting one. or the controls,
and if it had broken in two, as might
we'll have happened through friction In
vibration, the consequences might have
been disastrous. However, l watched
II closely and it held out.
stMy sensations in flying so high and
over the watcr1 Well, l don't know
lust what my sensations were, was
Zoo busy to have any. AS Poughkeepslee
n
MIGHT mjsiudge my distance. Landing
from such a height is quite stunt and
remember that | was going at hfty
niles an hour. ] had to get very close
70 tbe ground before shutting of the
nower, and nasty bump might be dis
pstrons. fl were to shut off the power
foo high up L might get hard crop
and ruin the machine. SO II Is tlck.
Iish matter that takes up all man
energy and attention, .,,,,
ItSne thing I noticed particularly;
u,ho ong;nc I have has no muffer, ana
:, r,okes 60 much noise that L could noI
hoar l.. whistles blowing, though coula
heS' eve smoke. When / landed ht
90. 9S1nrhi,oensie | was deaf, or nearly so,
for ~" while and had great hummlng
and buzzing III my cars.
49, Nearly Goes Down.
uAs storm King mountain, where
- varued Of treacberous ar cur,
cuts i was nearly upset. "i,ngm, IJ.n
rchlo: my machine took sudden
warnlnh i dounward and sideward. !
9rnnEGed with her thirty or forty leet
arJp I'D 7 assure you it is not oioaai'a aha ;
Sensation. amu IT'S just like d5oppnng '"1. cf.
iar in an elevator SHAFT ny qui'n o,Ii.
forts 1 managed TO go- rega,n % ievcl
/ Iibrium and droppeo to nJ tv West Point
heram anGu' to t experience some al apS'SMiy ny
abd"t my supply of lubrIfat10SS i to Se Of falling
udsatoi showed Snd fas as f' PROCEEDED 70 @ ths
gauge sank lower and i0"'f "''
ishing rapidity ..hod yonkers my
o;, ,a1k was practically tmpTy msppTnynIies il
automatic engine pump ,ayt;me ou and
seemed TO be worhlns ssaTv to use the
fsS 5s%aS for ,s1 little as Tas ta s9S
but then 3otR tRG at qSfST'1I1 qnT
oil s1gns: + just as to s%sii as
:. line of relief thai