The sun., 1910-06-13
HAMILTON FLIBS IN THE RAIN
SPIN PREPARATORY TO TRIP
10 PHILl DELPHIA TO-DAY.

TAI - HaR q D0sea Turns at GSyevnorS
island and Expects % start fer
quaker Cny ThIs MoFnlng -Hspss 60
lr hack Al . S'CIOck Thls AfIerRSoa.
Charles X. Hamilton. the rough and
prris aviator. proved 10 about 500 apes
,,,,rs On Governors Island early last
evening that he is not a fair weather
ssr nv making a flight Os little over
lon minutes IN a driEAling rain. HAmil-
,or vho With favorable weather condi-
,rn expects TO start from the island
~ Philadelphia at O'Clock this morning.
,.,o,-sd the hay early in the afternoon
to nv ont his apparatus. and Il vas not
,rtH { e. clock that there was a lull in the
downnour and the sun peeped from be-
hind rhe clouds. For some reason the
AVIATOR failed 60 grasp this opportunity
ara o vas not until eight minutes past Q
O'Clock that he decided 10 brave the ele-
msrts and 60 up anyway.
.ius' a. the machine vas about 60 leave
the ground a wire rope connecting with the
sad snapped. coming in contact with a
snort stake wedged in the ground d.
r.c,ly IN the course Of the machine. The
Imract retarded the plane.
There was a quick forward hrch ard
in another second Hamilton, with ths
supporting wire flying free. was at an
altitude of a hundred feet He made
sv rounds Of the new made grounds
without attempting any fancy manpu-
v-sa except 20 make a glide Of about two
hundred feet to desOsnd. Several hun
d-rd persons held umbrellas aside 10 view
the hEht
Before starting on his fight Hamil-
TN borrowed life preeervpr from the
fo-t His machine n not fitted with floats
srt Will no, have this protection in his
nrg journey to-day. Instead he purposes
to vrap coils of rubber tubing around
he hody late last evening Hamilton
announced that the weather report was
favorable and he thought beyond a doubt
hs would be able 70 st away on schedule
tine tkis morning.
A. Hamilton lowered above the edge OF
the hay in his flight the ierrybOats sa-
mted him. hut he didn't play tag with
them a. he did on Saturday He kept an
altitude Of 100 to l5O feet and Whils the
Eight was remarkable on account OF the
atmospheric conditions IL was The least
spectacular of his exhibitions made herr
Hamilton calculates that he can make
the distance from here 10 Phiadelphia
in les than two hours and a half After
givlng some exhibitions az Ere and Grand
streets he will 90 20 ihs City Hall to'Sis-
liver a message from Mayor Gaynor 10
the Mayor Of that city.
special train will wait az South Eliza
beth. y. J.. On the Pennsylvania Railroad
tracks. Tor Hamilton to make his appear
ance after he leaves Governors Island
and will travel with the aviator 20 North
Philadelphia. where a stop will be made
"a a big lot four miles from the City Hall.
strip of white muslin eighty feet long
vii be displayed on one of the coaches
IN order that Hamilton may not lose
sight Of the train. Hamilton expects "a
s'srt on hE return trip about 2 O'Clock
and hopes 70 reach New York before
So'clock He said that n he has sufficient
reserve fuel he will continue his flight 90
Grant's Tomb and return. He is carrying
g twenty gallon tank. which he estimates
q -ore than enough 70 land him az eth er
ers = his trip.
Hamilton spent the night on Governors
Island A. the guest of Lieut.. Elmore. AID
% Gen Howe. % be there on time for the
star This morning II Hamilton makes
the fight oi approximately 2OO miles he
w,l racrive $1,000 offered by the New
York Tiwcs and the Philadelphia Ledger.
II Hamilton succeeds in performing &
t1s inat ne will exceed the record ~ Paul
bar m a cross-oountry flight from London
to Manchester for the $50. .OOO prize offered
ty the DAILY MaH Il will also be the FIRST
7rs an aviator has started on schedule
uus
code ~ tUO flags will M used for
signalling Hamilt0ns fight A white
aag With a red centre will indicate fAvOra-
his weather and a red aaR with a white
csntre will indicate that the flight has
started These hags will he displayed
from Governors Island. Fort Wood on
BAdIoWs Island the tower u tho Singer
Binding the Metropolitan tower and the
rrmSs Building II there 10 any Interrupt
Ton n the flight both flags will be hOisted
q, 'hs signal towers. the white above the
r'd They will remain until the aviator
gsts aVav again. and then the white hag
vl 10 hauled down and the red one
boosted
TMO EIIGRT9 RI RILDNIN.