Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-05-31
AVIATOR. FLIES FROM ALBANY TO
NEW YORK, 1877 MILES, IN TWO
HOURS AND SO MiNUTEs;N FAST
TRAIN BEATEN.
CHICAGOTO NEW YORK
TRIP is NOW PLANNED.
sournERnER OFFERS $1,000 To-
WARD PURSE OF $4,000 Or
MORE FOR FLIGHT TO SHAT
TER ALL MARKS.

New York, May 80. chas. x.
Hamilton, the aviator who came
here from Florida Saturday to try
for the prize which Glenn II. Cur
tIss captured yesterday, has offer
ed to subscribe $1,000 toward a
prize Of $4,000 or more for flight
from New York to Chicago.
New York, May 3o-GIenn II.
Curtiss' marvellous feat In avia-
tion In ilying from Albany to New
York yesterday, 1877 miles, IN 152
minutes, compelled the attention
OF the entire world today. Tho
fight breaks all speed records in
aviation distance contests. curtiss
today expressed the opinion that
still greater feats in flying will be
accomplished in not far distant
future.
New York, May 3O.-Glenn H Cur
tiss flew from Albany to New York
city in an aeroplane Sunday, winning
the $4,000 prize offered by the New
York World. He covered the distance
Of 1877 miles in 2 hours and 80 min
utes, and came to earth as calmly as
q pigeon. His average speed for the
distance ,06 miles an hour sur
passes any record ever made by an
aeroplane in long distance flight, and
in its entirety his feat perhaps
ecltpses anything man has attempted
IN an heavier than air machine.
The start was made from Albany
at 7.O3 o'clock Sunday morning under
weather conditions as near perfect as
the most fastidious aviator could de-
mand. One hourt and twenty-three
minutes later he had made his stop
ping place near Poughkeepsie, where
there was an hours intermission. Re
suning his flight at 1926, he sped
southwark and landed within the
boundary Of Manhattan island at
1926. Only 100 yards north Of this
point on which his craft settled
be swept over 1t the prize was his. He
Ing Mathattan insland from the main
land: Had he failed to cross this his
flight would have been In vain, but as
re swept over it the prize was his. He
kept on, however, and made his land
Ing on Governors island.
Paulhan,s fight from London to
Manchester, 1856 miles exceeded the
Curtiss feat in distance, but not in
speed and danger. The Frenchman's
average was 44.3 miles an hour, and
below him lay English meadowland.
Curtiss followed the winding course
Of the Hudson, with jutting headland,
wooded slopes and treacherous pali-
sades. He swung high over the great
bridge at Poughkeepsie, dipped at
times within fifty feet Of the rivers
broad surface and jockeyed like a fall
con at the turns.
curtiss Is Up Before Dawn.
Only once did his craft show signs
of rebellion. This was off Storm King
near West Point, where at height of
nearly LOCO feet, a treacherous gust
struck his planes. The machine
dropped like rock for forty feet and
tilted perilously. But Curtiss, always
cool, by adroit manipulation of his
levers, brought renewed equilibrium
to his steed.
outdistances Special Train.
With the signal that Curtiss was off,
the special train, Ave cars and a loco
motive, chartered by the New York
Times, cumbersome now by compari-
son, gathered impetus and sought to
follow. But SO quickly had he flown
that for tweenty-one miles southwark
the locomotive, though running nearly
q mile to the minute, remained a lag
gard. At 1926, however, the train
came abreast Of the aeroplane, and
thence to New York City those on
board kept the aviator in sight. But
as he did not reckon with the curves
Of track, reduced speed through towns
and switches, the man above main
tanned substantial lead.
In winning the worlds prize, Curtiss
incidentally captured the Scientific
American cup for the longest fight in
America for a heavier than air ma
chine. He had previously won two
legs on the trophy and this perform
ance makes it his.
The Trip Records.
The New York to Albany records
from 1914 to 1910 show that Curtiss
holds the palm The records follow
Sept. 2, 1614.-Hendrik Hudson in
the Half Moon sailed from New York
Time required in first voyage, 5 days.
Ang. IL, 1s0s. Robert Fulton's first