The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-08
ALL BALTIMORE SEES FLIGHT
r,rHtw DtRS OVER TIE CITY
tOR FORTY MINUTES.
v,hr, a special Detour M Ross winans.
M Inv aIi,i Wa, Witness Hsa Bird
nnrh uo>-ey Files baby wright
IRON, STATEN to Grounds ana Pals.

rurrunEE. Md Nov. Thu he RI
latham the French aviator. establishecf'
,.,, r.ynr,l here to-day when he few
.... .u.. track at Halethorpe over Balti-
..... ..ry. travelling from the extreme
....r..-' ~ tn" eastern limits and r,.-
,,-.... ." IA" starting point with ont a
i,- -a.. rrm" occupied in the flight being
- u.'r- ~ seconds.
Frs . quarter of n million persons
D,ru.-,.u ,hr- Performance. which netted
,b. ,..arrr SIS 5U0. $500 of which was
offered ry the Baltimore Sun and s5sO
additional bv Ross Wimans. who is an
Invalid aud who gave this amount IL
Latham would circle his residence so he
might 49,. HIM fly
Tbswlui was blowing ten miles an hour
MOO, 4 n" time
Nh" r"U record consists in the fact that
for PRACTICALLY forty minutes he was in
continuous flight over the city. This
:. Considered one OF the most dangerous
fsa.- Va the realms of aviation and few Of
III. alrrnen at Halethorps really believed
Latham would attempt the flight When
he returned 10 the field they rushed TO
congratulate him and were loud in their
praises
I
Hal was tolled and the factory whistles
adding 10 the din. notified the people OF
the a-iator : approach Every tall building
, IN town was a vantage point for thousands
VINO sought to witness the flight. while
every roof was black with people Even
low buildings had hundreds Of spectators,
and many more thousands unable 20 get
roof seats crowded into the downtown
thoroushfaTes or sought the parks and
open spac@s
AZ = o'clock the whole city seemed to
stop work and begin watching.
Borne nv the stirring breeze. which
aided him greatly Latham few straight
and true for Fort McHenry. and when he
was alrln@t directly over the historic
spo, be slowly curved around and head
ing m a generally northwestsrly direction
s'eered for the crowded grand stands
IN the skvsCTaper district
Latham made haste slowly hut though
he had promised his speed would not he
to- great u was probably even less than
h- had Intended. for he struck a fifteen
mile an hour Dr.ezs on this leg OF his
flight and the wind pulled him hack "A
l,tl- RUt m he came Now he was
crossing IN" harhor. now he had reached
The Continental Building and in a moment
NOR. h" inAi, another turn and was Oft
for Patterson Park His trip to- Patter-
son Paris VAS brief and soon he was a gains
headed northwest and bound for Druid
HI harN Here again he met with head
winds aud just cirrling the edge Of the
latter marx n" turned again toward Charles
street. Curying round the Relvidpr..
Hu'"I 10. reformed series of aerial
Gvra'lons wheeling hack and forth for
tn "tliDitInn Of Mr. Winans. the in
valid wh" had offered $500 for the - ght
=, --ibly four minutes covered the time
'.l Lay harn spent near the WInans home
10' hen he struck of for the skvscTaper
-:~-rfc' again. He came down across
The ~ Hall and once mora he circled 10
o.. w'.' and beaded st raight for Hale
thorpe. whicn he reached in seven minut e~
WIN Ut m-hap
hIung he line that Lat ham was fiying
over he twenty -one miles that comprised
H. Nv trip hi- height varied. Some
'-'"- he was no more than j60 feet above
ground. but generally h. was flying AT
from 2.H0 to > 5as feet During almost
al he time hat ne was over the cent 70
II h. city he was = 800 feet above ground.
HI ability 10 send his machine up or drop
80 a lower level was one OF the things
'ha' amazed the crowd. for ~ seemed
. 10 IL without the sli ghr est eiforr
Arch Hoxsey was less fortunate IN
h. tight at the grounds. n. started
from the Pennsylvania Railroad 81 al ION.
"h"r" he had set up his baby, Virgin
distance was only half mile and was
GuI"slv covered. but in making "A land
Ing one end Of the machine lifted just
enough TO dip against the earth. The
newt moment the apparatus had gone
over IN it's head and Hoxsay was thrown
dozen feet from the point N which the
aer0glane had come to a sfandst i'll IN the
mud About one hundred men hurried
N he scene and found Hoxsey picking
himself up and brushing the mud from
H. face and eyes. He said he had sif-
fsr"d no injury and was evidently most
seriously concerned about his machine.
An examination showed that one OF the
pian"- was twist ed and hat two akids and
the foot rspt wsr.s smashed. HoHsey said
that N" damage was not serious and that
'hs plane could be repaired tn time for
Va. 'p-morrow.
NhpTr the only other features were
tn attempts to establish duration and
a'fId" records. Lat ham tried for the
duration prize AT the track and counting
h. Di'y flight he was up about two hours
and ten minutes
lie Les-eps and Drexel went on high.
he former reaching about 1 $40 feet and
Drove! about 100.