The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-12
HAMILTON FLIES FOR AN hour
M MOVERS OYER GOVERNORS
ISLAND AND THE BAi.
thinks He WcRl a. Least Hair a. Far A.
the Dlatanee 60 Philadelphia starties
FoIks On Beats Geld and Murray, hut
lie Doesn't Mmd-To Practise To-tay

thinks He Nent at Least HAN ~ far ~
the DlstaRee 60 philadelphia startles
FpILs On Beats Cold and Murray, hut
lie Doesn't Mmd-To Practise To-day.
A murky sky and a wind n fifteen or
twenty miles an hour did not prevent
Charles X. Hamilton from making aero
plane flights at Governors Island early
last evening. lie made two flights, re-
naming zap an hour and siE minutes IN
one and nine minutes in the other.
Il was past . O'Clock when tho trim
yellow tiier was rolled out 81 a hig white
tent and Hamilton started. Hamilton
announced that he was merely going 10
try out the machine with It's twenty gallon
fuel tank. which had been installed pre-
paratory TO his proposed trip from New
York 20 Philadelphia and return. which
he expects TO make tomorrow.
In bis first trip be completed several
circles Of the new made field, performing
double dives. cuttin figure Fights and
ending with . spectacular glide OF about
two hundred feet. Then he came down.
filled his oil tank and was on again. those
below thought he was only going 20 make
a little fight. but the more Hamilton
few the more he wanted 10 ny
Tie circled and recircled the field, then
shot out over the parade grounds. Next
he swung around Castle Williams and
Jew out over the bay In the direction OF
the Statue Of Liberty
With the grace Of a swallow he dived
over a aailboat and then Immediately
PASSED over a fcrryboat. which saluted
him with a whistle.
Hamilton's machine was not fitted with
floats and he was taking great chances.
hut he didn't seem % mind. Again and
again he shot out over the waters ana
played leapfrog with the ierryboats.
once he few ~ low that smoke passed
under a wing Il his machine.
Al times gusty currents twisted the
fragile aircraft in a dangerous fashion.
hut In an instant she Was Tghted. In
making one Of his spectakular DIPS Ham
ilton dropped within a 4w feet OF three
men. who ducked. but aafOOn A. he had
well passed over them they waved their
hats Officers and their wives had missed
their dinners N see the flights. Lghte
doomed up across the bay, and Miss LIB
erty sent out q glow from her OutstretChe1
/ hand. but Hamilton went on. He had
set out for a record some thought and 80
/ he had. hut a cold drilling dispellet
the plan and az rs he finally descended
chilled and wet. He said he had only
come down because he couldn't get at his
handkerchief
he was surrounded by the officers and
their wives who shook his cold hand
until Il must have been warm. II vas
almost too dark 10 distinguish one person
from another. and women called out
Where u the man who h@W' They
begged for a ride AZ some future time
and he made many promises Mrs Will
lam BLACK. wife Of Col Black and Mrs
Charles ,Truitt. wife Of Major Truitt. are
among those VINO made requests Mr.
Hamilton said he was not prepared "a
carry passengers, but some other time he
would.
Il was estimated hv Major Reber that
Hamilton had reached an altitude Of
about cOO feet Hamilton calculated tina,
he had averaged a speed Of ffty miles an
hour and said in making the flight he
had travelled about halt the distance "a