New-York tribune., 1910-07-12
HARMON HAS CLOSE CALL
ESSAYING SOUND FLIGHT
nrops Into Tree at RoSIyn and
Escapes Injury, While Plane
Is Wrecked.
GAYS HE'LL Try IT AGAIN
sV;fe and Father-in-Law Come
+o the Rescue, and Latter Has
Some Hard Things &c Say
About Flying.

=. Garden E-Ty l2SE night n an attempt
:. each Greenwich. Conn. but he came
80 easter than he went up, and only
---se or the Earle estate. near Rosiyn.
-,vs5 the aviator from severe injury
vss badly shaken up by the fall, and
verbal s1lake-up as well from his
s.-.e--t7-law. Commodore z c Bene-
- o- whose estate a. Greenwich the
sirat vvzs 70 end
u4-1o- has announced for 2 week =
s;rbt to- -he trophy offered by Coun-
---rtfs - America" for the first ANA
- aviator 70 cross the Sound success
4,r1v DAY a<ter day the fight was
,,z-po-sd. but still there were nearly z
.bousa-d persons n the vicinity Of the
sv1a1io- -aId when he got started He
,ss given ID the idea o. starting last
-,prt- hrr when he reached the field
o-oa- O'Clock and found the conditions
-rz-s idea he decided 70 go up His
Tz-ra- biplare. on which his nechan-
-,..sars had been working every day, was
-s-nz-e--lv n perfect condition, with i-s
7orroors and -oboggan-l3ke attachments
- -hg to--Ta-d end OF the skids TO keep
-Aa ohz-a aAoa- should y drop in the
---e-
-gpta.- Thomas 8 Baldwin, vho rep
-sse-re5 tl-e aero Club CO America az
~ STAR q the flight, assisted IN get
ting he big flie- ready, and together the
70 --e- vent ever every wire and every
z---sg-- Z see that al vas shipshape.
y@a--or then 6cnned : life preserver
ssn6 -ook his seat
6sf--s getting rhs machine started.
=z-o- united several Of the bystsnd-
So Z 20 70 Greenwich with him No
--e cared % take the chance, however,
sr5 they al had coed and sufficient eZ-
rrsss . one- fer not going I'd lust az
-1ar moment
rock OF tl-e rcrtocne
- SO -he big propeller r-as put in
-o-.o-. and the engine started The
~ holding back rhe machine had al
,hsv cou.6 Dc. as the hirdlike cor
--::vz-oz seemed anxious % get away
.ets- ~ cf about : hundred feet
--s -5g -ve- sTe-ve6 upward and away
sssz1- and gracefully ever the held-
.@-e- sho-- flight. hs came down again.
-ozgve-- nearly 2 mile trorn the start,
s-5 a--o-obiles SPED across the inter
-e-z-z sCzce Captain Baldwin, rho
80 --.eel=5 his ed de-I aside % give
=s---c- Ic-s q room = start, mounted
rs aerial s-eed and sailed hee-e-Ta-d,
z-c Ger e where his fellow sT-21or
t25 LIGHTED
.@-z- : eew minutes he returned, and
announced that Harmon had decided the
-.--o.-s we're II the way, ard that he
so -o- -ee5 them anyhow. as rs v-ocld
so -sg.-- sc-oss -he Sound. His -echz-.-
+-ie-s reached t@ II quick tine. anc
----o-s5 t.z bulEy. -orpsdcllEe 2rpen-
cages
.-6-1o E-oc -e5= -he secc1d start
- -ose Beautifully = height cE three
---5-e5 -5s- TLs- he ---sd due north
as .eso-z -he crowd which had dec-cec
= ---o-r hin u au-o-ob-lss 1ec gc-
- --..-cE-as g -hei- engines thrown u
- e--=e-1- Tzs nearly z quarter G.
IL s--av- The raopIe u -he a--Lo--o-
l-5,=s I'D those q -h6 6el6 Al chee-7c
s,g.- -zt e-5 -he ac-o-ot-ls horns
ss-r--= -55-s5 bz- Harmon T-zs roo "a
fe--s-, = E-=e- a-y g the racket -a2T-
s-y -.a sussd.-g automobiles s--- ---
-.=- 5z1.-5 Ea--o- co--r';ec rs
-g-- ---=- -,7 1E5-eol2- She -cWa-s Ee7p-
- - = his line, and as he pesssd
----- - william Cos- t2r- at East
-r-r-r=--~- - hc-zas - -he @e-c S-2r2-
,.--- = - -cizs cc--g ron Che SKY
----g. - occasional az cC--ac-
-----as --s machine y swe-Ts, --e aT-2-
- Aaz .-- oo--o-s vel - -2-c, oro :
s1:g-- ---~e--=-- v-o--l5 bring -he ee-o-
s1--z - rlzv an night -ne 1y7r = e-
fs-e- k=s-
E-7;-e rz:l- - Hos!y-
- go:-g zlo-g - : height e
80 --..- hundred 1ee- whe- - S-o-ced
zss----:--5z---u-a- sweep y get his bearings
-3e--z- IS .e reached EoSiy-. s-x r,'-eS
81 - --.--!-g pot--- Then 1is engine
.--eC. o-5 Re xo--6 he wou-c rave .
--,z-zo -,.5-. descent = he wanted 70
e~-.s r.u-ge 3ato the cold waters @
- ---.~5 Ec came down W-cnont :
s--z-ce = choose spot and plunged ITO
y zee . -.z estate CS Henry II Fare.
= C-5 TssttI.-y. Long Island IS e
= re machine caught - the E---os q
--a= o-5 Harmon, ha-pe-ec y MS
:-,o--e-----s ~ -t-e life preSe-ver. Lex
-.-.se-s -o- 5ow- between The tree aE>o
z-c-z wa-, while t-e Telegraph wires
ter ve-ss hack had torr his planes 70
ti.- The ,1u-.g:,ts ard wires were
s-ol-z-. z.1 altogether the machine was
= szr-ously battered cono-tion WEI
+. reached the ground
:. -ha mean tir-e Commodore = l.
5-@e5.cc ar6 Mrs. Harmon, WIZ He-
ts-r-.s- I'd 1rrs. Foxhan Keene. we're
cruising c. rne yacht Oneida, of Eosiyn'
y Ire Sound. looking cut tcr me az
s1.p to co-ze. 50 that the yacht c0uil
spee1 across The Sound 81 case the ava
- had % come down - the wa'e'-
Commodore Benedict has never IaVoEec
ne aviation schemes of his Soa-in-laW'
s1d rtis feeling IS shared by the ava
-c--s father
6c-h nave offered hin ell sorts OF N
1ccemerts 70 give up his high nying
habits, out MS inclination for ths game
has overcome al their plesdings- When
he aviator failed 70 put in an appear
s-ce ne commodore made some declceo-
y U,compllnentary remarks about aero
Planes generally and about the particu-
q Farman biplane used by his son-lh